2001 Chateau Musar
Community Tasting Note
Darren747 Likes this wine:
88 Points
Sunday, October 20, 2013 - 6 hours decant. Clean fruit and oak nose. Plum, spice. Good balance. Mid weight tannins with pepper spice and tobacco. Approachable now.
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Comment posted by sillofshade:
11/4/2013 2:25:00 PM - Why would you decant this for six hours. You can maybe get away with pulling the cork only and letting the bottle breathe for 6 hours, but I'd argue that in that case you should start drinking it after 3. A six hour decant is foolish. You should never aggressively decant wines with significant bottle age--twelve years of bottle age here! You probably completely overshot the sweetspot of the fruit, and further bludgeoned it with excessive acidity on account of overoxidation. You should never decant anything 6 hours unless you have lots of prior experience with the particular wine and knows that it needs it.
Comment posted by Darren747:
11/5/2013 12:26:00 AM - Thanks for the comment but the considered advice on Musar from those who know the wine intimately is to opt for lengthy decanting times. 2001 is still a baby for Musar.