2002 Chateau Musar
Community Tasting Note
CharlesHK wrote:
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - I have been enjoying some 1999 and 2001 Chateau Musar over the past 18 months and decided to try a 2002. When the 1999 is in perfect condition, it is one of the most remarkable wines one can experience. I agree with James Suckling that it is one of the 100 wines every wine lover should try in their lifetime. The majority of the 1999 and 2001 wines have been terrific, others have had various issues related to cork.
This bottle of 2002 was the most obvious example of TCA I have ever tasted in any wine over the past 24 years of enjoying wine. I almost wanted to keep it to share with my friends as an example of TCA but thought that this would be very unfair to Musar and my friends.
Hochar family: please consider Stelvin. Really. Just imagine how perfect all of your amazing wines would age under a superior form of bottling? Just do it. Musar lovers are not going to stop buying your wine because you switch from cork to screw cap.
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Comment posted by Goldstone:
9/20/2019 9:21:00 PM - Hi Charles,
Stelvin is not the solution - the TCA is inherent in the process by which Ch. Musar is made. The cork actually helps the TCA breathe itself away over many years.With a stelvin, the TCA would be imprisoned for life. Just my opininion after 30 years of drinking Musar.