2002 Chateau Musar

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Sunday, September 20, 2020 - marmite like residue around the foil capsule from a small amount of cork seepage through the top, almost like it had been coravined.
On removing the foil there was lots of green mould/mildew on the cork.
I thankfully managed to pull the cork out in one piece using a waiters friend with no crumble (still need to treat myself to a butlers thief).
Thankfully the wine was in very good nick. Plenty of that funky Musar characteristic, cherry & apple fruit, nail polish remover and a touch of cedar wood. Very enjoyable, possibly one of the best showings of my 2002s yet. Plenty of acidity keeping it pretty fresh and indicating it still has a good amount of time to go yet despite the seepage.

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  • Comment posted by Yassine23:

    9/21/2020 1:49:00 PM - Get a Durand corckcrew if you can. Game changer

  • Comment posted by MSheridan:

    9/21/2020 3:05:00 PM - Cheers Yassine.
    I’ve seen them in action and they do look good. Other than my Musars, my cellar is a bit to young at the moment to justify paying out that sort of cost for a corkscrew....but likely to get one in future when the bottles start to get older
    Cheers
    Mike

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2002 Chateau Musar

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