2002 Chateau Musar
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jkscully Likes this wine:
Saturday, March 27, 2021 - Once this gets going (needs a good four hours), there’s lots of plush fruit here: raspberry, plum, figs, and bright fresh currants. The fruit mixes nicely with chocolate and leather notes, but unfortunately the fruit can taste a bit stewed at points. I also get nice sweet vanilla sensations before some wet stones and sweet curry on the finish. Very bright—maybe just a bit too much VA on this one (and I tend to like acidic reds). I’d like a little more complexity and a little more tannic structure to balance things out. Compared to the 2001 and 2000, this was the least interesting. Some really nice moments peeked out here and there, but this one seemed a bit more fickle than the earlier bottles that I just tried.
I loved this with Hungarian Goulash with Souerkraut (great match with the paprika), but this was otherwise just ok with Syrian Kebobs and sausages. It seems that Musar really needs some spicy food (i.e. sumac, paprika, curry, etc.). Better in Zalto Bordeaux glass.
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