w/ Kina. Out of the bottle, pale pink-salmon. Aromatic strawberry, beeswax, honey, green apple. Dry, medium body, elevated alcohol, elevated acid - really nice. Some light apple balsamic notes. Hint of raw and stewed carrot. Expansive on the midpalate. Good density and very strong acid.
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Lebanese night, Chateau Musar tasting (Vilnius, Lithuania): Chateau Musar tasting, flight 1/4, wine 1/12. Vines are located at 1200 meters of altitude, made from a blend of 57% Obaideh, 40% Merwah and 3% Cinsault, aged for 9 months in new FR oak and 6 months in stainless steel. Pale salmon colour, copper hue. Medium+ aroma of apetrol, spices, honeyed orange, oil, hints strawberry and raspberry, smoke. Palate is fresh and juicy, medium+ acidity, medium+ intensity flavours of oil, leather, spices, hint of dried rose petals and vanilla.
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This was presented double-blind to the Tasting Group. The wine is copper in color with a pinkish hue, possibly due to skin contact. No signs of gas or sediment. No staining of the tears. On the nose, some slight VA, underripe stone fruit, grassy notes, slight petrol notes, olive brine, white pepper and very slightly smoky. On the palate, fruit is more pronounced; bright and tightly coiled. The stone fruits are confirmed…adding quince to the fruit set. The wine is quite floral too and there is a slightly toasted marshmallow thing. The wine is dry. Not tannic. Acid is medium+. Wonderful texture. Guesses were all over the place but when I said that it was not testable, one taster called Chateau Simone Palette Rosé which, is a really great call. Anyway, Musar Rosé ended up being too far a stretch for even this group of seasoned wine geeks. This was my first experience with the 2018 Musar Rosé and I would recommend to hold for a few years an allow to uncoil and flesh out.
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2/17/2024 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 91 Points
w/ Kina.
Out of the bottle, pale pink-salmon. Aromatic strawberry, beeswax, honey, green apple.
Dry, medium body, elevated alcohol, elevated acid - really nice. Some light apple balsamic notes. Hint of raw and stewed carrot. Expansive on the midpalate. Good density and very strong acid.
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12/7/2023 - shallowdrift Likes this wine: 91 Points
Complex and savoury. Almond, cream, apple, peach, wild strawberry, caramel, oak, smoke, salt, mushroom, black pepper.
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6/9/2023 - Ernestas Likes this wine: 91 Points
Lebanese night, Chateau Musar tasting (Vilnius, Lithuania): Chateau Musar tasting, flight 1/4, wine 1/12. Vines are located at 1200 meters of altitude, made from a blend of 57% Obaideh, 40% Merwah and 3% Cinsault, aged for 9 months in new FR oak and 6 months in stainless steel. Pale salmon colour, copper hue. Medium+ aroma of apetrol, spices, honeyed orange, oil, hints strawberry and raspberry, smoke. Palate is fresh and juicy, medium+ acidity, medium+ intensity flavours of oil, leather, spices, hint of dried rose petals and vanilla.
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2/23/2023 - henrygjeffreys Likes this wine:
Strawberry on the nose, fresh and saline,
Some tannin, crunchy fruit. Long, nutty and layered.
No hurry to drink this. These roses age.
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6/6/2022 - thesternowl wrote: 91 Points
This was presented double-blind to the Tasting Group. The wine is copper in color with a pinkish hue, possibly due to skin contact. No signs of gas or sediment. No staining of the tears. On the nose, some slight VA, underripe stone fruit, grassy notes, slight petrol notes, olive brine, white pepper and very slightly smoky. On the palate, fruit is more pronounced; bright and tightly coiled. The stone fruits are confirmed…adding quince to the fruit set. The wine is quite floral too and there is a slightly toasted marshmallow thing. The wine is dry. Not tannic. Acid is medium+. Wonderful texture. Guesses were all over the place but when I said that it was not testable, one taster called Chateau Simone Palette Rosé which, is a really great call. Anyway, Musar Rosé ended up being too far a stretch for even this group of seasoned wine geeks. This was my first experience with the 2018 Musar Rosé and I would recommend to hold for a few years an allow to uncoil and flesh out.
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