2002 Chateau Musar

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Community Tasting Notes (313) Avg Score: 90.7 points

  • Still surprisingly fresh. Not a big wine but well made. Of the Musars I've tasted recently — 1998, 2002 and 2005 — this is the best.

    (10/31/2022) Fully mature but not over the hill. Terrific stuff!

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  • A deeper colour than the older vintages (tasted as part of a flight of 1998 - 2003 vintages) and immediately richer on the palate. Beautifully balanced from nose to the long tail with so much to enjoy on the journey. This was a half bottle, too, so it is reassuring that the halves are maturing so well (we will finish the halves before the bottles).
    I tasted this vintage with Serge Hochar many years ago and it is a moving reminder of a great winemaker and a lovely man. Superb wine with plenty of life ahead.

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  • Half. Cork disintegrated, not sure even an ah-so opener would have done the job! Decanted for 8 hours, nose slightly medicinal, smokey and not particularly exuberant. On the palate cigar smoke and leather with a touch of VA made for an interesting accompaniment to roast duck but this one wasn’t singing as the fruit seems to have vanished resulting in a somewhat one dimensional presentation.

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  • Alas, last bottle. Still in great shape with probably years ahead of it with dark fruit, the exotic mix of spices that make it impossible to place in terms of region (ie, the “Musar-ness”), some tar, leather, medium finish. Great wine. Wish I had more.

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  • A very sound bottle, you never know with Musar. Cork in excellent condition. This was exactly what I want a good, aged Musar to be like. Aromas of dried fruit, tobacco and some wood. Still some fruit left on the palata, tannins long gone to the ravages of time and good length. A superb match to rack of lamb last night!

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  • Developed garnet tinting somewhat towards some brown. Nose is mature but very fresh with prunes, red slightly tart currants, nailpolish VA, animal manure, barnyard. Palate is lifted with high acidity, touch of sweetness and mature flavors of soy and forest floor, elevated by some lovely bright red currants. Finish is a little round with completely resolved tannins.
    This is drinking at it's peak right now, but shows no signs of downturn so them who are planning to lie forever, take your time. My note sounds much more negative than what this wine really is. It's an excellent wine, one I am happy I have a few more in my cellar.

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  • Wonderfull wine. Still many years to go. Nose of leather, spices and vanilla. Not required to drink, enough just to smell at it.

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  • A year since our last tasting. Again, this was a half bottle. Good, deep colour. After 4/5 h, the nose had opened releasing dark plum notes with hints of dark chocolate. The palate was complex but smooth and well balanced with lovely dark cherry fruit and soft, integrated, leathery tannins.
    Next day (20h after opening) it was really at its best - deep cherry fruit, soft tannin and superb balance. Well worth opening the day before and still maturing, even after 21 years and in half bottle. Remarkable wine.

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  • Brought this bottle to a Musar dinner which included the '95, '97 - '05, and '16 rouge.

    This bottle was double decanted for sediment around an hour and a half before it was served. A typical Musar experience with more prominent tannin than I was expecting. This bottle did not differentiate itself much from its peers.

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  • 30 min decant. Gives a first impression of fresh ripe black figs with notes of blueberry, and toffee. It seems to waver between toffee and golden raisin. Everything is in place: rounded mature fruit, balanced tension, and just enough soft tannins to coat the palate.

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  • Half. Terrible cork. Mid garnet. Full tertiary with chocolate, leather, smoke, toast, cedar, tobacco, earth, nuts, cooked fruit, redcurrant & blackberry. Good body, decent acidity and ripe tannin. To taste more stewed fruit, redcurrant, strawberry, blackberry, cedar, toast, leather, earth, nuts & tobacco. Pretty long. Fully developed. Complex and good flavours but missing some previous freshness. Very good. Drink now.

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  • Decanted for 1 hour. Garnet colour. Pronounced nose full of dried raisins, blackcurrant, plum, violet and orange peel. Whiffs of fruitcake. Some earthy notes too. Still plenty of (stewed) fruit on the palate, carried by age smoothed tannins. Medium acidity, perfectly balanced & with a long finish. Drinking beautifully now.

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  • BYOB lunch in The Spectator boardroom hosted by Jonathan Ray (The Spectator's drinks editor). Limited notes in the main!
    See my earlier notes for this wine.
    Now till 2027

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  • Lebanese night, Chateau Musar tasting (Vilnius, Lithuania): Chateau Musar tasting, flight 4/4, wine 12/12. Made from a blend of equal proportions of CS, Cinsault and Carignan, aged for 12 months in FR oak barrels. Tasted along glorious 1966 therefore felt a bit overshadowed and so much richer and bolder, a big, broad vintage. Deep ruby, garnet tawny rim. Intense aroma of ripe succulent plums and blackcurrants, figs, strawberry jam, tobacco, leather, vanilla. Full body, generous and rich with intense black fruit and spice flavours, medium+ acidity, medium tannins.

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  • Decanted for three hours in the morning, poured over dinner. Medium garnet colour. Sweet red and dark berry fruit, ripe strawberry, leather, tobacco, cocoa, gamy notes, and complex spice notes, with great acidity, well-integrated tannin that still has some grip, and great persistence. Some brett and some VA add additional complexity. Creamy texture. And great intensity! Very well-structured. Intense, balanced, and harmonious. Provides great drinking pleasure now, and will keep for many years. A great wine!

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  • Seemed a bit off, some but not all of the Brett blew off but this didn’t have the stuff I’ve seen from older Musars.

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  • 3rd of 4. Drinks great on pnp and in line with my previous note*

    Dry crumbly cork with barely any soaking even though it has been on its side for years.

    Very clean and youthful. Zero, maybe 1% oxidation showing. Another crazy fresh, crazy youthful bottle that (on pnp) drinks lovely as ever

    *see previous note for tasting descriptors versus this update

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  • Delicious. Younger and fresher than I normally drink, but all the right components are there for an excellent Musar.

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  • n 2002 long, cold and rainy weather pushed the ends of the winter and the spring back, all the way into late June, followed by a mild July and then, suddenly, a hot August. The ripening process was delayed accordingly, the harvest starting two weeks behind the normal schedule, starting on 15th of September. The maturity of grapes was extremely varied from vineyard to vineyard, so instead of picking the varieties one by one, the harvest had to be done vineyard by vineyard, according to the maturity. This year the fermentation and maceration times were much longer than normal. After 6 months of aging in concrete vats, the wines were racked into oak barrels for one year. After the oak aging the wines were blended together and matured for a further year in oak casks before bottling. 14% alcohol. Decanted for four hours before tasting the wine.

    Quite deep, dark and moderately translucent maroon red color. The nose feels expressive, somewhat evolved and slightly volatile with sweet'n'savory aromas of wizened red fruits and ripe red currants, some developed meat jerky tones, a little bit of minty lift, light smoky nuances, a hint of tobacco, a sweet, lifted touch of ethery VA and a whiff of fresh black cherries. The wine feels silky, harmonious and moderately evolved on the palate with a medium body and slightly tertiary flavors of dried dates and dark raisiny fruit, some savory notes of meaty umami, a little bit of wizened red plums, light ferrous notes of blood, a bretty hint of leathery funk and a touch of balsamic VA. The overall feel is balanced with the rather high acidity, although the ripe medium tannins contribute more to the texture rather than to the structure. The finish is evolved, savory and somewhat grippy with a long, complex and juicy aftertaste of wizened red plums and dried dates, some tertiary beef jerky tones, a little bit of meaty umami, light balsamic notes of VA, a hint of ripe figs and a touch of leathery funk.

    As before, this 2002 vintage seems a lighter and more delicate vintage of Musar where the most important element seems to be its rather high acidity. Without that vital freshness, this would be a rather underwhelming effort, but with its sufficiently high acidity the wine comes across as balanced and harmonious, not dull or too soft. At a wee bit over 20 years of age, the wine shows some tertiary development, but is yet to go downhill. As some subtly oxidative elements have appeared among the fruit flavors, I'd say the wine is starting to be at its peak and won't improve much further from here - but at least it will continue to keep for a good handful of years more. And I'd say this bottle performed slightly better than the one we had a few years ago, when the wine seemed to be slightly softer and more underwhelming than before. This bottle was better in line with the typical style of the vintage.

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  • Holding up better than earlier estimate. Should be good up to 25yrs from vintage.
    Now till 2027

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  • Good, but I prefer 01 and 05

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  • First Wednesday Wine Club (Napoli in Bocca, Haberfield): "Served Blind. shown in a bracket with the other Musar
    Oxidised, plummy, black fruits, sweet spice, a little volatile. Ripe fruit, medium plus intensity acidity is a little sour, textured chalky tannins are tight, leather, funky.
    Umm…okay…it's a bit dirty…it's got some age…Southern Italian international varietal blend? 15 years old?
    "

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  • Absolutely beautiful at this point, served at cellar temperature and let warm up in the decanter and glass. Tertiary notes are most dominant, but with still a very solid primary base and good stucture. Very elegant and feminine. Don't see any reason for aging this any longer, for me the balance between primary/secondary/tertiary notes is perfect at this point

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  • Even better than the last bottle. Classic Musar profile. Prior tasting note applies:

    “ A wine aficionado's wine - and I mean that in a good way. Light ruby in color, with a fragrant spicy, earthy bouquet and some alcohol. There is just a lot going on in the glass: strawberry, plums, tea, leather, morel mushrooms, some eucalyptus. There is definitely some pleasant barnyard earthiness too (some may find that a little too funky). And a really long pleasant finish. This is a great wine to enjoy with open-minded friends, because it is a little earthy but everyone will spot something different in the glass.”

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  • From a bottle (rather than the half bottles we have been drinking up until now). 4h after opening, it was coming round. Soft, good fruit, good balance and length, some spice but it seemed simpler than previous tastings.
    Still a good deep colour with a little browning at the rim. On day 2, there were more hints of the rich, ‘sweet’ dark fruit and spice that I expect. Given time in the glass, the Musar characteristics began to emerge. The acidity and tannin were prominent with the youthful juicy character I found earlier. I think this may be a classic example of wine in half bottles maturing much quicker than when in a 75cl bottle.
    It definitely was much better after an hour in the glass on day 3 with the fruit, spice, and complexity opening attractively. Two hours later, it was drinking like a true Musar red and it continued to improve.
    I will leave our other bottles of this vintage in the cellar for a while. In the meantime, I would suggest that, if you have this in 75 or 150cl bottles, it is a wine to consider opening the day before drinking.
    Not a wine to ‘pop and pour’ in my opinion. If you have done this earlier with a well-stored bottle of the 2002 you may have missed its full development.
    I wonder if others have comments on Musar in half bottle / bottle / magnum. I have a vivid memory of a tasting given by Jane Sowter of Chateau Musar UK who made this comparison with us using the 2008 vintage in these three bottle sizes. The different evolution depending on bottle size was very evident so I think this may be a key factor for the 2002.
    I’m sorry if this note has changed as I have added my experiences over 3 days.
    I would still score this as a 92++ (if you get the timing right and can give it time to open).

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  • 20 years - seems like what is the minimum for Musar starting to peak. Delicious.

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  • The aromatics that hit you the moment it enters your mouth is quite something -- a lot to unpack in those notes. Meanwhile, it's dense enough for it to also do amazingly well with food. Drank very well, could possibly go for a few years, but lots to enjoy in its current state.

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  • Think this bottle had been poorly stored before I got it as a gift. Cork disintegrated, garnet and musty overtones with forest floor dominant. Some fruit buried but this can't be representative of the vintage based on other notes. No score.

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  • Half. Just into garnet. Blackcurrant, black cherry, blackberry, meat & leather on nose. Plenty of body, strong acidity and smooth slightly drying tannins. Blackcurrant, cherry, redcurrant, leather, meat & pepper palate. Good length and finish. Well balanced all round. Really good.

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  • Highly recommend. Drinking utterly superbly right now but still drink OR hold - no further upside to cellaring but with proper cellaring has an easy 5-7 years+ to go. Enjoyed decanted tableside at the Lakeside at the Wynn in Vegas and would recommend a 30-60 minute decant if possible. Not quite the iron / gunpowder that we have experienced on the '04 and '07 but this distinct characteristic note that these wines have had since the '90's IS there, just a bit more subtle. Soft mouthfeel, complex, full bodied, fully integrated, fruit core still there, oak and tannins now very soft, deep purple with peripheral bricking and a beautiful soft lingering aftertaste. Nose dark with plum, dark cherry, smoke and tobacco. Flavor profile complex with dark stone fruit, blueberry and red cherry up front with grilled meat, leather, graphite and cigar box on the finish with the above noted hint of lead or gunpowder present up against the roof of the mouth. Right now an excellent QPR wine at the average CT price.

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  • Had a half bottle. At its really best now. Dark red, in nose: forrest, wood, dark berries, tea, leather, dried flowers. Palate: Juicy, strong, komplex, earthy, fresh

    Had the wine for entrecôte of game with sauteed carrots and potoes, broccoli and champignon, creamed corn stew, and a red wine sauce

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  • West London Kebab Research (Fez Mangal): Another waitrose half bottle. Popped and poured. Super clean - no funk here - but perhaps more tertiary notes than previous bottles. A lovely core of that kind of non-flabby weight that musar sometimes has. Really good.

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  • (Half) Still quite ruby with some garnet coming around the edges. Slightly crazy nose of leather, tobacco box, nail polish remover, stewed plums, cherries, raspberry, liquorice & chocolate. Well balanced combination for body and acidity. Tannin present but grippy and quite fine. More leather, prunes, cherries, liquorice, chocolate and dried tobacco on the palate. Length ok but expected a bit more to linger. Loads of fun!

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  • Granatrote Farbe mittel+, ausgeprägte Aromaintensität nach Pflaume und Gewürzen, Zeder, Kaffee, getrockneten Früchten, Leder und Karamell, sekundäre und tertiäre Noten überwiegen klar
    trocken, Säure mittel(-), Tannine sind perfekt eingebunden mit mittlerem(+) Körper, ausgeprägte Geschmacksintensität mit langem Abgang, Alkohol hoch, hervoragende Qualität! Wunderschöne Viskosität
    Einfach ein grandioser und eleganter Wein!! Geheimtipp für jeden Weinliebhaber!

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  • Dyp mørk rød mot brun, med brune skjær
    stor lukt av tørket frukt som sviske, rosin, daddel, frukttobakk, krydder,
    Smak av plomme, tørkes frukt, krydder, tobakk, integrerte tanniner, god lengde. Flott utviklet smak

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  • Lovely, smooth development. A bit more rounded than other vintages I have had

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  • On pnp: Perfectly delicious! Deep garnet, crazy intense nose of bright cherries and black raspberry, same profile on the palate but nestled into an $$ luscious coughdrop. Medium-lowish acid, nice soft tannins present that perfectly draw out the finish.

    Very very fresh w/ practically zero oxidized/stewed fruit in this bottle. Perfect condition. Clean and pure, but lacking the excitement and complexity that comes with a bit of wildness/funk. Maybe too easy going

    Zero sediment

    Quite different from my last 2002 (from same purchase/source) which was more advanced and exhibited lots of stewed/maderized fruit, cough syrup and licorice... but more acid

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  • Fantastic red cherries with a hint of VA on the nose, quite sweet red fruit on the palate. Definitely on the mature side, in an excellent spot, super delicious! (as an aside, this bottle was meant for Christmas Eve dinner, but the bag did not make it to our destination until well after Christmas, so we opened it tonight instead. Thanks Finnair.)

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  • As usual with older Ch Musar, careful with the crumbling cork.

    Decanted just to clear the sediments (I don't like its bitter taste). I planned a 30-minute aeration; but, of boy! My wife and I cannot wait. We started drinking it by itself while preparing pesto pasta dinner. "Excellent aperitif", LOL. My wife cannot guess the grape except to say: "We had this before". I said: "Think Ch-du-Pape with cab added" (Cab-Cinsault-Carignan).

    Only slight browning on the rim (amazing for a 19+ year old wine!). Terrific nose of dark and red fruits, and that certain umami from an aged wine.

    Good acidity to match the pasta (and to drink on its own). Beautifully integrated tannin. Red fruits predominate at cooler temp. Then Cab kicks in as it warms in the glass, with dark fruits and a hint of saddle leather (that pleasant small amount of brett). Savory. Velvety.

    That lone star on the bottle says it all: "Gaston & Serge Hochar, you belong with the stars in the heavens". I salute you.

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  • This was beautiful with roasted goose and potatoes. Decanted for 90 minutes there was no funk or VA, just beautiful aromatics of cinnamon and clove, balanced midpalate, and long, savory, velvety finish. You never can tell with Musar, but this was a stunning bottle.

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  • Well blue me down if this isn't the best 2002 half over had. Previous halves seemed floored, oxidative, though labelling a Musar as flawed is risky business. This really confirmed it. Beautiful linear fruit on the palate. The finish is precise with tannins keeping it somewhat compact. Fantastic development from entry through to finish.

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  • 6 months after my previous note this was the best bottle yet. Surprisingly dark colour and loads of that telltale volatile fruit but just so controlled, rich and long. Maybe it helped that is had been sitting here in the cellar for 9 months but it was excellent which is reassuring as it does seem to be one of the cheaper, mature Musars around at present.

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  • From a half bottle. The wine seemed ready within 2-3 hours which pleased me because I wanted a wine to accompany a Persian Chicken portion I found in the freezer (left over from a memorable dinner party with a couple of Musar vintages to accompany the main course). Superb, even soon after opening (has it matured more quickly in a half bottle or is it now truly ready?). A good deep colour with a little browning at the rim. A superb nose with all the rich, ‘sweet’ dark fruit and spice that I expect. The palate was good from the off and it retained all the Musar characteristics with good acidity and soft tannin (with great, juicy, length). It doesn’t need a detailed note. It was perfect with food and will drink well from now for quite a few years so I am glad I still have half a dozen bottles for us to savour over time.

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  • Musar Vertical: The nose is on the darker side here, quite a lot of funkiness, some alcohol on the nose as well, medicinal, very exotic, but less complex than some others at least this bottle; tannins show prominently here on the finish. Not the most convincing showing of this wine this evening, still excellent of course. 17.5/20

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  • Drank over three days—

    The back label of Musar recommends decanting, but I never have and see no reason to do so. The nose is enticing upon opening—big savory notes of wet soil, damp woods and tobacco. There is mint in the background, along with a piquant mix of red and ripe black fruits—almost stewed. The palate follows the fruit with some spice added. The tannins are soft with medium acidity and a lingering finish.

    Comparing this to the other vintages I’ve had, this was slightly more direct—day one didn’t differ so much from day three (unlike, for example, the ‘98).

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  • From magnum. Eleven years since I last drank a bottle of this vintage.

    Mature, elegant och funky on the nose. Lots of baked cherries, caramelized apple, herbs and butter cookies.

    Smooth, big and funky on the palate. Palate match nose here.

    So, so good. Musar is a legend.

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  • Tasted blind. Rather sweet candied cherries on the nose. Silly mouthfeel but a metallic finish. Not much structure to this.

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  • Orange-garnet colour and nail polish / VA on the nose. Nice dried fruit (fig, cherry, raspberry?) and a very interesting wine. Decanted 5 hours from half bottle.

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  • Vertical Musar online tasting from 50ml bottle. Pale garnet, vibrant red berry aromas, cranberry & liquorice, quite floral. High acidity and beautifully structured tannins. Dried fruits, dates, prunes & strawberries. Beautifully balanced with a lingering finish.

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  • Chateau Musar Virtual Vertical with Nickolls and Perks (Zoom): Initially, this felt very old on the nose, with lots of old wood and furniture polish overlaying the black fruit. With time and aeration, the nose starts to get younger all the time, with more damson and blackberry fruit, and a minty freshness.
    Initially, it feels super mature on the palate too, and - unlike the nose - it stays feeling a very good mature musar.

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  • Fresh, kirsch, starting to come into a drinking window,

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  • Garnet, bricking at rim; VA to fore, brambly red fruit, warm tar; marked acidity, some fruit remains, tertiary; lively, piquant finish. On this showing, drunk soon. (Opened 6 hours earlier).

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  • Quite pronounced acidity, but overall well balanced, a little lean and slightly drying towards the finish. Sweet spices, dark fruit, tobacco on the nose. 90-92

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  • 2002 gets better and better.

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  • Powerful on the nose. Full bodied, dark berries, great length. 2002 delivers - again. Excellent with baby back spare ribs.

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  • Drinking perfectly. opened in the cellar 3 hours before serving, no decant.

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  • Bouchonnée!

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  • Last of my 02 halves and singing even from a PnP
    Had to open this as the wine we’d planned to have with dinner went down a bit too easily/quickly.
    Lovely expression of cherry fruit & nail polish remover. Mellow tannin but still reasonably high acidity keeps the wine mouthwatering and should go for some time yet

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  • 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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  • I have not had the 2002 for a number of years as used to find it a bit out of balance and not very Musar like. I was pleasantly surprised that the nose, now, was very powerful and though initially a little four square the flavour is full throttle, mature, raisiny fruit and volatility. It softened down a bit after 30 minutes and was generally very good. I never see the point of mentioning what the cork was like but for those who need to know it was dreadful and just crumbled into a million bits.

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  • I just can’t get on board with the Chateau Musar hype. Too much nail polish and warm fruit.

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  • This bottle was hand carried from the Middle East, seven years back, and my first time enjoying the 2002 since release. Cork was perfect. On the nose, some VA but nothing crazy. Notes of balsamic, teriyaki, sandalwood and charred meat. On the palate, still quite primary with dark cherries and dried dark fruits being predominate. Plenty of structure. The texture is remarkably fine and silky. Quite classy actually! Nevertheless, this isn’t the most soul stirring vintage of Musar Rouge. At nearly 19 years of age, this bottle still comes across as youthful with developing vinousity. Perhaps time will coax more out...but I suspect, as others have previously stated, that the 2002 is more of a modest wine by their standards...which is still quite delicious and enjoyable in its own right. This will easily live for another 10+ years.

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  • Drikkevindu til 2028 ihht Smak.no

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  • Fløyelsmyk (smelter over tungen) røde bær, lang halvtørr ettersmak av fat. Meget god vin

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  • A lovely young Musar. A bit lighter and fruit forward than ita surrounding vintages after a 6 hour decant. Has a streak of acidity not often seen at this level in Musar. Quite nice and super approachable.

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  • Lovely Musar. Black cherry and raspberry with aromas of vanilla blend into savoury notes of leather.

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  • Opened on the occasion of our 28th. Opaque light garnet. Nose of currant, beef blood, graphite, lilac, market spices, red earth. Layers of red plum, meaty blood, sauvage, currant, and leathery iodine draping on the palate. Lovely acidity and serious but smoothed tannin. Long finish of ringing red plum fruit cut with deep soil and sweet grip. A beauty.

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  • Nice body and structure but too much VA for me to enjoy.

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  • Dekantert 6 - 7 timer. Skjønner poenget med hypen, men kjedelig nedover i flasken. Hva er poenget når vi har bordeaux? Som blir bedre og bedre nedover i flasken? Etter hvert for søt. Siste glass som Ch Aigailhe 2015 fra Castillon-Cote de Bordeaux, overdøvende søt frukt, ikke gøy. Damevin. Amarone?

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  • Discolouration around the rim, dark core. Expressive on the nose - lovely notes of sweet fruit, cedar, tobacco, leather, exotic spices. On the palate good concentration of fruit, quite mellow, good acidity, spicy and vibrant, good length. Very good. Drink or keep. 91-93

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  • Leather, oak, vanila and dark berries

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  • Half bottle. There was no seepage up the cork but, as usual with many Musar corks, it broke up using a conventional corkscrew and needed a two-pronged 'Butler's friend' and a good deal of care. Good colour, and fruit on the nose over time (as my last note) but it only really began to show a couple of hours after decanting (very little deposit, by the way). It would be a disappointment to someone who doesn’t know Musar if they tasted it and judged it as soon as it was de-corked.
    After 4 hours, the wine began to show the rich complexity, spice, balance, acidity, length, and all the features in my last note (31 July 2020). Once again, I only had a small taste with dinner and savoured the wine on its own after the meal. It was still going strong and changing character after many hours. A small sample was pretty good after 20 hours retaining a good nose, sweet dark fruits on the palate and, as before, good acidity. This is a half bottle, too.
    I feel I need to say again that this wine has lots of development ahead (especially in a full bottle). It should not be judged until at least a few hours after opening.

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  • Really Bordeaux style.

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  • From half bottle. Popped and poured.
    Dark fruit (cherry, raspberry), spice, slight herb, floral, good acidity. Slight sous bois. Bright. Lingering finish. Really enjoyable.

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  • Tasted over 2 hrs
    -murky dark red
    -funky mature elements
    -med acidity, med weight focused liqueur-like black fruit medicinal sous bois, med tannins
    -complex mature intriguing and not overly bretty

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  • better showing this time. crumbly cork as has been the case with most of my 02 halves.
    Notes of berry fruit and VA, silky tannins finish perhaps everso slightly shorter than I'd expect but very enjoyable

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  • Oh yeah this is in a good spot right now. Had to decant because the cork exploded into a million pieces but even right away it was dark and mysterious with lots of austere Bordeaux notes. As it opens up over a couple of hours there is more ripeness but it’s pretty clean; not much barnyard, a hint of VA on the nose with candied cherries, a certain smokiness, and a leafy forest note. The palate is a bit more bretty and volatile than the nose but I would say it’s complex rather than overpowering and it’s very well balanced with the worn leather, gravel, strawberry, cranberry and ripe cherry acidity. Great with a Southwest-inspired beef stew. Seems like it could last a while but if I had any more bottles I would have a hard time not drinking them now ; )

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  • Pleasently surprised as thought this might be a weaker vintage for Musar. Turns out it's fantastic. Less VA and Brett than on previous bottling. Slightly candied fruit but savoury and saline. Médium finish. Slow oxed for an hour, then poured from bottle for another hour, then decanted for sediments.

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  • Blend de CS, Carignan e Cinsault com longo estágio em tanques de concreto, barricas de carvalho francês (12m) e garrafa, chegando ao mercado sete anos após a colheita.

    Em excelente forma ao atingir a maioridade, entregou belos aromas e sabores terciários que sugeriram um vôo solo, sem a companhia de comida, mas sempre em boa companhia (presencial e virtual).

    * DCZ, 19/11/2020, tema: tintos evoluídos.

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  • Volatile acids, dates, anise, wood, and leather on the nose, long, soft and deliciously mouthcoating taste with almost imperceptible tannins.

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  • Much denser than the 01, full, dark, a hint of chocolate.

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  • lovely, mature wine - easy drinking although a bit one dimensional - drink in the short to medium term

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  • Dark red, super-aromatic, not all in a good way. Really high-toned nail varnish whiff, but also good fruit aroma and hint of violets. Tastes of oak, blackberry and tar. Very complex. Better on day 2.

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  • Dark colour in this wine. The cork required some care to remove. The wine itself is very assertive, sweet dried fruit on the nose along with leather and tobacco. On the palate, it is a little dense. Everything you expect of musar is there, it just lacks the expression of the 2001 that was consumed the following week. Day 2, it has opened it a little and was more giving.

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  • This is a knockout for a Musar. Reminded me of a Cordier Bordeaux from the 80's with more sweetness. Perfect amounts of earth and brett to fruit here. This came across as aged, vibrant, and very long...Drink

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  • A bit underwhelmed with this half bottle. Fresh and enjoyable enough but but didn’t seem as good as usual.
    Initial waft of VA on the nose but seemed to blow off and found the wine lacked a bit of funk I had expected.
    Interestingly the cork on this bottle was pristine, showing no signs of seepage and pulled cleanly in one piece. Perhaps because of this I didn’t give the wine enough time to breath and do it’s thing

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  • Ripe and rich but not overblown. No evidence of VA and lacking the Musar funk/mind-bending complexity. Tart cherry meets sweet spices, dried fruit (not prune, but more golden raisin), tons of licorice, and some oxidation.

    Too much cough syrup and port to say I "love" this or would seek it out, but it's good.

    Cooler serving temps (closer to 60 degrees) perk this up nicely

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  • Cedar, blackberry, cherry, leather, licorice notes
    Decanted 1 hour.

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  • Clean on the nose - blackberry notes, also a little earth and maybe even pine needles. On the palate - lots going on, a high-toned, almost acetone note to it - gentle, even mellow, but not flabby.

    Drunk from a half, no decanting, paired with a transatlantic conference call at first, and then chicken stew.

    Glad that we are getting back into Musar weather here on mud island.

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  • 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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  • Decanted all afternoon. Half bottle. This was very enjoyable. Bubblegum and liquorice. Smorgasbord of different flavours going on but all the more interesting for it. Great value.

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  • Half bottle. A usual Musar cork that needed a two-pronged 'Butler's friend'. A fairly deep colour (but not opaque) and a complex nose with red/black fruits and spice plus some VA. The spicy complexity on the nose began to really develop 1-2 hours after decanting and continued with time becoming ever more complex and attractive. The palate was still youthful with characteristic Musar richness, spice, and 'sweetness'. Plenty of juicy acidity but the wine gradually came together and began to show its potential for the future. The cabernet seemed to make its mark with blackcurrant flavours and cedar notes. Very long. Later, it was very good with barbecued food but, in all honesty, I would have been more than happy to push my plate aside and just enjoy the wine as it changed in the glass. Lovely now, given time (please do not pnp) but with real future potential in my view - even more so in bottle rather than half.
    An 'antisocial' wine (this is meant in a complimentary way) - it somehow seems to take one over, even when in excellent company.
    Next day, it was still drinking well. It still showed all the characteristics listed above with the rich spice still emerging and the juicy, long acidity prominent. Time will work the changes over the years - it will be fun to follow its development. At this point, 92+

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  • Dekantert og luftet i 2 timer. Moden og mørk granatrød farge. Først litt lukket, men åpner seg etterhvert med masse deilig mørk og rød moden frukt, sammen med fine komplekse lær- og jordaromaer. Tanniner fint nedslitte med ganske god friskhet. Elegant og raffinert med god kompleksitet. Topp match til andeconfit!

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  • 375ml bottle PnP.
    Cork was wet 3/4 but managed to pull in one piece without crumbling. Need to be careful using a corkscrew on these bottles now and I may purchase a 2 prong opener for future bottles.

    Nose gives aromas of red meat, nail polish, musky woodland and cherry & apple fruit
    The cherry and apple fruit notes follow through on the palate along with cedar wood and a touch of smoke.
    Moderate tannic grip and medium-high acidity. This a little alcohol heat to the wine and it finishes with medium length

    As always very interesting and enjoyable and will continue be so for a good few years yet

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  • Decanted for one hour. The cork broke in half during opening but the seal seemed intact and the remaining half came out readily with the durand. The wine was in excellent shape but still quite primary and largely driven by fruit with good acidic balance and no noticeable oak. Very lovely but likely to last quite some time.

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  • Maling, litt rosiner, fiken og dadler. Deilig fylde i munnen, snev av vanilje, rund. En anelse volatile syrer, i alle fall etter noen timer, men ikke noe som skjemmer. Super match til grillet entrecôte. Kraftig stil, vinner nok ingen pris for eleganse, men blir heller ikke brutal. Herlig vin!

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  • Nose: complex aromas of red cherries, dried fruit, black tea, integrated oak , tertiary aromas, developed
    Mouth: dry, medium+ acid, high tannin, high alcohol and body, well polished long length.
    Conclusion: Length is a amazing. Its acid needs to be tamed by food. Had it with reindeer which was excellent. The sparce fruit meant it didnt handle the sweet aspects of celeryroot puree so well

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  • Unfortunately Suffered from some cork taint.
    First of these 02 halves where I managed to pull the cork in one go
    The wine itself had nice depth and strong fruit character and would have been a 91+ wine had the taint not prevented my being able to enjoy it as much

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  • another case of crumbly cork that refused to come out.
    Thankfully the juice inside was still fresh and feeling quite youthful. Almost un-musar like, with very little sign of VA on the nose and Cab fruit being most notable on the palate. very approachable and enjoyable

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  • Clear pale garnet in the glass. Decanted 3h (took longer than usual this time). Intoxicating nose of sweet spice (cinnamon, cloves), brown sugar, cedar, sandalwood (incense-like), stewed blackberry, fig and prune, leaf mould and tobacco (unlit cigar). On the palate, high tannin, medium body, surprising amount of acid for the age. Blackberry, black cherry, sweet spice and somewhat volatile finish on the palate. Not quite as complex on the palate as I remember the 2003 hence marked down for that.

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  • En av de flaskene som er "all over the place" med både fjøs og VA.
    Ikke en spesielt god flaske.

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  • Jord, tobakk, lær, vanilje. Litt mørke bær i bakgrunn. Milde tanniner.

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  • Initially loads of VA on the nose which slightly blew off with some air leaving cherry stone, spices and leather on the nose. Light/medium and brightly acidic with a lovely palate of red fruit coulis, raisin and tar. Long warm earthy finish, like caramel infused with balsamic vinegar. Best bottle of Musar I’ve tried - really seeing the truth that they all have their own character.

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  • A bit volatile; has charming red and dried fruit character. Drinking very well now but will no doubt hold.

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  • Faded ruby transitioning to garnet at the rim, typical aged color for this style. Aromas of olives , meats, and a little earthy funk. Very smooth on the palate with med tannins, medium plus finish.

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  • Chateau Musar 1999-2004 vertical blind tasting: A Musar drinker’s Musar, the 2002 starts with noticeable brett, which eventually blows off to reveal the most savory – even tangy – wine of the evening. The nose varies from morel mushrooms to Morello cherries, complementing the equally changeable palate. At times that featured stewed fruit, at others, salted caramel. Truly iconoclastic, and very entertaining, this wine is not for the faint of heart. While I rated the 2002 4th out of six for the evening along with about half the tasters, I ended up having the most emotional attachment to this vintage out of them all. It’s very hard to say how further aging will affect such a wine, but it seems ready to go to me.

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  • Good but not quite as good as previous note
    Cork came out in one piece but was very soft & moist almost to the top. Take care when opening
    Double decanted for 3hrs
    Typical Musar features nose of Nail polish, cherry fruit and funky palate with high acidity.

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  • This is a great wine, certainly non mainstream and you'll either love it or hate it. However, to enjoy Musar, it is essential (a) to open and decant it at least 2 hours in advance of drinking, perhaps double that time if you can; and (b) drink it with food and savour it over a couple of hours as it changes and develops in the glass. If you just open it and pour, you may well not like it. In the glass, the colour is medium garnet. The nose and palate show an ever changing combination of violets, earthiness, minerality, brambly fruit, sloes. The aromas are fascinating and I find this style unique to Lebanon. I have deliberately drunk only 75% of the bottle. Musar can often keep for several days after opening, so I'll be keen to see how it is after a couple of days in the decanter. A real experience and brings back great memories of the legendary Serge Hochar who made this wine for so many years.

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  • Probably past its prime...did not have time to decant it though

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  • By the glass via Coravin at Goodmans Mayfair. First glass out of the bottle.
    This wine as many of its Kin has all the hallmarks of a great bottle and more than often stands out for the value on many wine lists. This 2002 and conscious of bottle variation that does exist in these wines has a bit lost the balance on the ripeness. Solid and very good just a strong of an annoying overripe fruit across the profile. Good 90-91

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  • From a half bottle delivered the prior day.
    Cork was soft and crumbled but managed to rescue the bottom half without too much ending up in the bottle. Pretty much popped and poured.

    Delicious. Lots of freshness to the wine comes from the cherry and bramble fruit. medium-high acidity soft tannin. good length.
    Really enjoyed this.

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  • Monthly Tasting Group HWS #143; Wines from the book "1001 wines you must try before you die" (By BS): In the bouquet some barnyard, blackberries, red berries, coffee and clove. On the palate some glue, autumn impressions, red berries, celery, chocolate, black pepper, coffee, some sweetness and good acidity and tannin. Drink it now or within the next 2 years.

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  • Chateau Musar Tasting: Some brett on the nose.
    Aged character. Very spicy and complex.
    An acquired taste.

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  • In 2002 long, cold and rainy weather pushed the ends of the winter and the spring back, all the way into late June, followed by a mild July and then, suddenly, a hot August. The ripening process was delayed accordingly, the harvest starting two weeks behind the normal schedule, starting on 15th of September. The maturity of grapes was extremely varied from vineyard to vineyard, so instead of picking the varieties one by one, the harvest had to be done vineyard by vineyard, according to the maturity. This year the fermentation and maceration times were much longer than normal. After 6 months of aging in concrete vats, the wines were racked into oak barrels for one year. After the oak aging the wines were blended together and matured for a further year in oak casks before bottling. 14% alcohol. Decanted for a few hours before tasting the wine.

    Quite translucent cherry red color with developed, pale maroon overtones. The nose feels sweet and quite lifted with aromas of perfumed floral tones, some raspberry marmalade, a little bit of balsamic VA, light juicy blackberry tones, a sweet hint of black cherries and a touch of nail polish VA. The wine is ripe, full-bodied and slightly sweet-toned on the palate with very textural and enjoyably firm overall feel. Flavors of sweet dark berries, cherry marmalade, some sour cherry bitterness, a little bit of bretty barnyard funk, light boysenberry tones, developed pruney hints and a touch of lifted volatile character. The wine is quite high in acidity with rather soft, ripe and mellow tannins. The finish is round, mellow and slightly sweet-toned with rich, medium-long flavors of wizened black cherries, some pruney dark fruits, a little bit of raspberry marmalade, light bretty notes of leather and barnyard, a hint of sour cherry bitterness and a touch of earth.

    A pleasant, soft and somewhat mellow yet not flabby Musar where the moderately high acidity plays vital role in keeping the wine bright and interesting. Overall, in the tasting of Musar vintages 2012-1997, this wine came across as a bit underwhelming, but at the same time pleasantly delicate as well. There's quite a bit of ripeness and Musar-y funk, but the overall feel lacks the intensity of the best wines. This is an attractive effort for what it is, and most likely it will keep easily for at least another decade, but in all likelihood this will never equal the greatest vintages of Musar nor is this going to be as long-lived as them. A solid effort to be enjoyed right now.

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  • Deep ruby. The expected animal nose opening into sweet dark fruit. Smooth, approachable, good balance, still rather primary. 88-90.
    With more time to breathe - additional spice notes.

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  • Right from the bottle: great. Unusual sweet and spicy. Typical Ch Musar.

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  • Wat een prachtwijn vol donker komplex

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  • Another fine example of Chateau Musar. Super silky smooth. Medium tannins; great balance of acidity. Plums, raisins and stewed fruit. Leather and subtle oak in the background. Beautifully long finish.

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  • Ch. Musar Dinner with Marc Hochar (The Bunker, Crown Wine Cellars, Shouson Hill, Hong Kong): Pre-decanted for around 9 hours by Marc Hochar. Semi-translucent , deep black/red cherry colour. Nose is closed....black coal, but very clean, like a young Priorat. Palate is an orchestra still tuning up......elements of quite alcoholic heat, lots of jammy fruit, some spice but no integration even after such a long decant. A work in progress....too young to really enjoy.

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  • 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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  • Decanted for an hour. Fantastic! Beautiful notes of red cherries and lilac, perhaps a hint of VA on the nose. The palate is fruity, somewhat sweet, with excellent tannins, cherry, and very elegant. Haven't had a Musar without guests for a long time, just so enjoyable to concentrate on the wine itself!

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  • My first taste of the 2002 since 2009, and it's used those ten years well.
    On the nose, it's much more Musarey that the Hochar P&F 2016 and Musar 2012 tasted alongside this. Black fruit, leather, a touch of of VA. Very attractive and complex.

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  • Perfect cork, a rarity for musar, no sign of seepage.
    Single piece cork. Wine was decanted and tasted over 90 minutes.
    Served at 18C
    Aromas just started to soar from the glass after 30 minutes. Clove, orange peel, cinnamon. Sweet fruited finish.
    Excellent wine.

    Drink or hold, everything is in the right place at the moment but i expect it to drink well until 2028.
    14%abv

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  • Dinner at Table, Donkey and Stick (Chicago, IL): A touch backwards, but it's certainly not clamped down or unready to drink. The nose shows only a slight hint of the Musar funk, as well as some nascent secondary bordelais elements. The palate is fairly clean too, with a little bit of tannin that's not obtrusive.

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  • Decanted for 2 hours which seemed about right. Nose of an aged Bordeaux, but meatier. Leather, cassis, wet hay. There is a richness and sweetness in the front of the mouth like that of grape juice, giving way to warm spicy stewed fruit. Strange but enticing secondary flavours - treacle mixed with balsamic cream. The wine never feels totally balanced but somehow it works, and the finish is wonderfully piquant. On this showing, am looking forward to trying other Musars!

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  • 2001 – 92. A real testament to the winemaker’s skill. See previous verticals. It’s now 18 years old and you can still taste that distinct fresh fruit on the palate. Just starting to get a little lighter now.
    2002 – 90. That sharp spritz that we previously got on the front of the tongue has now finally gone.
    2003 – 89. Odd one out of the evening. More ‘meaty’ and savoury. Went fine with food. We had previously found the 2003 to be much smoother.
    2004 – 92. Yes, back to that medicinal cherry lozenges punch
    2005 – 93. Drinking very well now. Hint of spiciness.
    2007 – 92. A deeper, heavier year. You can still find some 2007’s at the larger retailers and it’s ready. Had the strongest bouquet of the lot
    2007 Magnum – 93. We had fun here, putting a magnum and a standard bottle of the same year up against each other. Was there a difference? Yes. Would you know if you did not have them side by side? Unlikely. This was the star of the night. Ripe fruit. Think warm sunshine.
    2008 – 91. Youngest one here and it shows immediately just looking at the rims comparing it with the others. It was the ‘reliable friend’ – easy drinking, plenty of fruit (evokes Christmas sweet spices) and went well with the cheese course
    A Billecart Salmon 1999 to start. All reds out of the Eurocave the night before, opened in the morning. Smoked duck with asparagus and a walnut dressing to start, beef filet with a shallot and port sauce, potatoes cooked with garlic and thyme, cheeses, rose possett with rhubarb.

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  • Klar rødbrun farge.

    Intens duft. Tørket frukt. Preg av treverk. Krydret. Noe animalsk. Lær?

    Fyldig med god tydelig frukt. Moden frukt på smak. Lett tørre, fine, tanniner. Lang utgang med kryddertoner. Sammensatt, moden utgang. Moden frukt balanseres med syrlighet og tanniner.

    Svært god vin. Beste jeg har drukket per dags dato. Halvflaske til entrecote.

    NB: Korken var fuktig og delvis svart. Gikk i oppløsning og ned i flasken. Virker ikke som det preget vinen. Kanskje noe kjeller helt umiddelbart.

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  • Yet another great bottle of Musar! Huge nose, a bit volatile but really complex and good with leather, spices and ripe red fruits. Similar notes on the palate. Although the fruit feels very ripe (with some almost sweet notes) the acidity and tannins balance it out very nicely. Drinking very well but will keep for years to come.

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  • A lovely wine if you like Musar. Ageless in color. Medium body, with tart cherry fruit and some herbal notes followed by a fine balsamic twang. Yes, there is some VA there as well as a bright underlying acidity, but no real brett or funk. No real tannins, but the acidity seems like it could carry for quite a while and could gain more complexity.

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  • "A taste of Libanon"-Tasting, Flight 5, Wine 1 (non-blind): The wine was medium to dark ruby, almost garnet in colour and offered damson plum, strawberry, cucumber, a hint of Brett and some VA on the nose. On the palate, the wine showed red fruit, strawberry, plum, some leather, some tobacco and complex spice flavours, with good acidity, fine, ripe tannin, and superb length of the strawberry- and spice-driven finish. This 2002 Chateau Musar was smooth, balanced and complete. I liked it quite a bit and very much preferred it to the 2004 today. Like the 2000, compared with some other vintages of Chateau Musar (e.g. 1997) the 2002 is very accessible. It should continue to provide immense drinking pleasure over the next 10+ years.

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  • Just great. Lots of fruit, developped further in the glass. Soft tannins, very hard to describe but just beautiful

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  • Popped and poured. Nose of earth, funky cassis, and red currant. Craggy red fruit amidst deep earth and some bret but not objectable. Moderate acidity and filed off tannin. Long finish of earth and red plum.

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  • Identical to my earlier '18 note - even the menu was the same!
    A Musar to enjoy at its best perhaps up to around 20yrs from vintage rather than the 25-30+ of many others.

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  • Follow up to the 2004 Latour as a contemplative dessert wine. This is an in your face, you-don't-know-$hit-about-wine wine! VA, red licorice, red currant, sour cherry, horse sweaty sweetness on the nose. Tre complex! Medium bodied, ruby red bordering on garnet colour. Slight fading at the rim. Complete sheeting on the glass when swirled with short legs that are slow to emerge. So smooth on the palate. Creamy almost porty mouthfeel. Deceptively sweet from all of that ripe red fruit. Barely perceptible tannins but they are still there at the sides of your tongue. Nice slight bitterness on the very long finish. This is paradigm shifting stuff! Just shut up and experience this wine! Don't try to understand it!

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  • '02 Musar at the Morris (The Morris, SF): Out of the bottle - sweet dried berry tamari. Mid-inflection and delicious and ripe but still reticent. Though the aromatics arent complex, the body, ripeness, and overall sweetness are more intense than Musar’s of this age usually are just out of the bottle. Consistent with my “Bold” classification of this.

    Gave it a vigorous decant - let’s see if it comes out of its shell or if it’s in that post-primary-pre-tertiary phase (where ‘99 seemed to be a couple years ago).

    At dinner:
    Liquorice (intense salty liquorice) and dried roses. Intense black currant. Slightly tertiary. Bold and wonderful. Distracting.

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  • ...and it has turned into a swan! (viz my doubting 2013 note).
    2hr decant. Deep black-red showing signs of age at the fringes. Massive dark wild hedgefruit hit, extremely luscious and ripe but balanced by the Musar gunflint minerality, earth and spice. Velvety. Excellent accompaniment with our lamb tagine. Either the wine has blossomed in the last 5 years or there is some bottle variance. I'm backing the former option.
    Albeit slightly atypical, now at its peak and should be good at this level for at least 20 years from vintage.

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  • Pristine cork. Healthy nose of cassis, red currant, stone, alpine floral notes. Layers of red currant and mulberry cut with cedar, tobacco, and brambles on the palate. Firm tannin and moderate acidity leading to a long finish of stony red fruit. Very enjoyable with Spenser steak but just a bit quiet right now. Needs additional years to gain complexity.

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  • Chateau Musar - producing natural wines before it was cool. But also taking you on an alcoholic rollercoaster of mixed feelings. At times you feel blessed to be tasting vintage after vintage of this wine, other times you feel pissed that you can never put your finger on what exactly you're tasting. Layers upon layers of VA mixing together with sweet red fruit, softness with astringency, freshness with flabbiness. And no, I'm not talking about an oxidized wine. This style has unfortunately been very common for Musar over the past decades. It's purely a lottery on what you're getting after opening a bottle.

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  • Slight brett, typical Musar aromas, still very fresh and young, not as long or concentrated, quite some VA.

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  • Tasted at the Whitewater Valley Wine Society, Hampshire, UK. Chateau Musar tasting. Third bottle of four bottle vertical tasting. Opened and double decanted 3 hours before tasting. Showed some sign of ageing with a little brown edging to the dark, rich red colouring and was smooth and attractive.

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  • No formal note. Very good vintage Musar, aging quite well.

    Drink or hold to 2023.
    14% abv

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  • Herbs, balsamic refined acidity, delicious.

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  • First time for this vintage. Good cork, glossy red with the tiniest bit of browning at the edges. Lots of acetone and tyre rubber at the start - and UHU glue (yes, UHU - we both immediately agreed with this once it was mentioned!). Strong and ripe red fruits and a good finish. Not a knockout Musar (at least yet), but as ever intriguing and unique. Got 2 more bottles of this and will wait for a few years now - there's plenty of stuffing and good acidity so this still has room for improvement.

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  • Popped and poured to accompany grilled burgers. Bright garnet hue. Nose of red raspberry, pine forest, cinnamon, cassis, and mountain flowers. Layers of exuberantly juicy red raspberry, currant, and mulberry cut with brambles and rock on the palate. Nice sauvage character as well. Fresh, enlivening acidity and moderated tannins. Longer finish of thorny red fruit and stone. Cool wine.

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  • Still on form, noticeably complex and pleasingly animalistic on the palate.

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  • Chateau Musar Tasting: OK now we're getting into funky Musar territory. VA, nail polish on the nose. It quickly blows off, and reveals a palate of candied cherry and balsamic vinegar and maybe even some black olives. Silky tannic finish.

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  • Decanted for an hour. Excellent, refined bouquet of lilac and red cherries with a hint of barnyard. The palate was quite lean, although with more air it gained body, tannins integrated, good red berries, coming across as a very elegant and refined wine. Excellent with grilled pork, corn on the cob and asparagus!

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  • from a half bottle. Definitely Musar but more pruney than I like. Perhaps a storage issue with this bottle.

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  • Very burgundian, clean, medium weight, bright and long. can be drunk now but has a certain timeless quality, so I see no reason why this should not hold for many years. Excellent wine. Drink or hold.

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  • Agree with much of what I'm reading below: red to black fruit, mid-weight but complex, lovely juicy black berry on the medium finish, bitter chocolate, coffee, spice. Beautifully light on its feet. Low 90s.

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  • 10 vintages of Chateau Musar (@Private location): *** Please see the general tasting story notes for more details ***
    Glass: Riedel BDX Sommelier
    Decanted for about 4+ hours.
    Clear, deep, youthful glowing ruby color. Clean, medium intense, developing nose. Wonderful combination of herbs, red fruit, lime oil and a bit of brett.
    Dry, medium acidity, medium+ tannin. Interestingly at first a bit fizzy. Not a wine fault and the fine bubbles vanishes after some time in the glass. This wine is still very young and not at all at its peak. Give it at least 2-3+ years before drinking it. It will then stay at this level for 10+ years.

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  • Fantastic wine. In a good place now I think.
    Blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault, and Carignan
    14% alc.

    Red/granite in colour. Is fairly transparent, almost like a burgundy. No visible sediment.
    Aromas .... deep ripe red fruits, baking spices, earth, and a definite whiff of some brett. Not in a bad or overpowering way ... just adding to the complexity.
    Overall a nice sense of balance here. Medium bodied, good acidity helps keep everything in control. Initial attack of subtle but sweet rich slightly baked red berries (especially big plump cherries) and plums. Nice baking spices (cloves), a touch of dark chocolate, earthiness. Slightly drying tannins. Medium length to finish (I thought it would be longer so a bit disappointing).
    Smooth and round and enjoyable. Not heavy.

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  • Nice mature Musar. Not showing any of the Brett or VA sometimes associated with this wine. Easy drinking, no fireworks. I would say it's pretty much at its peak.

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  • Nice Musar. Little to no Brett or VA, although that meant it was a bit less complex than some others. Nice cherry fruit, solid acidity, medium tannin, hints of bottle aged aromas and flavours, but only just starting to come in. With lots of air, there is a bit of a sour-ish note coming out, hinting at bits of VA. Raspberry and bramble on the finish. Some spices as well. Quite a nice vintage, just starting to come into its own, I think.

    Cousin was fooled into thinking this was primarily Cabernet or Syrah.

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  • Typical Musar if there is such a thing, refreshing acidity, sweet fruit -long bright black fruit finish with a hint of hot metal or rotten meat. Doesnt sound it but is actually delicious.

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  • I really can't decide whether this wine is riddled with flaws, or this is how it's meant to taste. Either way, this is absolutely delicious, superbly enjoyable, and for that I commend the winemaker.

    Decanted for about 2 hours, fascinatingly it put on weight when aired rather than relaxing. Slightly hot, cooked aromas - dark kirsch cherries, semi-dried fruits (almost pruney), vanilla and a certain spiciness. As I say, these could be perceived as flaws (and maybe they are), but the refreshing acidity cuts through the lot perfectly. Did they plan to take all the best bits of Claret, Rioja and the Rhone and discard the rest? I'm struggling for a comparison, but that's as close as I/my palate memory gets.

    I can't help but thinking this is what all wine wants to be when it grows up. And so young! This could go for decades, surely?

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  • Very light red. Very floral red fruit with notes of hot iron or mangle. Beautiful elegant flavours of cassis, and violets. Elegant dry finish.

    A very good elegant floral wine. Delicious.

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  • very juicy and ripe, this came across more impressively than previous bottles of this vintage.

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  • Weekly tasting group #218; Two verticals of 7 wines: Mondivin (Hungary) and Musar (Lebanon) (@ DJ): Beautiful bouquet with strawberry, herbs and spices, sweet licorice, chocolate, graphite, earth and some rustic flavors. On the palate strawberries, chocolate, metal, firm and good acidity and soft tannin. Good length.

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  • I saw this on the shelf at my favorite bottle shop and when BBQ ribs came up for dinner thought it would be a great pairing. Wow was it...
    This is in a great place between the fruit and the secondary flavors. It paired absolutely perfectly with the sweet BBQ sauce on the baby back ribs. The wine is very lite, rich, complex. Seems to carry it's 14% abv very well and I would have said it was 12.5%. Almost pinot noir like in its profile.
    Would buy again.

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  • PopnPour, tasted over 2 hrs
    -med dark red mild bricking
    -mix of candied red/black fruit, funk (mostly blows off) and mature elements with a touch of VA?
    -med acidity, middle weight dark red fruit core with some mature forest floor elements creeping in on the edges tar and bitterness on finish, med tannins
    -on its mature plateau

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  • Hapokas jopa melkein kuin keittinyt. Lasissa viini löytää tasapainon ja "hapokkuus" laimenee. Vahva hieno viini. Tämä pullo ei olisi varmaankaan enään parantunut toivottavasti muut pullot ovat tasapainoisempia. Hyvä äitoenpäivä viini silti <3

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  • No formal notes but based on this bottle this vintage of this chameleon of a wine is more burgundy like than bdx-like or italian with smooth strawberries and raspberries.

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  • Lovely wine that needed about 30 minutes to open up and shine.
    Nose is beautiful and shows secondary aromas of sweet tobacco, cinnamon, sweet cloves and hints of cinnamon bun
    Palate is smoot, rich, lots of secondary notes. Sweet secondary fruit notes with a long, lovely finish.
    Would buy again.

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  • Another fantastic bottle. Popped and poured, perfect cork.
    Gaining in savoury complexity.
    Clove, ripe red berries, cinnamon just emanate, and follow through on palate. Finish is sensational with a slight citrusy intensity. Long.

    Drink or hold to 2025.
    Incredible now

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  • Rather translucent, yet a bit hazy, dark cherry color with some orange bricking towards the rim. A bit restrained nose with delicate aromas of sweet, dark-skinned berries, figs, some car paint VA, something a little biscuity, a hint of plum marmalade and prunes and a whiff of powdery oak. Ripe, medium-bodied and surprisingly acid-driven palate with complex, savory flavors of ripe plummy fruit, dark-skinned forest berries, peppery, bitter spiciness, some aromatic and sweet clove spice, a little balsamic volatility and a hint of sweet red cherry. Quite soft and ripe but firm tannins. The lengthy finish carries the bitter, spicy note while turning the fruity notes into something more earthy and savory; along with ripe and sweet dark-skinned berries, complex flavors of clove, funky brett, some sun-baked earth and hints of sweaty leather become more pronounced.

    This vintage is a bit atypical for Musar, but still in a lovely way: the wine is not that open and expressive as some, but it shows lots of typical, Musary notes of sunny fruit, animal, volatility and earth. It is actually surprisingly delicate and sophisticated in its expression, compared to many other, more voluminous vintages with bigger fruit, still sporting a surprisingly pronounced wild-and-funky side as well. Probably an example of a cooler-vintage Musar? Perhaps this is not a vintage that'll keep for several decades like the best ones, although I wouldn't be surprised even if it did! At least the wine is not showing any real signs of maturity now, only some depth and complexity that the wine gains with bottle age, giving the wine good cellaring potential for at least a decade more. An attractive example of a more subtle expression of Musar. Recommended.

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  • 2002 Musar, Roast Chicken, and Uncorked with Tim and Kevin (Home (Noe st)): A bold(*) style of Musar, similar to the 1999. Young and gangly, but most of the components are there - fruit core, tamari, oak, balsamic (VA), oxidation, slight brettanomyces. Despite its youth, there is a stained-glass quality to the flavors - they are refined, soulful, with a precise timbre.

    While the lighter-styled 2001 seems more advanced now, this has an exciting precocity to it - by which I mean it shows integration that it has no business having before the fruit has started to calm down.
    If the similarly powerful '99 is any indication, this will remain unintegrated for the first ~20 years, so maybe check in with this again in 2020.

    (*)In reference to Kirk's classification of Musar vintages:
    Bold: 93, 99, 02, 05
    Beautiful: 98, 01
    Atypical: 93, 97
    I'm going to add another category: "Centered" - 91, 94, 95, 96.

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    Full Notes:
    Sweet fruit on the nose, a dose of dark merlot-like blackcurrant.
    In the mouth, sweet oak tones are prominent - sawdusty clove. Brett isn’t present, except as a suggestion. There's a lacing of sweet figginess (slight oxidation as expected in Musar), but overall it’s relatively clean. Oak isn’t well-integrated at this stage. Medium body - it holds it's 13.5% alcohol well. Medium plus acidity - bright and integrated. Medium plus tannins - ripe and velvety, with a nice firm grip.

    Beautifully balanced, in a ripe style for Musar (13.5%). Right now this is all potential, whereas the 2001 (a light-styled Musar) was drinking well

    Over a few hours, the wine grew in weight and ripeness. Some milk chocolate emerged, with dried black cherry. There was a whiff of strawberry balsamic vinegar. Complex, young and gangly. Reminds me of the power and youthful disjointedness of the 1999.

    Score: This is between 9 and 9.5 right now. A fantastic wine, but without the profundity Musar takes on in adulthood. I'll defer to more experienced folks to gauge potential, but if this is anything like the '91, or '95, it could be a serious experience in 30+ years.

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  • Light, but still fresh red color. Aromatic, with sweet dried fruits, spices and volatile acids on the nose. The latter quite dominating. Relatively light and tender mouth feeling, not unlike a Chianti with its sweet and sour and cherry jam like flavors. Good intensity and plenty of fruit left. Will definitely last.

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  • Was a little raisin-y/oxidized, but the cork was perfect. Fruit was on the decline, which was unfortunate given that I had high hopes of tasting the distinctive 'Chateau Musar' characteristics. Very disappointing.

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  • As per previous notes, just entering its drinking window. Spices (clove, pimento, nutmeg), cherry, and an ethereal texture. Great vintage for Musar. Revisit in 2018+. This will age very well.

    14% abv

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  • Classic Musar. Starting to drink well

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  • Nice bouquet of cedar, graphite, compost, soil, and a telltale whiff of paint-thinner VA. Lots of spicy strawberry fruit with a lovely sweet-'n'-sour interplay of fruit and acids. This one has a Rhonish profile, with perhaps a bit of old school Rioja. Good weight to the wine despite a light body. 91-92 pts.

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  • No formal notes. Perfect cork. No seepage. Aerial wine, reminds me of Reynaud wines.
    Will be drinking very well until 2030 at least.
    Sensational.
    14% abv

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  • Complex as always. Similarities with the Rayas tasted tonight, just more tannic and intense. Probably at it's peak, but will remain there for quite a while.

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  • Nose of still quite primary dark currant, earth, some balsamic tones, similar palate with nice acidity, decent though well integrated tannins and some austerity on the finish

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  • Complex wine... old, dried grape on the nose... full ripe dark fruit in the mouth, caramelized... long aftertaste. Doubt if indeed it could improve with longer aging as most tasters are saying. But what a quality wine this is!

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  • Another vertical tasting, this time 15 months from the last one. Some subtle changes over the years, yet interestingly, most of the characters of each vintage stayed the same.
    1999 – Amazing. Still going strong for a 16year old wine. Smoothest of the lot. ‘Clean-on’ colour – clear and not thickened. Some wood and very well integrated tannins. Softer now. Suggest drink up if you have any left in stock. Score 92
    2000 – Clean fruity rich nose. Slightly lighter but still good acidity on the palate. Score 91
    2001 – So much fruit still for a 14yo wine. Score 92
    2002 – Still that phenolic spritz – you could tell from just the cork. It’s the one that really stood out. It has finally mellowed though and now drinkable. Still needs more time. Score 88, yet has potential to get much better
    2003 – Snappier than the 04. Plenty of blackcurrant. Just a hint of fizz. Will last a while yet. Score 91
    2004 – This one is the smooth operator – silky smooth and softly sweet. Score 92
    2005 – Still some tannin but good structure and fruit. A favourite. Score 92
    2007 – Surprisingly ‘ready’ for a young Musar. This is the year you will find in most retailers. Score 91

    We started with shredded duck, then a reduced Consomme (beware the Heston way with ice – takes days to melt in the fridge), individual parcels of Beef Wellington, a Cheese (Livarot, Ossau Iraty and Fourme d’Ambert) course, then a Vanilla Pannacotta with Poached Rhubarb. The older wines went better with the earlier courses, and the younger sweeter ones more suited the cheeses and dessert.

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  • Drinking beautifully, red fruits, slightly toffeed figs, sweet herbs long finish. Musar has always been one of my favourite wines- saddened to hear of the death of Serge Hochar.

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  • 19 Vintages of Musar Rouge; 1/25/2015-1/26/2015 (Clark Point House in Southwest Harbor, Maine): Color: Deep almost opaque at the core ruby
    Smell: A deep and brooding nose of bold red fruits, earth, and mushrooms.
    Taste: A blend of red & dark fruits, spice, and clove.
    Overall: Given the youth of this wine, it's just not giving that much at this point in it's life accept power and structure. Med-full body, high acidity, high tannin and slightly extracted fruit; check back again in 5-7 years. In honor of Bart Broadbent who made tasting the '84 Rouge possible I'll use the five * system. (**/*)

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  • Wine Education Service - Château Musar (LSE): Just opaque, rust coloured rim but good central colour.
    Attractive spicy perfume, flowers rather than fruit.
    Fruity attack, well balanced, drinking nicely, warm fruity mid palate, good length, still very lively.

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  • What a fantastic wine! Almost no sediment when decanting (left standing for two weeks in preparation) but quite a load of geggamoja, オリ, sediment later washed out from the btl.

    A toast to Serge's grand passion!

    Medium deep, bricking garnet.
    Nose is vinous with maturing red berries and some sumi ink. Rather promising, albeit non-descript.
    In the mouth this is clearly a red berries wine: Red currants, cranberries, sour cherries and raspberries are underlined by the restrained framework of its acid-tannin structure and the wine's beginning (early) maturity. Some small hints of ice tea, emerging herbal qualities and sumi-ink, the tiniest speck of Brett and (Niklas W nailed it:) lilac.
    Tannins M+, acids M+ and medium bodied. Elegant, INTENSE and superbly balanced.

    This is an unusual Musar (for my limited experience), as it is a non-Brett, almost not-at-all oxidized wine. Typical of Musar (from my limited experience) this is a very, very fine specimen of high quality wine. An undeniably great wine, amazingly admirably priced and well suited for great pleasures from now and onwards for many years.

    ...and keepers will be even more highly rewarded as the years go by.

    Wife: 92p and wunderful!

    Only one btl to go, need to source more of everything Musar, just, please, read Jeff Leve's encounter with the '61!

    Home dinner with wagyu, Japanese winter soup, garlic infused bean sprouts and nattou on rice.

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  • Sammensatt og noe sær duft av lær, tobakk, krydder og velhengt kjøtt. Moden og slank frukt på smak med en innsmigrende syre og balanserte tanniner. Saftig og delikat lang avslutning. 2002 er ikke den årgangen som vil kunne ligge lenge i kjelleren, men tre til fem år bør gå fint

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  • Decanted for about 40 mins, lots of sediment. This needed the air time, on pouring it was quite closed and tight. After 40 mins there are beautiful notes of lilac and dried fig, with only a slight hint of barnyard. The palate is scrumptious, gritty tannins, excellent red fruits, cherry, and a delicious finish. This got even better with more air and a dinner of asparagus risotto and lamb ribs, truly a great wine. Serge Hochar has created a wonderful elixir, a toast to his memory!

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  • Medium garnet color with dark core and watery meniscus. Nose of pure cranberry, red cherry, spice market and a hint of nail polish removal. Slightly sweet and port like on the nose. On the palate it showed very ripe and pure red fruit flavors with white pepper and star anise with a sweet cranberry relish flavor on the finish. Silky smooth mouthfeel with good acidity and sweet medium tannins and a long finish. Really enjoyed drinking this wine. Need to buy more Musar for sure.

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  • Dark fruit (blueberry), nice spice, slight funk that's well
    integrated and gives it some depth. Strong acidity. Lingering finish.
    Really enjoyable. Better with air. Needs an hour or two. Decant next time. (from .375).

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  • Opened an hour or so prior to drinking.
    Strawberry, eucalyptus, resinous nose. Surprisingly fruity - black cherry - and full bodied good wood taste (Musar character), light tannins and not super acidy. Just on the right side of flabby.
    Drinking well now, but probably best not to keep much longer.
    Delicious - sad that it's the last bottle.

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  • Wow, very good right from the bottle. I quote andtheodor: Unusual sweet and spicy nose. Grilled meat, cocoa, cherries, softly savory and sweet palate. Only a hint of volatility and quite enjoyable.

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  • Unusual sweet and spicy nose. Grilled meat, cocoa, cherries, softly savory and sweet palate. Only a hint of volatility and quite enjoyable.

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  • 1 hour slo-o. Earthy bouquet, but fruit was a bit muted for the first hour of drinking, began to open in hour 3. Lacks the depth and roundness of the 1999, but an enjoyable wine for the money.

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  • Translucent rosewood color. Nose of cocoa, with earthy and spicy notes. The palate echoes this spice, combined with a gamy note of meat, as well as flavors of brandied cherries and ripe plum. With aeration, this takes on an aroma of shoe polish, with a subtly oily element emerging in the mouth. The tannins on this are soft and well-integrated, in contrast to the prior bottle I enjoyed more than a year ago. I agree with other tasters that this is less dense and substantial than other vintages of Musar, though it still drinks pleasantly and offer very high quality for the price.

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  • Not giving up nearly as much (as other vintages tasted) upon opening Unripe red raspberry and green/vegetal notes pervade after several hours open.

    On the second night this is ready to go! Fruit is much more lively, with very high toned notes of sweet cherry. This would probably be at peak after a long decant, 4+ hours, as the finish is pretty short after 1 day open.

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  • 'Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy' as The Who' once said (I'm sure they must have been drinking Musar when they entitled their album!
    Not one of the very best vintages, but it's still a Musar through and through - a lot of substance for not a lot of money.

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  • Intriguing flavour - mid weight and unlike traditional varieties. Should still gain some complexity.

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  • Great wine - I like the carignan character, it really complements the cab. Great nose of spices, wild herbs, and wild cherry, dried cherry, red licorice. medium bodied - very fresh, vibrant, and juicy.

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  • Perfect example of a classic Musar. Very lifted, balanced acidity and VA, lovely complexity. The Cinsault is actually very apparent giving a lovely airiness to the blend. Long, quaffable, finished to fast.

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  • WES - Château Musar Vertical (LSE Holborn): Medium intense. Slightly thinning at the rim. Bold volatile nose jumping out of the glass. High perfume note, touch of fig, stewed fruits, liquorice, warm sweet spice. Rich and vibrant with racy acidity in the mouth. Firm tannic backbone and good length.

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  • Wine Education Service - Château Musar (LSE): Almost translucent, medium brown rim.
    Clean fruity aromas, a hint of spicy sweetness, inviting.
    Sweet fruity attack, very soft tannins, well balanced, attractive, refreshing, delicious, drinking beautifully.

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  • Another vertical tasting 18 months from the last one.

    1999 - we thought this was at its peak last year. It is still going strong. As night went on, it became sweet and honeyed. There is plenty of punch. Apparently that is supposed to be the characteristic of Musars. Instead of peaking and then declining, they stay at that peak for years. Score 93
    2000 - Rich nose. Slightly lighter on the palate. More wood. Score 91
    2001 - favourite for 2 of the guests. Lovely fruit. Still lots of body for a 12yr old wine. Score 92
    2002 - again that spritz and bite. Phenolic - even on the cork. What is it with the '02. Least favourite of the lot
    2003 - Lots of blackcurrants but lighter compared with the others. Score 91
    2004 - Wow. Medicinal lozenges. Think Vicks vapour rub. This will age very well. Score 92
    2005 - noticeably more purple at the edges. Still has youth. Again medicinal but good clean fruit. Yummy. This has certainly matured in the last 18 months and drinking well now. Interesting how it has changed in that time. Score 91

    We had beef in ale as the main course and then Gruyere de Compte (another vertical of 18, 21 ans 24 months) for the cheese course. The Musars went perfectly. All bottles opened 9 hours before starting the meal.

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  • Untamed, undomesticated, definitely not toilet trained. This is good old Musar and it's the beast you always wish for.

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  • Jännä hapokkuus. Tuhti ja tiukka pakkaus. Dekantoi kunnolla tai ikäännytä vielä ainakin 5 vuotta. Hyvä ruokaviini.

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  • A year having gone by since the last bottle, it was time to taste again! First things first: this wine has thrown a sediment and definitely needs decanting. Medium ruby colour in the glass; nose of exotic spices, leather, clove, orange peel and Turkish delight! I can believe there is significant bottle variation but, although the acidity from the last outing was still present, it was a lot softer this time around, with quite a ripe, sweet, velvety palate of dark fruit and chocolate, and nicely softened though full tannins. All in all, and somewhat contrary to my expectations, this seems fully ready to drink now, but has sufficient acidity to last a few more years.

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  • Disappointing. Nose was promising, sweaty leather, but upon tasting had an acid twang to it which was not pleasant. After an hour in the glass opened up somewhat, but still short, a bit sour, not what I am used to from a Musar. Maybe 2002 is just not a good year or it is in a funky phase.

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  • Light garnet. Color shows the bottle age. The nose was open pretty much right away and has that nice cigar box dustiness too it. This is a quality wine, but the problem for me is that it has an almost cloying sweetness to it. I still really like the wine, but wouldn't buy it again.

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  • First night it had a lot of brett and secondary fermentation spritziness. Not my favorite musar experience. By night two this blew off and it turned into a more classic tale. Nowhere near a 2001, but still really good.

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  • Two bottles drank with friends over steak dinner, Both bottles decanted for two hours. Deep even colour showing some browning at the rim. Nose of Black fruits, tabaco, tar, chocolate, plumbs, blackberries. mushrooms, earthy. At first tast of spice that gives way to rich black fruit then the dark chocolate followed by more soft fruit
    Well ballanced, should keep for a few years

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  • Medium intensiv ruby. This showed a very intensive nose of cedar, thyme and tobacco with underlying blackcurrant. In the mouth very round with natural sweetness medium bodied with well integrated tannins and acidity, but slightly hot. Terrific length. Drunk from half bottle.

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  • Promising. Good fruit core. Cassis. Like a nice Bordeaux. With mellow warm Brett character.

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  • The sommelier warned us about significant bottle variation. Nonetheless, he tasted this one and deemed it one of the "good" bottles. He was not incorrect; popped and poured, it immediately showed a massive, concentrated nose of chocolate, accompanied by a rubbery latex smell (this is not unpleasant). Allowed to breathe for an hour, this expanded to encompass more bitter cocoa aromas, along with a woody cedar scent and a whiff of acetone. On the palate this had a rich and juicy flavor reminiscent of stewed tomatoes. The tannins were bright and well-integrated but still supportive; experience shows this will bear another decade of maturation at the least.

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  • Russk GC Wine Event at Pablo's. Top tier. Pablo brought in brown bag. Nose of orange peel. Mouth of sweet soft mature French oak. 91-

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  • Third time I've had this wine, and, surprise surprise, the third time it's tasted different! After 10 hour decant... nose is fresh and vibrant, but with that muskiness (brett and oxidation) that typifies Musar. I always think of Musar as being like a quirky, dingy backstreet antiques shop. Eccentric, but you never know when you're going to find something remarkable. In the mouth there is an upfront sweetness of blackberrys and raspberrys, which quickly resides to serious dark leather, meat and something quite medicinal. Good acidity going on and very young tannin structure. This is a nice wine, but it's just not quite there yet. All the indications tell me it'll be great one day, just needs a while longer in the bottle.
    UPDATE: With a herby, rich, salty meat/pasta dish this wine just went up a few gears. The sweet fruit became much more prominent, and the brett added a lovely deep richness like cured meat (chorizo). Gorgeous. 89-91

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  • My first Musar. Interesting nose. Very aromatic. Acetone. This was after a 4 hour decant. Nice pleasant taste on the palate. Not sure how this wine will develop with age.

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  • 2 hour decant.
    I really don't know what to make of this wine. Seemed lightweight in all departments with a sappy oak background. Perfectly pleasant 86 pointer but far from Musar's normal high standard.
    CellarTrackers' tastings imply a: considerable bottle variance b: this is a young wine that needs another 5+ years. I hope both are true and will therefore leave my remaining bottles till 2017 when they will either be shot or have turned into swans. I have my doubts.
    Currently very disappointing, especially after a superb 2005 recently consumed and noted here. Will wait and see.

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  • Surprisingly weak and anonymous Musar, consumed a week after the splendid 2005. One of the least impressive vintages of Musar I've tried (two bottles tried with similar results)

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  • røffe tanniner, litt ubalansert. litt aceton

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  • This is a well-balanced wine but a bit too young to fully appreciate. Could mature into a fine bottle; hard to say.

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  • Decanted 6 hrs before tasting. Deep ruby. Nose dominated by cherries, oak and a bit of leather coming in at the end. Decent acidity and moderate tannins. Fruity palate with slight medicinal notes. Very good length. Can taste and smell the Cabernet Sauvignon but unlike any Bordeaux. Nice one.

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  • Weekday Night (Andrew's Place): Nose of canned tomatoes, a bit stewed, and touches of oxidation. Did not comsume.

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  • 2012 Jez Festive Drinks - opened and decanted for 2 hrs before trying. Not quite as good as the 99 but a very nice wine in itself indeed. A nice balance of some fruit, acid, mushroom (earthy) and the oak is in check too.

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  • - Crimsom color with medium forming legs and aromas of mushroom, oak, vanilla and tobacco. It's balanced and has flavours of fig, vanilla and burnt toast with a medium/full body. Leathery texture with a long finish - I have never tried a wine from this region. A little hesitant at first. This wine has character reminicent of a southwest cahor. Very earthy old world feel. It was a very pleasant surprise and definitely a great value.

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  • Felt a bit tired, past its best

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  • Decanted for 30 mins and had with dinner. A very young Musar, but oh so good, tons of red fruit like cherry, a hint of VA, some barnyard, young and boisterous at the moment. Will be a treat in a few years, but great now as well.

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  • A few bottles on Wednesday (Dave's House): Popped and poured, served blind, followed over approximately 30 minutes. Ruby red colour in the glass. On the nose, sweet red cherries, spice, brettanomyces, very green and herbal. On the palate, sweet red fruit, leather and herbs. Moderate+ acid, with some drying tannin. Moderate finish. Every time I have this wine it is wildly different. I was headed to Italy with my guess (as I have in the past). As with the last couple bottles, this could not reach the previous heights that this wine has hit for me.

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  • Notes from day 1, bottle opened for about 4 hours.
    Dark red in color.
    Nose of red cherry, dried florals, tobacco, little tar, funk.
    Palate of red cherry, currant, lots of tobacco, herb, little tar, funk.
    The finish was above average in lenght, great acidity as well.
    Overall the wine was fantastic, always a pleasure drinking these wines.
    Hold or drink: 50+5+12+17+8
    4

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  • Medium bodied translucent ruby. Very perfumed nose of red flowers, spicy currants, cigar box, and an underlying funkiness / earthiness. All red fruits. Fairly complex flavors of red currant, red berries, raspberries, figs, tobacco, herbs, and some mint. Medium finish. Very unique flavor profile and extremely interesting, much different from a CA Cab or a Left Bank Bordeaux. Very good.

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  • Another fantastic red Musar. Spicy plum and smoky cigar box aromas with a really lovely smooth palate of figs, cinamon, plums and raisins. Delightful as always.

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  • Vertical tasting – 7 years of Musar from 1999 to 2005

    2005 – most tannic one. Noticeably younger. Very good year, smooth, but needs longer in bottle. Scores range 85-91
    2004 – still has a little bite on the tip of the tongue. Tastes younger than its age. Fruit is nice and clean. Mustier. Nose is dull. Hot year. Punchy. Scores range 87-90
    2003 – lovely and smooth from the word go. Silky but more lightweight compared to the others. Scores range 82-92
    2002 – there was a sharp spritz on the bottle, still there hours after opening. Roughest of the lot and not nearly as good as my previous experience of this year. Maybe just a rogue bottle.
    2001 – if tasted blind, you could be forgiven for thinking this was a grand vin claret. The Cabernet dominates this year. Another hot year. Almost sherry like. Not full or punchy though. A few more years to go. Well liked. Scores range 90-92
    2000 – bubblegum sweet yet earthy. Distinct from the others. Nice, clear, young and fruity for a 12year old wine. The 2000 grew on us as the night went on. This has reached the point when it can be enjoyed. Scores range 90-92
    1999 – this is at its peak now and showing its aristocracy. Drink up. Scores range 90-93

    We tried the 2003, 2004 and 2005 with the starter (shredded duck) and then added the 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 for the main (Roman lamb). All bottles opened 6 hours prior to tasting. The cork for the 2000 was coloured all the way up but the wines were all at the same level in the necks.

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  • Five Decades of Chateau Musar....with Serge Hochar (Shanghai Room, Langham Place Hotel, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong): See my notes from the same night blind tasting. Very young indeed. Put this away for 7-8 years. I think it will always be a lighter vintage.

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  • Five Decades of Chateau Musar....with Serge Hochar (Shanghai Room, Langham Place Hotel, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong): Tasted blind as one of 12 vintages over 5 decades. Small serving. By far the darkest in colour....a semi-transparent purple-red. Nose is very young, closed and still oak-dominated with just a touch of black peppercorn. Palate is very, very sweet fruit and Turkish Delight...it tastes just about integrated but craves a good few more years in the bottle to unfurl. As Serge observed, it isn't really yet ready for drinking. His rule is "keep until 15 years old" and this is good evidence. My #9, group's #4.

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  • similar to other bottle

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  • It's a celebration, bitches. (Dave gets a new job) (Dave's House): Popped and poured, followed over approximately an hour and a half. The nose here is reminiscent of southern Rhone, with notes of sweet cherries, iodine, spice, a touch of horse stable, earth, finishing with a light note of saline/sea air. On the palate, more sweet red fruits, earth and spice. Slightly elevated acidity serves as a necessary counterbalance to the sweetness of the fruit. Finish is of moderate length. Overall, this bottle did not show the complexity of previous bottles, but this could be due to the infamous bottle variation. This was a rather clean bottle, and I would have preferred a bit more brettanomyces to add further interest.

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  • Okay I finally see the potential of this wine. Very good nose of iodine, a bit of stink, nutmeg, red fruits. Intriguing wine that is reminiscent of a hypothetical blend of Bordeaux, Rhone, and Italy. Not too much Brett as others have mentioned can emerge on this wine, but still nicely balanced overall. Mouthfeel is much like a wine from the Rhone.

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  • Quite a bit of bottle variation on this wine. This one was red fruited, but became pretty closed and simple over time.

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  • Decanted just before serving. For a 10-year-old wine this still has a lot of youthful, almost fizzy acidity, which seemed to blow off somewhat over an hour or so. Full-bodied and rich, showing very pure, ripe red fruit characteristics but with beguiling notes of rose-water, chocolate, cinnamon, farmyard and orange peel. Very enjoyable although a bit more time to let that acidity settle down wouldn't hurt. Quite a bit of alcohol, but you either won't notice or won't care.

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  • So I see on my last note on this, that I wanted to leave it 5 years before drinking the next bottle. Good advice, however I couldn't wait.
    This wine is medium to deep ruby browning at the rim. The nose is fresh and concentrated but very primary with red fruits, dried fruits, balsamic, iron, orange peel, pepper and a touch of leather. The attack is very sweet, and the palate is generally dominated by sweet fruit. The finish blossoms and is quite interesting. This certainly didn't start out as mature as the last bottle. My last bottle of this, but I think I would certainly want 3-5 years before trying again.

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  • Typical Musar - leather, acetone, ripe and sweet red fruit and as usual a bit "dirty" character. Sweet vanilla in the finnish. This is indeed an interesting wine, however, a bit too unfocused and sweet for my taste.

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  • Wednesday Night Blind Tasting in KW (Dave's House): Popped and poured, served blind. Well, after unleashing two real stinkers on us, Dave decided he would redeem himself. Nose of red and black cherries, leather, tar, horse stable, sweaty ass, earth, with slight floral notes. On the palate, nice bright red fruits, leather, earth, spice; moderate tannin remains, ample acidity, nice long finish. This is a bit of a chameleon wine, as I was headed to Italy on this one, despite having it previously, and thinking it was of Southern Rhone character. Great wine, happy to have a couple tucked away as this is still getting better.

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  • Ruby/red color, no sign of ambling. Full aromas of sour cherry and blackcurrant with some cedar and hints of pepper and hay. Full bodied with smooth tannins, sparkling acidity and some sweet fruit. A long ad spicy finish. This Musar has loads of character and body and is well integrated. Drink now - 2015.

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  • No Formal Tasting Notes

    Fantastic wine, I thought it would show brett but it didnt. Great nose of muted cherries [think Cherry Nibbs] the deep cherry nose that isnt 'youthful' high toned. On the palate the Grenache comes through with some Dark Chocolate of the Mouvredre and even the Cab Sauv is there

    Conc: Wine is Solid, Excellent together, Very Very Good, will try and plan to buy more

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  • Chateau Musar Vertical: Double decanted 5 hours prior

    Nose: Big primary nose. Similar to previous vintages but less layers. Some notes of hay as well.

    Taste: As per the nose, it was richer and bigger but vibrant as well. A soft mouthfeel but sufficient acid. Medium length finish compared to some of the longer ones in the tasting. Still needs time to evolve further to reveal more textures.

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  • See StainedGlass on 21-9-2011 & rated 91 points for detailed tastes. The sweetness of the wine perfectly matched a not too heavy minced meat dish, paprika, clove. I give 93 because it is perfectly in balance now, fine, soft tannines, some acidity below the sweetness. I decanted 1 hour before. This is not neccessary, but advisable, I think. It is like a Bordeaux, Southern Rhone hybrid. The best of both. For 26 € great VfM.

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  • Deep ruby/red color, brick hues at the rim. Red fruit (plums, strawberries) and some tobacco and chocolate notes on the nose, and on the palate, which also shows nicely integrated oak and a hint of earthiness. This wine stands out for its "sweetness", which is present both on the nose and the palate. Medium acidity and smooth tannins. This is good to drink now but will probably develop very well over a few years. A great wine!

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  • mmm.....this is so dirty, in a good way. Sweat, leather, earth, cherry, underbrush, blackcherry. Definite brett here but it is what I would call integrated brett if there is such a term
    the texture and mixture of fruit and savoury sweat and dirt in awesome.....this wine takes me to the southern rhone which is ironic given the cab dominant blend. Nonetheless.....this is such a special and individual wine that breaks the mould.

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  • Chateau Musar food wine tasting: Deep ruby, vibrant. What a difference with the 2000 tasted previously. No barnyard to be smelled, clean, fruit-driven with ripe cherries and plums, oak supports instead of dominates. Dry, medium acidity, dark cherry, meat, chocolate, white pepper. High tannins,silky texture, rich mouth-feel, medium body, rich wine with long finish yet not completely satisfying, chalky tannins need more integration,

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  • Wine Education Service - Château Musar (LSE): Slight age.
    Spicy, fruity, interesting nose, but not a wow nose.
    Juicy, liquorice, very moreish, drinking well, balanced, delicious, slightly hot, not very long.

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  • Had at zahav in philly. Enjoyed and bought more. Great pair with middle eastern food!

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  • Prefer the 2003, but this is still nice wine.

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  • A wine aficionado's wine - and I mean that in a good way. Light ruby in color, with a fragrant spicy, earthy bouquet and some alcohol. There is just a lot going on in the glass: strawberry, plums, tea, leather, morel mushrooms, some eucalyptus. There is definitely some pleasant barnyard earthiness too (some may find that a little too funky). And a really long pleasant finish. This is a great wine to enjoy with open-minded friends, because it is a little earthy but everyone will spot something different in the glass.

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  • Winery Tasting Note:

    2002 was a year full of pleasant surprises which look likely to continue……

    After four successive years of drought, we had a long, rainy and cold winter which lasted until June. This was followed by a mild July and hot August. The vines took longer to reach maturity than average and the harvest started almost two weeks later than in previous years. The maturity level varied from vineyard to vineyard forcing us to be selective in our harvesting – the grapes were all hand picked in the early mornings.

    The grapes began arriving at the winery on the 15th September and we had to lower the average fermentation temperature to give the yeast the ability to finish transforming the sugar into alcohol.
    Fermentation in concrete vats went perfectly well but slowly with the temperature kept below 31 degrees and this very long fermentation and maceration were totally unexpected. The wine was racked six months after the harvest and then put into French nevers oak barrels for one year. The three varietals of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault and Carignan which up until then had been kept separately, were blended in the following summer of 2004 and bottled in July and August 2005.

    The grapes of this year were characterised by high levels of sugar, acidity and tannins and the resulting wines are much bigger, riper and fuller than expected.
    An exceptional year, as normally in Lebanon, high sugar content means less acidity but in 2002 everything was there!

    A deep crimson – even blood red colour with an intense and complex nose of spicy red fruits, cedar with deeper plum notes. Generous red and black fruits follow through to the palate combined with Christmas cake spices, figs, dates and stewed plums. Good acidity, silky tannins with a rich fruited palate end with a long promising finish.

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  • UWS a random set of wines (@ JB): Second time this year I got this wine completely blind and from two different sources. This time the wine showed chocolate in the bouquet and on the palate a lot of sweetness, juicy fruits and a good concentration. Very smooth and very soft tannin and bitterness. Contrary from the previous time I tasted this wine, this bottle was completely ready. Very good indeed, but less impressive than the previous bottle.

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  • Tasted at the sampler. Red fruit, earth/oal, thin, spicy.

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  • Musar + (groupe du mercredi, Bruxelles, Belgium, chez PM): léger pétillant, "à l'ancienne", dense, concentré
    ma note: 16,5/20
    note moyenne du groupe: 16,4/20

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  • Quite deep ruby & garnet colouring. The nose here is bold & big with a slight pleasant plastic-y aroma (a little Brett?) beneath the huge dose of blackberries & strawberries. There's a little dirty hay note in there too. Medium bodied, loads of refreshing acidity. Lots of fruit up front. Blackberries, plums. This is wine is fascinating in its evolution as it opens up. There seems to be so much going on that you'd think you're drinking someone else's wine each taste! There's leather and spice through the middle and the sweet dark fruit carries through the whole time. The finish is structured by a nice supple tannic grip that allows the wine to linger with dried currants & sweet tea. This is quality stuff with loads of character. I'm very interested to see how this develops over the next 5 or so years.

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  • Tasted blind. Beating a 2000 Château Lilian Ladouys (St. Estèphe) by a wide margin.

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  • 2011 Simple Series 6: WOTN (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck @ Paragon): Alcohol :: 14%
    Bright red and dark fruits along with wild meatiness, barnyard that reminiscent of a Rhone. This has opened for approx 7hrs and still going strong, but as good as this is, the last bottle is better, and perhaps this is because of the occasion. Friendly on the palate, with medium level of intensity and complexity that bring out by the really sweet pure fruits, tannin was well-integrated with spices, barnyard flavours that lead to the slight alcoholic, medium length finish. Chateau Musar is a very interesting wine, Cabernet Sauvignon blended, but the purity of the bright fruits and elegance that made almost everyone in the dinner guessed this was a Burgundy Pinot! Buy - Maybe - Yes.

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  • 2011 Simple Series VI: Dave's Birthday (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): A very interesting wine - we could not decide whether it was a Rhone or Burg, or a new world blend! Not short on quality either though. It had an interesting nose of grassy earth, plum fruit, mulberry and cooked cherries along with a rich, almost liquered background with some glycerol and licorice along with a whiff of rubber. The palate picked up on the richness showed on the nose. It was big and weighty, perhaps lacking a bit acidity for a wine of its size, but it had a nice purity in its expression of red cherries and raspberries. Nice long finish too, with metally mineral fading into a dried fruited tail replete with red dates and black tea framed by a layer of layer of firmish tannins. Not perfect, a bit rustic maybe, but overall actually very yummy and full of character. By far the cheapest wine on show, but certainly not the weakest. Good show.

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  • Dry on the palate with a little raspberry creeping through. Acidity and low alcohol could make this a good food wine.

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  • Just shows you can taste the same wine and get a different impression. We compared the 1999, 2002 and 2003 together again. The 1999 and 2003 are ready. The 2002 is not. The 1999 packs tons of flavour - think best chocolates, plums, and herbs. Smooth and rounded. Very classy. The 2002 is still sharp - plenty of fruit and I don't think I'll be disappointed 10yrs from now. These are the 3 best years in the last 15 and right now, the 1999 edges ahead.

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  • Alcohol :: 14%
    Pop and poured, the nose is surprisingly expressive with red cherry, strawberry aromas, just like a Pinot, but there was this barnyard at the background that told us this is not a Pinot. Palate is simple, lack of weight and complexity, but it is pure, elegance. My friend wasn’t impress by the wine, he wasn’t like it and commented this doesn’t worth the bucks. Based on my only experience with a 41yrs old Chateau Musar, vintage 1969, which was still drinking well with a little bit of tannin presence. I told my friend that I believed the 2002 is not ready and will be better with some aeration.

    We decided to decant the wine and drank it slowly. With time, sweet ripe dark fruits emerged, with raspberry, plum, dried fig paste, leather and earth that lead us to Grenache, very interesting. The flavors on the palate reflected to the nose and gaining weight, depth with better finishing, linger with juicy sweet dark fruits!

    Another 1.5 – 2hrs in decanter, the wine continued to evolve and hey, at this stage, it was drop dead delicious, not high class and most complex, but it was simply delicious. We can’t stop drinking of it! Aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry, plum, leather and spices emerged with moderate complexity on the intense palate, sweet dark fruits but it was bright with transparency to it, tannin was silky and well integrated, harmonious. Sappy, juicy sweet long finish with good persistency. A wine with soul, lots of character and it just keep on changing, every time we sniffed and sipped, we are like having different wines. A really warmth companion to the quiet night, I like this. Buy - Yes.

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  • Chateau Musar Tasting (Daniel Boulud, Singapore): Fairly big wine and a little alcoholic at the moment. Oriental spice dominates the palate especially on the finish.

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  • Spicy fruit, nail polish, and a dungy, earthy note (reminiscent of some Rousillon wines). Light red fruit too.

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  • Translucent ruby. Nose of nutmeg, cherry pie, and fig. A zesty sensation on the attack similar to some New World Pinot Noirs. Fills every corner of your mouth but not heavy at all. Goes down easy and lingers. Not quite as acidic as some other vintages. What a QPR.

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  • Aromatic, perfumed, dried flowers, red-zinger tea, fig and dried cherries with a citrus note. Evolving but solid palate; great flavour replays and structure.
    4.5/5

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  • Did another vertical last night with friends. The 2002 came out the winner. I have marked up the 2002 which just came out punching - strong, huge taste of blackcurrants and aromatic spices. The 1999 was so much softer but still a little tannin. The 2002 bites you. The 2003 was more mellow. Such different experiences from different vintages

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  • Nose was fairly unfocused - hint of dried prunes, however the main character detected was brett. Palate is far more interesting - very powerful, cassis, coffee and pepper, very long finish, leaning towards being full-bodied. A beefy wine.

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  • see desedmon recent note. I agree, although I am not able to predict further development. Not much tannines, but perhaps enough acid to protect from too much oxidising power/

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  • Drank this right after the 2003. Completely different. The 2002 was so medicinal. Much stronger bouquet. On the palate, it was sharp and acidic in comparison to the 2003. You could leave this a few more years with confidence. Much closer to the Musar style. My wife found this the smoother one. I'd let it breathe for a while or decant it.

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  • Monthly Tasting Group HWS #055; Chateau Musar Vertical of 9 vintages red, 3 white plus a few extra's. (By DJ): Dark red. The bouquet shows black fruits but is still a bit locked. Full bodied wine with a firm dose of black fruit juice and a lot of laurel and licorice. The tannin is beautifully ripe and round. At this moment the wine doesn't show its real complexity. Needs another 3+ years probably. 90+

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  • Rim just developing - fairly intense colour and that characteristic farmyard nose. Earthy and beginning to develop. Excellent fruit and tannins. Well balanced and long. Needs a few more years yet.

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  • I have been gagging to try this wine for some time and this weekend offered an opportunity to taste it. This wine is without doubt the most famous of Lebanese wineries and with good reason. There was an initial wave of hospital bandage-type of eucalyptus and more fire than expected on the nose, but decanting and patience blew that away.

    The nose eventually presented a gentle rose-water and light cherry nose with the front and mid palette showing dates, figs and stewed stone fruit. Full marks for front, mid and back palette. I really liked the gentle sense of poise and balance all through the wine experience.

    Regrettably the table with whom I shared the wine didn`t on the whole share my view - but that after all is what wine evaluation is all about. This wine will not appeal to those who are dogged followers of New World Cabernet and its blends. It is a distinct interpretation of the grape and one which I will revisit regularly - great value in Singapore at sub $60.

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  • This is an exciting wine. On the nose; stable, dark berries, interesting. The 2002 Musar has a good mix of sweet dark berries/ cherries, acid and spices. Will be interesting to follow this for a decade.

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  • Initially poured without decanting there was a touch of spritz in this which didn't sit well with the rest of the flavours & textures - however after a few minutes this settled down and started to develop (it didn't stop either, getting better & better as the minutes progressed).
    A warm, smoky nose with a touch of barnyard mixed in among the alcohol spice. Delightfully smooth and warm in the mouth this has integrated flavours and chalky dry tannins, there's chocolate mixed in with the manure and a long, but subtle, earthy finish. Deliciously textured this wine is wonderful with a quality approaching that of the '99. 90-91pts.

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  • alc-macerated cherry, cedar, warm woody spices, some volatility/polish, lovely nose but no funk; med bodied, good acidity, some slightly griany gently gripping tannins - very nice grip actually, some wild herbs and some earth perhaps, very Musar flavours, very enjoyable. A very good young Musar

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  • Spicy bordeaux styled unique wine. Some note of earth and quite deep.

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  • Nice bouquet. Less full-on than some Musars I have had. Palate lighter than some vintages. Still very Musar though. However, this bottle was distinctly fizzy: trapped gases during bottling I imagine. Shook up the contents to release the fizz as best I could but the texture of the palate never seemed to smooth out because of this. Flavours all there. Judgement reserved.

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  • My first encounter with Chateau Musar. Nose of mushrooms, wet wood, and cherries under alcohol and some spices. The palate is fresh, sweet, fruity, full bodied. Cherries, honey and spices (black pepper?). Interesting, but difficult to assign a rating to it. I don't quite like the nose, but the palate yes...

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  • Had at a blind tasting. The glue and tar nose made me think it was a barolo. Very, very good though! Balanced, complex, tannic taste with red berries and surprising freshness. A bit of sweetness and oak in the aftertaste. Quite different from other vintages i have tried.

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  • Good, intense nose with roses, glue, wood, liquorice and berries. Good full bodied wine with nice structured palate and balance. Good length. I was almost sure that this was Barolo.

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  • Tasted blind. Ruby red with orange highlights.
    The nose had a strong volatile character with notes of glue and vinegar. Some cherry, apple and fig on the fruity side complemented by tarry, earthy and perfumy notes.
    Medium to fullbodied and rather tannic with nice acidity throughout the palate. Cherry and raspberry notes, rose pedals and spicy oak. Good length.
    The volatility is very Musar of course, but otherwise I think pretty much everybody around the table thought this to be a Nebbiolo (and in the Barolo end of the spectrum). The tannins, the colour and the aromas. Well, again a fun bottle/vintage of Musar - always full of surprises.

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  • ruby, not very evolved. quite transparent. the nose keeps changing, with rasperry, spices, clove, cassis, and leathery/barnyard aromas similar to cabernet franc being the main ones. light to medium bodied, tannins resolved, lively acidity. I did not notice the sweetness described in some TN. A very unusual but clearly distinguished wine. Matched perfectly cous-cous royale.

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  • Very typical Musar with that beautiful sweetness paired with spices. It possesses much more fruit in the nose and the palate than most other vintages, which is not only due to the young age. I like the vintage quite a bit.

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  • Opened this with a 2003 a few hours ago. 2003 has real potential and completely overshadows the awkwardness of 2002. Acidic and lacking fruit this is possibly past its best.

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  • Wine & Spirits Top 100 Tasting- Brief Notes (San Francisco Design Center): Excellent. Lovely balance with a bit of spice, good fruits, nice finish. Still could use a few years. For the price, this is a unique wine and a great bargain!

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  • Needs at least 2h of decantation to open. Nice complexity, not perfect but still very interesting and sometimes surprising wine.

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  • Very expressive, beautiful fruit on nose and palate, just great!

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  • My first experience with Musar. What an interesting wine. Seems so much more mature than its 8 years. Colour deep transparent ruby with noticeable browning on the rim. On opening, the nose is full of old leather, reminiscent of mature bordeaux (but far older than 8 yrs), and alcohol. With air, sweet oak comes through, and some oxidised notes also. On the palate, very sweet strong oak. So much so, I found it quite hard to handle - reminiscent of young Rioja Gran Reserva. Day 2 and 3 however, more oxidised notes on the nose, some nettle, but the the oak settles on the palate, leaving a sweet attack (slightly too sweet for me), beautiful pure red fruits and then a smoky finish. Beautifully balanced wine, a smidgeon strong on alcohol. The nose really gives the impression of a very old wine, but the palate just gets fresher and fresher over several days - incredible. I look forward to my next bottle, however I would like to leave it 5 years.

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  • No oxidation as the previous bottle. This time it was very young and I felt more cabernet sauvignon than the last time. A wine with personality which reminded me of PN from New Zeeland.

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  • Felt oxidized and had a very pale, pinot-noir like colour. After some hours in the glass it started to get better, but the oxidized character was always there. Was pleasent to drink though.

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  • Very lovely. Extremely good value. Sad it isn't very easy to find.

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  • Quicknote;
    Warm and health fruit, with some mineral tone´s on the nose.
    Good acidity which is really well balanced. On the pallet it follows the nose, and it´s a really pleasant wine. It do remind me of a aged Bordeaux, just fresher and less oaky.

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  • Brought along to friends. A lot of volatile acidity - a perfect Musar..

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  • Even better this time. Brownish colour, not completely clean. Macerated red fuit on the nose, same menthol, green background but perfectly balanced with a lush texture. All these suported by a good acidity and tannic structure. I love this wine, will look for other Musar vintages.

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  • Very mature appearance, light red with wide orange rim; decadent nose of leather, nuts, spices, red fruit, good depth; smooth attack, rich and velvety texture, ripe acidity and grainy tannins, good weight. Very Lebanese but not without overripeness.

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  • Wine Education Service - Château Musar - 80th Anniversary Tasting (Imperial College): Juicy, redcurrants and rosehips, sweet attack, well balanced, liquorice and spice in teh mid palate, very complex, very long dry finish. Just about ready now but will reward keeping.

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  • Blind tasting

    Pale ruby brownish red
    Aroma: medicines and dried fruits
    Medium body and poor balance.
    medium length

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  • MZ Grill (Wwa): decanted for few hours; full bodied, dark red; nice tannins; huckleberry and redcurrant, hint of the spices, seems that it has just started to be ready for drink

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  • At The Blue Strawberry, Hatfield Peveral, Essex. No formal note. Full bodied and quite rich with red and black berry fruit, fairly youthful still but with some leathery, spicy development starting to reveal itself. This shows good depth and balance with plenty of relatively soft, generous tannins and good balancing acidity on a good length finish. Very good indeed.

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  • Beautiful nose, none of the volatile acidity of the last bottle, no real evidence of acetaldehyde either. Ultraripe cherry, sweet blackcurrant, warm oak, woody herbs and a touch of pine on the nose. Like a Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated Bordeaux teenager. Sadly, the palate doesn't quite live up to the nose. Good juicy attack and decent finish, less impressive mid-palate. A little too sweet here, fine chalky tannins, better with air. Smells like a 92-pointer, tastes like an 85.

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  • Oh la la...what a fabolous wine. Red transloucient colour, not clarified with some depot, and not as concentrated I was expecting nevetheless gained some body with air. Started with a discret nose of a good southern Rhone wine, and as it open up, showed a good red fruit nose, with some plum, dates and figs. After that, gave pass to some bret and green pepper but really fresh and nothing excessive. Palate is massive, and again, massive. Cabernet Sauvignon is all around, with great acidity and moderate but drying tannins. Correct finish. I will come back, with pleasure.

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  • Light red color with a hint of orange/bronze.
    Nose: Marmalade, wet wool and perfume.
    I also get a hint of orange peel.
    Taste: The aroma from the nose continues. The tannins are beautiful and the wine is very well balanced. A solid wine that you absolutely should try if you haven't done so yet.

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  • As always, Musar is impressing. Huge, complex nose with loads of spices and ripe dark berries and some incense. Massive, hot, palate with loads of spices and fruit. Relatively tannic. Very good!

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  • Drunk with a strongly flavoured lamb tajine.

    Clear dark ruby.
    strong nose of burnt rubber and old leather. If I had had to guess I would have said that this was a Rhone.
    High acidity, medium tannin, full bodied.

    Good.

    Hard to judge/note this wine, unusual but also with the strong flavours from the food. Good quality and popular around the table.

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  • Decanted for about an hour. A dark red still looking quite young. A blast of barnyard on the nose initially, with a slight hint of VA, some chocolatey moccha notes, lots of plum, yum! On the palate, a nice sweetness, lots of tannins, really upfront and in your face at this point, but very delicious. This definitely beats the 2001 I had a few weeks ago! 50+5+13+17+8=93

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  • Lovely as this is, after three bottles I need to leave the rest for a decade. Some hope of that then.

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  • Unpleasantly funky barnyard smell of rotting manure and fruit decomposing in a dustbin on a hot afternoon remained intense and consistent right from opening at 14C until 2 hours later at room temperature. Moderately complex taste with some sweetness, resolved tannins and a bundle of odd spices ranging from cinnamon to juniper berries. Overwhelming smell made this less appealing than it sounds. Well stored bottle of impeccable provenance, so I guess it is meant to taste like this. 84P

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  • I think this 2002 vintage of Musar is one of the better I have tasted in recent years - there is much more depth and nuance here than some of the more recent vintages. All the usual Musar elements are there, but there are also hints of hazelnut and other secondary characteristics that make this interesting in its youth. There is a touch of a sherry-like nose omn this which is hard to place but it works well with the wine. Benefits from decanting.

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  • Still young.

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  • Decanted a left to stand for about 30mins. Pretty much no sediment in bottle. Lovely nose of fruits and leather - which softened and brightened over time and had me smelling before each mouthful. Taste followed a similar pattern and was very enjoyable. Drunk with steak and followed into cheese as was being enjoyed so much. Not quite as good as the 2001 but peeking over it's shoulder and as with that can tell it's still young. No doubt will improve. Excellent.

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  • I love Musar. I love what it stands for, I love its difference, I love its not-for-everyone-taste-profile. It can be a bit up and down some years, but this 2002 is straight out of blocks oozing quality. At first out of the bottle this is quite deep and primary, almost un-Musar-like but over time it relaxes and starts to waft out its typical notes - there is a cut of burnt cherry here on the nose and then deep, funky lovely fruit, violets, leather and of course notes of "merde" (although not as pronounced as in some years). Complex. In the mouth wonderful texture, balance and finesse - sweet plum, rich exotic fruit, some fruit cake in there and then a wonderful splash of tannins and acidity to cut through all of this. Excellent. No doubt this will go for years but giving up serious pleasure right now.

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  • And now for something (slightly) different (16 Berkeley Square): My first Musar and a real treat. I was somewhat nervous, as this is such a polarising wine, but I think I'm firmly on the side of the supporters - this wasn't as oxidised as I had feared - it's clearly there, but it's not overwhelming, and doesn't hide the excellent focused fruit and tobacco and herb notes. Flavours come and go quite tantalisingly. I will be trying some older vintages.

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  • Volle smaak, maar geen dikke wijn. Echt lekker.

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  • Musar with Serge Hochar: There's bright cherry fruit on the nose, and then lovely, bright fruit on the attack. Then you feel some fine-grained tannins. Then a sort of dishwater thinness on the middle, before returning to full power on the finish.

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  • A typical light Lebanese wine with a hot strong raisin taste. The share of Cinsault appears to be quiet high. In colour rather bright red. In my opinion very suitable for Arab food. Surely not an outstanding wine, but quiet pleasing for an every day occasion.

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  • Slightly spicy. Some VA. Not bad as an everyday mini Musar

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