@prism. Mid-inflection but has a powerful jolt of slightly raisinated black fruit. Lovely VA too. It’s quite musar-y but still young. Definitely a bold, almost port-like style on the nose right now. But still balanced and light on the palate.
From Jacqueline (wine director): “Due to insufficient rain in spring, the whole life cycle of the vine was almost 30 days delayed, which led to a harvest that only finished in mid October. With that comes very concentrated fruit and a bit more power than we’re used to.”
@prism. Decanted 8 hrs in advance. Intensely perfumed. Tamari blackberry. This is just singing. Deep dark fruit notes. Plenty of savory underneath, with hints of brett. This is so powerful. Over time the nose changed dramatically minute to minute. Wild flourishes of blackberry syrup, dried raspberries and candied orange, raspberry liqueur, dried oranges…it’s very fruit-driven on the nose, but tertiary fruit.
2011 Chateau Musar 93 Points
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
@prism. Mid-inflection but has a powerful jolt of slightly raisinated black fruit. Lovely VA too. It’s quite musar-y but still young. Definitely a bold, almost port-like style on the nose right now. But still balanced and light on the palate.
From Jacqueline (wine director): “Due to insufficient rain in spring, the whole life cycle of the vine was almost 30 days delayed, which led to a harvest that only finished in mid October. With that comes very concentrated fruit and a bit more power than we’re used to.”
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2004 Chateau Musar 95 Points
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
@prism. Decanted 8 hrs in advance. Intensely perfumed. Tamari blackberry. This is just singing. Deep dark fruit notes. Plenty of savory underneath, with hints of brett. This is so powerful. Over time the nose changed dramatically minute to minute. Wild flourishes of blackberry syrup, dried raspberries and candied orange, raspberry liqueur, dried oranges…it’s very fruit-driven on the nose, but tertiary fruit.
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