Community Tasting Note
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Mimesis wrote: flawed
January 11, 2020 - Chateau Musar 1999-2004 vertical blind tasting: The big disappointment of the night. I got to sample the 1999 eight years ago, and then it was a robust red, even if it wasn’t my favorite. Now it’s noticeably over the hill, even if it’s not dead yet. The color is a little lighter and more orange than the others, but still quite dark, and not transparent at the rim. Meanwhile, the nose is more mineral, with wet stone and cassis. Brett is dominant at first, but eventually yields to fading, faintly overripe fruit. Was this bottle flawed? It’s hard to tell. The cork was fine. One taster still rated the 1999 first among the six vintages, while another gave it second place, but most (like me) gave it 5th place. Drink up.
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Kirk Grant commented:
1/12/20, 5:50 PM - MiMesis, It sounds like you had an off or a bad bottle. The '99 is still a baby in realm of Musar. While it is certainly starting to show some age...if you can get a good bottle, it's still 10-15+ years away from the end of it's life. When it's still this young, it will show it's best with a 2-4 hour decant.
It's really cool to see you getting in depth with this producer, I think tastings like the one you went to are the best way to really understand this producer as well. Thanks for the updates on 1999 - 2004.