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Wine Education Service - Château Musar - 80th Anniversary Tasting
Imperial College
Tasted May 20, 2010 by tendring with 458 views
Introduction
Presented by Sandy Leckie
Flight 1 (1 note)
Rosé
2008 Chateau Musar Musar Jeune Rosé
86 points
Pleasant red fruit aromas, a serious nose.
Ripe fruit , with a dry and bitter mid palate, a longish spicy finish, a wine that will go well with food.
Ripe fruit , with a dry and bitter mid palate, a longish spicy finish, a wine that will go well with food.
Flight 2 (1 note)
Red
2008 Chateau Musar Musar Jeune Red
79 points
A fruity, youthful but rather one-dimensional nose.
Fresh, warm, fruity, tannins not too obvious, spicy finish.
Fresh, warm, fruity, tannins not too obvious, spicy finish.
Flight 3 (1 note)
Red
2002 Chateau Musar
90 points
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.
Flight 4 (1 note)
Red
2001 Chateau Musar
91 points
An intreesting and complex nose. It starts with animal, tobacco and spice (cinnamon) notes and then becomes quite fruity.
The taste is very fruity and youthful, much sweeter that the 2002, fairly obvious tannins, excellent balance, needs a few more years but it's drinking well now.
The taste is very fruity and youthful, much sweeter that the 2002, fairly obvious tannins, excellent balance, needs a few more years but it's drinking well now.
Flight 5 (1 note)
Red
2000 Chateau Musar
90 points
Leathery fruity, quite sweet aromas, a bit gamey.
Sweet and spicy, tobacco, softish tannins, good balance, dry finish.
Sweet and spicy, tobacco, softish tannins, good balance, dry finish.
Flight 6 (1 note)
Red
1999 Chateau Musar
86 points
A strange nose, starting out like vanilla custard, but patience revealed its complexity with fruit and game aromas.
Sweet and spicy, quite luscious and drinking well but try this again in about five years.
Sweet and spicy, quite luscious and drinking well but try this again in about five years.
Flight 7 (1 note)
Red
1995 Chateau Musar
88 points
Nice aromas, animal and fruit - baked dates, figs amd prunes.
Fruity with a hint of oak, spicy, a sweet attack, dry mid palate, drinking beautifully.
Fruity with a hint of oak, spicy, a sweet attack, dry mid palate, drinking beautifully.
Flight 8 (1 note)
Red
1989 Chateau Musar
91 points
Initially this was musty, you'd think it was flawed, but five minutes in the glass was rewarded by a gradual replacement of the mustiness by fruitiness growing to an abundance of dried fruits.
In the taste the sweet fruit attack gives way to a very dry mid palate. Initially the mustiness is there in the taste, then it disappears and allows you to really enjoy this wonderful wine.
In the taste the sweet fruit attack gives way to a very dry mid palate. Initially the mustiness is there in the taste, then it disappears and allows you to really enjoy this wonderful wine.
Flight 9 (1 note)
White
2003 Chateau Musar Blanc
87 points
This has a fascinating nose, very sweet like golden syrup or honey, a bit oxidised like sherry.
This was so difficult in the mouth. At first I hated the taste, though recognising the honey and nutty marzipan complexities. It seemed spoiled by nasty tastes of oxidisation but Musar demands patience and after a good ten minutes the taste had transformed; there was fruitiness and sweetness; it had become approachable.
This was so difficult in the mouth. At first I hated the taste, though recognising the honey and nutty marzipan complexities. It seemed spoiled by nasty tastes of oxidisation but Musar demands patience and after a good ten minutes the taste had transformed; there was fruitiness and sweetness; it had become approachable.
Flight 10 (1 note)
White
2001 Chateau Musar Blanc
84 points
The aroma of honeyed sherry seemed to lack depth, complexity.
A very drinkable wine but somehow unexpectedly simple, honeyed but drying out. Maybe it needed patience to develop in the glass.
A very drinkable wine but somehow unexpectedly simple, honeyed but drying out. Maybe it needed patience to develop in the glass.