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• Barry Notes wrote: flawed

  February 19, 2024 - GRAND TASTING #2: Exposed leakage/soaked cracked cork. Removed with two prong. Clear, thin brown/red color, some brown edge. Although corked to some degree, bottle was still palatable. Poured into glasses for 2 hours. Intense nose. This drank like very old/aged wine, tawny port'ish, nice fruit through the flaw. Plum, red cherry, should have been at least 93 pts if sound. Long finish. Tough luck but you get a bad bottle now and then.

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• Wine Canuck wrote: 96 points

  July 2, 2023 - An Epic Summer Wine Weekend - Year 2; 6/30/2023-7/2/2023 (Muskoka, Ontario, Canada): This pours light ruby in the glass with light bricking. The nose is lifted and complex with bright rich light cherry, red plum, pomegranite, light whiffs of pickle juice, gamey animal fur, cracked toasted brown spices, tar, and dry earth. The palate enters on the gorgeous bright red fruit with medium tannin and medium plus acid. The finish is very long and very appealing replaying much of the nose. This was just awesome and a fun curveball blind red to throw at the group. Not particularly high in VA or brett, but just massively appealing primary and secondary character, and only just a touch of the tertiary. Aging slowly from this pristine bottle.

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• Ernestas Likes this wine: 93 points

  June 9, 2023 - Lebanese night, Chateau Musar tasting (Vilnius, Lithuania): Chateau Musar tasting, flight 3/4, wine 9/12. Made from a blend of equal proportions of CS, Cinsault and Carignan, aged for 12 months in FR oak barrels. Tasted after ‘99 which was bit off, therefore was happy to see ‘95 still singing and will continue to for few more years. Deep ruby red, tawny rim. Intense aroma of cassis, kirsch, liquorice, tamarind, dry earth, hint of cold cuts and tobacco. Medium+ body, firm structure, great depth of black fruits with tamarind, spice and earth notes, fine high tannins.

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• Goldstone Likes this wine: 93 points

  May 9, 2023 - Tuesday Dinner at Crown Wine Cellars, Hong Kong (The Conservatory, Crown Wine Cellars, 18 Deep Water Bay Drive, Shouson Hill, Hong Kong): Decanted for 3 hours (I would recommend longer) then drank over the next three. Captivating nose….initial blast…and I mean blast… of cherry liqueur and then it quickly dropped down a couple of piano scales to tamarind, liquorice root, star anise, lots of other eastern spices. Palate similarly was initially quite bitter and alcoholic but soon became beautifully mellow. Deeply fruited in a succulent ‘Napa Cab Sav does Bordeaux’ style. Gorgeous…and still keeps a fresh acidic/tannic structure. Good contemplative length on the finale. A real delight from one of my favourite vintages. My French guest hadn’t experienced Ch Musar before and was blown away. I have scored this a fair bit higher in the past if given an overnight double-decant.

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• fourdan wrote: 88 points

  March 16, 2023 - Not singing tonight, slighly maderized, past its prime ?

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1995
• Type Red
• Producer Chateau Musar
• Varietal Red Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Lebanon
• Region Bekaa Valley
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation n/a
• UPC Codes 5017469119308, 5017469119506, 611482000213, 611482000268, 611482012995

Community Holdings

• Pending Delivery 21 (1%)
• In Cellars 845 (54%)
• Consumed 705 (45%)

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