Community Tasting Notes 8

• PSPatrick wrote: 88 points

  January 28, 2019 - "A taste of Libanon"-Tasting, Flight 1, Wine 3 (non-blind): Tasted alongside 2007 and 2003. The most open, developed and expressive of the three Musar white tasted. The wine was medium gold in colour, darker than the 2007 but lighter than the 2003. It offered dried stone fruit, wax, some honey, ethereal notes, smoke and some manure on the nose. On the palate, the wine showed Cognac-like flavours, bruised apple, nuts and a hint of caramel. The palate was very broad and a little astringent and bitter, and the wine only had average length. The acidity seemed lower that in the 2007 and the 2003, but the wine shared the classical, smooth texture of Musar's whites.
  
  I have only tasted about 20 different Musar wines so far, reds and whites, and am hence not an expert on Chateau Musar. With my limited experience and based only on this one bottle from a merchant's private cellar, I preferred the 1998, 1999 and 2003 to this 1993. That said, some tasters rated this 1993 higher and preferred it to the 2003. (88)

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• cannym Likes this wine: 91 points

  December 23, 2016 - Fine pale gold. Quite fine and elegant. This bottle was very clean, nothing musty at all. Lots of unusual flavours, things like red apples, light spices, tangerines, resin, custard and more. Good acidity. Great length. Lovely and quite unique.

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• RajivAyyangar wrote:

  April 22, 2016 - Musar Maniacs part II (Pera SF): Diminished aromatics - muted and dusty. Weird nose - play dough, almond skin. There's a strange bitter flavor to this - like a tongue depresser (not corked though). High acid.
  8.5-9, but maybe this is an off-bottle.

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• sharonandroland Likes this wine: 93 points

  December 24, 2012 - Just coming into its own - much better that 1994 and 95 - which means the whites take even longer than the reds before they are ready to drink. I would say the pleasure starts close to 20 years. This wine is deep and rich (blind could be a an incredible rose), linoleum, apples, sweet spices (like a mulled cider), nuts

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• brooklynguy wrote:

  December 22, 2011 - Not impressive. Lots of coaxing and the nose showed a little something, perfectly lovely. But the palate over 3 or 4 hours was just not compelling. No definition, no grip, like mushy yellow apples and entirely one note. i believe in Musar Blanc and everyone at the table wanted it to be great, but it just wasn't. Some didn't even finish their glass, I noticed.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1993
• Type White
• Producer Chateau Musar
• Varietal White Blend
• Designation Blanc
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Lebanon
• Region Bekaa Valley
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation n/a
• UPC Code 5017469170804

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• In Cellars 61 (72%)
• Consumed 24 (28%)

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