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• sharonandroland wrote: 94 points

  September 8, 2023 - 28 years old and such a fresh and seductive nose. Delucate, floral, gorgeous. With an great lughtness and smoothness on the pallate. Jus impressive

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• Adam V wrote: 90 points

  August 29, 2021 - I found this wine at a shop outside Boston and had to grab it. Chateau Musar makes some of the most unique and interesting wines in the world. The current releases of the rosé are already somewhat hard to come by so finding one with 26 years on it felt especially lucky.
  
  In the simplest terms, this wine is made by adding Cinsault to the regular Chateau Musar White wine. In the case of this vintage it is 90% Obaideh (a native Lebanese white grape) and 10% Cinsault
  
  Color: Deep copper
  
  Aroma: Oxidative. Salty almonds, fruit is almost completely gone. If anything maybe some blood orange and cherry. Hints of toasted apples and maybe even a bit of onion.
  
  Taste: Like a heavier fino Sherry, but a bit more acid. Acid starting to fade but enough to keep the wine from feeling flabby. Slight oily viscosity. Orange rind, hazelnuts, earth/mushroom. Salinity. Turmeric.
  
  Overall: This may be a bit past it’s prime even if it is a Musar. However, it’s still delicious if you like sous-voile style wines like Sherry and Jura Chardonnay, but definitely not a crowd-pleaser. A wine for wine nerds. Really excited I was able to try this.

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  August 28, 2021 - Color: Deep copper
  
  Aroma: Oxidative. Salty almonds, fruit is almost completely gone. If anything maybe some blood orange and cherry. Hints of toasted apples and maybe even a bit of onion.
  
  Taste: Like a heavier fino Sherry, but a bit more acid. Acid starting to fade but enough to keep the wine from feeling flabby. Slight oily viscosity. Orange rind, hazelnuts, earth/mushroom. Salinity. Turmeric.
  
  Overall: This may be a bit past it’s prime even if it is a Musar. However, it’s still delicious if you like sous-voile style wines like Sherry and Jura Chardonnay, but definitely not a crowd-pleaser. A wine for wine nerds. Really excited I was able to try this.

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• Kirk Grant wrote:

  September 25, 2017 - NIGHT TWO: At this point, this wine has been open for 26 hours. Scents of green bananas, brown butter, toffee, and camomile tea are most notable on the nose. The palate is showing slight signs of oxidation with a prickling tart of acidity leading into notes of lime, kiwi, and kumquat on the palate...this wine is a completely different monster tonight!!! I'm sold...such an epic wine. It's like a completely different wine tonight...and I love it still. Med+ acidity, med+ fruit, with a medium length, highly complex finish. Epic juice...this is the best Rosé that I've had. Wow...just wow. Unfortunately this won't be lasting another night...it's just too damn good right now. If you have some of this...you're very lucky.

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• Kirk Grant wrote:

  September 24, 2017 - NIGHT ONE: I didn't honestly have high hopes for this after the last bottle we opened on my birthday last year. However...this is just in a lovely spot. It's actually more like a mature version of the blanc right now. Scents of beeswax, yellow delicious apples, and cherimoya...the nose on this is exotic!! On the palate there's a hint of dried strawberries, orange marmalade, and star fruit. The finish is long and complex, framed by the high acidity this was just about perfect with salami & a pasta dish with fresh oregano, olive oil, and diced tomatoes with some African blue basil salt. At 22 years old...this still seems like it has plenty of room to age in the cellar. It's been open now for 3+ hours and there's no signs of fading or falling apart...I think I might even save some to taste tomorrow and see if it shows as well as some of the blancs do on day two. An extraordinary rosé for those that love rosé and the geekier side of wine...just lovely.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1995
• Type Rosé
• Producer Chateau Musar
• Varietal Rosé Blend
• Designation Rosé
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Lebanon
• Region Bekaa Valley
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation n/a

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• Consumed 40 (70%)

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