1999 Chateau Musar
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Saturday, January 16, 2021 - After my first bottle from Chateau Musar oxidized in 1999 and the consumption was rather modest, here is the evaluation of my second bottle:
The cork of this bottle was completely soaked, and despite the greatest care, the cork broke off when it was opened. After fine handwork, the rest of the cork could then be easily removed.
Immediately after decanting the wine smelled very pungent, already thought that the second bottle would also be undrinkable.
After 5 hours in the decanter, the surprise came:
Very good aroma, great bouquet, the color between red and orange (slightly rust-colored), fine tannins and a very long, pleasant finish. This wine enjoyment was fun.
On the negative side: The quality of the corks could be improved. Already had about 20 years old wines from the Greek winemaker Papaioannou and the corks were way better.
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Comment posted by PSPatrick:
2/5/2021 1:50:00 AM - Fully agree on the quality of corks. I am always stunned by how different filling levels in older bottles of Musar are. The 1999 I just drank also had a soaked cork and some seepage under the capsule, fortunately it did not seem to have affected the wine.