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1977 Chateau Musar
- Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
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- Avg Price (ex-tax)
- $ 600 / 750ml
- Red - Savory and Classic
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- from 4 Critic Reviews
- Certified Organic
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Producer tasting notes: "The colour is beautiful and now reflecting the wine’s maturity. An impressive bouquet shows a whole spectrum of nature’s aromas – jasmine, roses, peony and rich black fruits. This wine envelops the palate like fine silk; it is elegant, where the fruit has a surprising freshness from the acidity and earthy notes of forest floor. It is full, yet subtle. The complex, large structured body extends all the way through to the long finish." - Chateau Musar
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1977 Bottle (750ml)
Chateau Musar 1977, Blend, Lebanon
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Highlights
- From Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
- Avg. Price (ex-tax) $ 600 / 750ml
- Red Wine – Savory and Classic
- Cabernet Sauvignon - Cinsault
- Pairs well with Lamb
- Certified Organic
Winery
Chateau Musar is a renowned wine producer based in Ghazir, Lebanon, just north of the capital Beirut, producing a range of wines from vineyards in the Bekaa Valley, and best-known for its eponymous grand vin: Chateau Musar. Gas...
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About the Product
- Region or Appellation
- Producer Notes
- Seven years in the making, Chateau Musar Red is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan and Cinsault from vineyards near the Bekaa Valley villages of Aana and Kefraya on gravelly soils over limestone. Planted from the 1930s onwards, yields are low from these mature bushvines (average age: 40 years): Between 15 to 35hl per hectare.
- Drinking Window
- 2013-2020
Analytical Data
- Alcohol ABV
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14%
- Sweetness
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Dry
- Blend
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Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault & Carignan (Carignan)
Production Attributes
Unfiltered · Unfined
- Maturation
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Oaked
- Oak Type
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French
- Ownership
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Gaston Hochar
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Vineyard Notes
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A great, complex wine, which with the 1964 was Serge Hochar’s reference for character and complexity
- Vintage Notes
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A great, complex wine, which with the 1964 was Serge Hochar’s reference for character and complexity.
- Winemaking
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After fermentation under natural yeasts, a key part of Serge’s minimal intervention philosophies, the wines were aged for twelve months in French oak. This year marks the point at which Serge Hochar decided upon the future Musar blend of approximately equal parts Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault and Carignan, though this vintage does incorporate a slightly higher proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon, giving a more Bordelais character to the wine. It was bottled in the third year after the vintage, then given four years bottle age in the Chateau Musar cellars at Ghazir. Released in 1984.
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- Producer Tasting Notes
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The colour is beautiful and now reflecting the wine’s maturity. An impressive bouquet shows a whole spectrum of nature’s aromas – jasmine, roses, peony and rich black fruits. This wine envelops the palate like fine silk; it is elegant, where the fruit has a surprising freshness from the acidity and earthy notes of forest floor. It is full, yet subtle. The complex, large structured body extends all the way through to the long finish.
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About the Wine
Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine
- Beef stifado Starter Course
- Beef braised with onions and cheese
- Greek
- Lamb bulgogi Main Course
- BBQ marinated lamb
- Contains: mirin, garlic
- Korean
- Tandoori mixed grill Main Course
- Chicken and lamb
- Contains: meat, tandoori marinade
- Indian
- Sloppy Giuseppe pizza Main Course
- Hot spiced beef, green pepper, red onion, mozzarella and tomato
- Contains: green peppers
- Italian
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1977 vintage
90 / 100
4 scores
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When to drink: 2013 to 2020
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2018
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$ 32
2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
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$ 78
2013
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$ 118
2012
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$ 103
2011
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$ 70
2010
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$ 147
2009
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$ 176
2008
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2007
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2006
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2005
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2004
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$ 146
2003
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$ 135
2002
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2001
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$ 136
2000
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$ 126
1999
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$ 100
1998
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$ 141
1997
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$ 153
1996
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$ 139
1995
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1994
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$ 191
1993
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1984
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1983
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$ 479
1982
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1981
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$ 375
1980
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1979
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1978
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$ 416
1977
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$ 600
1975
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1974
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1972
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In general, the 1977 vintage offered little in the way of brilliance. In fact, for much of Europe, the year was tragically poor.
Large swathes of France suffered from vicious weather, with top regions like Bordeaux, Sauternes, Burgundy, Beaujolais, the Rhône Valley, the Loire and Champagne all enduring a horrendous year. Als...
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