2012 Chateau Musar Rosé

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 89 points

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  6/28/2019 - Kirk Grant wrote:

  This wasn't all that interesting initially. After close to an hour in the decanter there's this interesting note of dehydrated apple slices, grape 'Big League Chew', and camomile tea notes on the nose. The palate leads with cantaloupe, tangerine, and golden yellow apple. This is a wine of contemplation...it's not delicious, it's a wine that demands attention instead of blindly gulping and lifting the glass. Such an awesome wine...and so glad to have more for the future. Outstanding!!

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  12/15/2017 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 92 Points

  From a coravinned bottle in a restaurant, so not clear how long it might have been 'open.'
  A mid salmon pink colour.
  Very attractive nose. Nicely perfumed. Actual perfume perfume. Rose, musk, lavender, peach, sweet raspberry/strawberry cross, and Pond's face cream. More your granny's perfume than Chanel.
  As intriguing on the palate as you'd expect from Musar. Bone dry initially, then there's creamier, richer soft red fruit with a bit of nectarine lift. Very wide and full in the mouth with creamy, rose-y red fruits. Almost a sour cherry savoury feel, with an umami richness on the finish. Remarkable length for a rosé.

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  9/24/2016 - Goldstone wrote: 82 Points

  Ch. Musar Dinner with Marc Hochar (Crown Wine Cellars, 18 Deep Water Bay Drive, Shouson Hill, Hong Kong): Very light rose-water colour. Nose is quite lifted but indistinct in terms of specific aromas. Palate is light peach but with an over-balance of alcohol. OK for sipping but not one for me.

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  6/26/2016 - Kirk Grant wrote:

  Color: Pale salmon
  Smell: Melon, pear, camomile tea, and a faint hint of strawberry.
  Taste: Melon, hints of red fruits, and something I still can't quite put to words.
  Overall: This is a wine that deserves some thought...but we were plowing through a vertical going back to '95 so this was probably rushed...This continues to be very reminiscent of Musar Blanc for me. Given how the 2001 & 1995 showed...I think there's no need to rush them.

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  1/28/2016 - forceberry wrote: 92 Points

  Medium deep, reddish yellow peach color. Interesting, complex and curious nose with aroms of beeswax, cream, fresh tart peach, some banana pudding, a little herbal greenness and a touch of dusty earth. Dry, crisp and very intense medium-bodied palate with racy acidity. Pwoerful flavors of stony minerality, unripe gooseberry, unripe strawberry, some star fruit, a little green apple and a hint of tangy salinity. Good structure, further emphasized by the slightest hint of tannins. Long, bitter and savory finish with crisp acidity and an intense aftertaste of wet stone minerality, cranberry, red currant, some gooseberry and a hint of salinity.
  
  A surprisingly intense, crisp and mineral rosé wine with remarkable structure and very austere character. Impressive stuff, but feels too painfully young right now. Needs several years to resolve. Recommended, but only after several years in the cellar. Expensive for a rosé at ~30€, but well worth it.

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