2006 Chateau Musar Rosé

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  7/31/2022 - Gunakadeit Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Fantastic. Palate trailing nose.

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  2/25/2022 - forceberry wrote: 93 Points

  A blend of white Obaideh (60%) and Merwah (35%) with a very small amount of red Cinsaut (5%) added right before pressing the grapes to add color to the wine. All varieties are fermented spontaneously in oak and aged for 9 months in French oak barrels. Bottled in the summer following the harvest. 12% alcohol.
  
  Medium-deep peach-orange color. Somewhat evolved, slightly toasty and subtly sweetish nose with aromas of roasted nuts, some brioche, a little bit of bruised apple, light honeyed nuances, a hint of ripe white peach, an evolved, oaky touch of butterscotch and a floral whiff of honeysuckle. The wine fresh, savory and quite acid-driven on the palate with a medium body and dry flavors of stony minerality, bruised apple tones, some Granny Smith apple, a little bit of crunchy red currant, light woolly nuances of lanolin, a hint of tangy salinity and a touch of toasty nuttiness. The overall feel is enjoyably fine-tuned and still relatively youthful, but typical of Musar Rosé, the emphasis is not that much on the fruit department as it is on the other flavors and nuances. The bright, high acidity and a subtle hint of tannic tug on the gums make the wine feel enjoyably firm and structured. The finish is fresh, lively and acid-driven with moderately evolved flavors of crunchy apple-driven fruit, some tangy notes of saline minerality, a little bit of developed nuttiness, light sweet nuances of ripe white peach, a hint of wool and a touch of honeydew melon.
  
  A wonderful, delicious and quite fascinating rosé that has developed some mature nuances, yet still the wine manages to feel surprisingly youthful for its age. When some people say rosé wines are to be drunk early, preferably after a year or two after the vintage, it's always good to remind them that there are also rosés like these that can age effortlessly over a decade. Even though the wine is drinking mighty well right now, I still think this wine is actually capable of improving even further from here. Superb stuff, highly recommended.

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  2/8/2018 - Harley1199 Likes this wine:

  Very often it happens on Thursday (Restaurante Cuenllas - Madrid): Purchased directly from the warehouse in Ghazir (Lebanon) where they recommended me to open it well in advance.
  Initially somewhat reduced with smells of burnt tire. After a few hours they dissipate giving way to red fruits such as pomegranate or red berries. In the mouth it is fresh, with complexity, delicate and with a good length. I did not expect so much from an aged rosé. I did not expect less before such a pedigree.
  
  Comprada directamente en la bodega de Ghazir (Líbano) donde me recomendaron abrirla con la suficiente antelación.
  Inicialmente un tanto reducida con olores a neumático quemado. Tras unas horas se disipan dejando paso a frutas rojas del tipo Granada o arándanos. En boca es fresco, con complejidad, delicado y con una buena longitud. No esperaba tanto de un rosado envejecido. No esperaba menos ante semejante pedigrí.

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  6/26/2016 - Kirk Grant wrote:

  Deep rusted amber/peach color. Nose is almost waxy with hints of fruit...but also earthy. Palate offers strawberries and red plum with good acidity picking up in the mid-palate and a dry finish. Gets much more powerful with time in the glass as notes of clementine and red fruits fold in during the finish. The alcohol is a bit more obvious on this than other, younger vintages. Outstanding

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  6/1/2012 - Goldstone wrote: 88 Points

  Five Decades of Chateau Musar....with Serge Hochar (Shanghai Room, Langham Place Hotel, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong): More almond-gold than rose-gold in colour. Delicate nose of typical white Musar......it's really a white wine with just 3% of Cinsault added. Nose is high-toned: delicate and perfumed......rose water! Palate is waaay more complex than you'd expect from the palate......weight. This is quite delicate compared to the 2003 Rose when I drank it on release with Serge. Actually, the elegance and charm is quite captivating if it stays that way as it ages.....but I suspect it won't. As I transcribe this note, why do I think I'm describing a young Dom Perignon Rose? Ah, Serge explained that he loves Rose champagne and originally made a Musar Rose champagne that the French wouldn't ratify, so when he couldn't call it even Method Champagnoise, he stopped the bubbles stage and stated making an unusual Rose still wine instead. Good wine....greater story!

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