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Chateau Musar Red Blend 1996

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chateau musar is a blend of three grapes; cabernet sauvignon, carignan and cinsault. the grapes are grown in the beekah valley, not far from where the romans built the temple of baachus. the current vintage of this wine is the 1999, but if you try, you can find vintages that date back to the 50's! usually you can find these older vintages in the top restaurnats in the country...alex at the wynn in las vegas lists more than 30 vintages of chateau musar! it is the only wine on their list which has an entire page dedicated to one winery. the wines age forever. whatever the vintage you are able to find--my advice is to buy it and drink it. then find another and do the same. you will find each vintage so similar to the next, but with it's own unique personality. this is a wine to contemplate. google chateau musar, or winemaker; serge hochar for amazing stories about winemaking in a war zone...drinking musar is always an experience.

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Chateau Musar:
Created in 1930 in the cellar of an old 17th century castle, Château Musar is as much the work of a family as the living testimony of all the civilisations that have tread its soil. After a long stay in France, Gaston Hochar returned to Lebanon and created Château Musar in the cellars of the old 'Mzar' castle in Ghazir, overlooking the Mediterranean sea. What began as a h... Read more
Created in 1930 in the cellar of an old 17th century castle, Château Musar is as much the work of a family as the living testimony of all the civilisations that have tread its soil. After a long stay in France, Gaston Hochar returned to Lebanon and created Château Musar in the cellars of the old 'Mzar' castle in Ghazir, overlooking the Mediterranean sea. What began as a hobby soon became a passion; a passion inspired by an initial encounter with renowned viticulturist Ronald Barton while he was stationed in Lebanon during the Second World War. The family's love for wine grew and in 1959, after completing his oenology diploma in Bordeaux, the eldest son, Serge, entered the business. Some call him the magician, the man behind this extraordinary wine. His response is that he only seeks is to translate what nature intended. Serge's younger brother Ronald, named after the late Barton, took over Château Musar's marketing and finance departments in 1962. Read less

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Snooth User: Magnum2
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5.00 5
08/26/2007

chateau musar is a blend of three grapes; cabernet sauvignon, carignan and cinsault. the grapes are grown in the beekah valley, not far from where the romans built the temple of baachus. the current vintage of this wine is the 1999, but if you try, you can find vintages that date back to the 50's! usually you can find these older vintages in the top restaurnats in the country...alex at the wynn in las vegas lists more than 30 vintages of chateau musar! it is the only wine on their list which has an entire page dedicated to one winery. the wines age forever. whatever the vintage you are able to find--my advice is to buy it and drink it. then find another and do the same. you will find each vintage so similar to the next, but with it's own unique personality. this is a wine to contemplate. google chateau musar, or winemaker; serge hochar for amazing stories about winemaking in a war zone...drinking musar is always an experience.

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Snooth User: barretta
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07/10/2007

one of the very best lebanese wines

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Snooth User: maren
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12/05/2007

Five glasses

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Source: Astor Wines & Spirits
07/22/2009

Reminiscent of a great Châteauneuf, this bottling from Musar has pronounced southerly notes of raisin and garrigue. The tannins are still quite firm and the wine has quite a bit of life ahead of it.

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