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Chateau Musar Red 2019

Chateau Musar Red 2019

13.5% abv

Vol- 75cl

Deep blood red in the glass, the 2019 is dark, brooding and spicy in character. The nose offers blueberry, cranberry and blackcurrant alongside black olive and a touch of clove, aromas that carry through faithfully to the palate where cherries, plum and warming spice join the conversation. A note of black pepper adds intrigue, while the finish is defined by lively acidity and fine, well-integrated tannins. Balanced and already mature at seven years of age, it drinks beautifully now while holding every promise for further cellaring.

The 2019 vintage brought unusually high rainfall to Lebanon, with the Bekaa Valley receiving over 1000mm against its typical 400–600mm average. After years of drought this was a welcome relief for vineyards and farmland alike. Cool, saturated soils delayed budbreak by 10–15 days into April, before a mild May gave way to June flowering and an ultimately promising harvest concluded in early September.

The three varieties were fermented together with native yeasts in concrete vats at 27–29°C. Early on the wines showed restrained aromatics yet were full and concentrated on the palate with real depth and complexity. A clean fermentation left no residual sugar, with malolactic fermentation completing by mid-November — a reminder that rainy vintages can bring remarkable complexity to red wines. The wine spent 12 months in French Nevers oak before blending in winter 2022, then was bottled unfined and unfiltered during July and August of that year.

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£44.00inclusive of Duty and VAT

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Chateau Musar was established by Gaston Hochar in 1930 and is without doubt Lebanon's top wine estate. Few properties have consistently produced such high quality wines in the face of adversity and war, and it is a testament to the sheer will and determination of the Hochars that wine has been produced every single year, bar 1976 and 1984. The property is located in Ghazir, in Beeqa (aka Bekaa) Valley, 15 miles north of Beirut. The vineyards benefit from an altitude of around 1000 metres and the subsequent cool nights serve to lengthen the crucial ripening process. The red is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan and Cinsault. Serge Hochar, who has been involved with the property since 1959, states that the Cabernet Sauvignon provides the bones and the skeleton to the wine, the Carignan the flesh and muscle and the Cinsault the silky smooth finesse. Musar wines are unique in that Hochar blends the varietals only after they have spent three years in barrels and then waits a further four years before releasing the end result. This gives time for each variety to unfold its own character. The wines are extremely long-lived, with the best examples lasting for 20-30 years.

Reference #:
26057
Strength
13.5 ABV
Bottles per Case
6 bottles
Grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan/e (Mazuelo), Cinsault
Organic
No
Biodynamic
No
Vegan
No
Vegetarian
No
Sparkling
No

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