1990 | Chateau Musar

Description

Red Wine: 1990 | Chateau Musar

The 1990 Musar is a blend of Cinsault, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache and Carignan from this well-known and highly regarded Lebanese winery.

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Producer: Chateau Musar

Vintage: 1990

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12%

Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon

Country/Region: Lebanon, Bekaa Valley

The 1990 Musar is a blend of Cinsault, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache and Carignan from this well-known and highly regarded Lebanese winery.It has a light but very limpid colour with faint bricking at the rim. A complex nose of sweet tertiary fruit, faded and illuminated cherry – oxidative notes as befits the house style, Savoury notes, a slight balsamic notes. Loads of dried roses, cranberry, dried orange, sandalwood. Burgundian on the palate with aggressive acidity and a tart finish [Note: The grapes were picked early on account of war.]. light-bodied but good persistence on the finish.

Producer Information

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. Gaston Hochar set up the vinery after traveling through Bordeaux, and today the old vineyards are planted to Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsaut, Carignan and indigenous Lebanese grapes Obaideh and Merwah.In 1959, Hochar’s son Serge took control of the vineyards, having returned from Bordeaux where he was studying enology. The vineyard suffered during the Lebanese Civil War (two vintages were lost or damaged), and Hochar began to look beyond the domestic market.The wine began to gain recognition after Michael Broadbent MW wrote about it in Decanter magazine in 1979 and by the time the war ended in 1990 just a small fraction of Chateau Musar’s production was sold locally.