Château Musar 2017

The wines of Chateau Musar are unique expressions from a country with an ancient winemaking culture, as vines have been cultivated from Lebanon's high altitude Bekaa Valley for over 6,000 years. The Hochar family’s philosophy of respect for the environment means that the 180 hectares of Musar vineyards are managed with minimal human interference and all the wines are made naturally.
Chateau Musar was founded in 1930 by Gaston Hochar. In 1959, after studying oenology at the University of Bordeaux, his son Serge became winemaker.

Ch. Musar has long been Lebanon’s most successful wine export, producing vintages of incredible complexity and impressive ageing potential.

Over the last 60 years, under the guidance of wine legend Serge Hochar, and now his sons Gaston and Marc, Musar continues to triumph over adversity.

Equal parts Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan and Cinsault, this is a wine constructed at a snail’s pace. Each individual element is fermented and aged separately, spending its first 12 months in barrel. After three years the wine is blended and aged in the Musar cellars a further three years prior to release.

At six years of age, its exotic, heady perfume aromas have begun to develop, and the spicy, red-fruited flavours are already so seductive. There is no wine quite like it.

"Our 2017 vintage looks to be very promising indeed, the wines of this year are unique, yet retaining classical Chateau Musar character. Three factors come to our minds, the similarity in style of the different decades ending in 7, the taste of the last vineyard of Cabernet Sauvignon harvested and powerful aromas. It has a bright ruby colour and there are sweet red cherries, mulberries and plums on the nose with a hint of tea tree and liquorice. The tannins are soft and well-integrated and this vintage has good acidity, depth of fruit and a long finish. Cellared well, it will age beautifully for decades"
Winemaker's Notes