Lot 147
Chateau Musar, Red, 2008
Quantity: 6, 75cl
Duty Status: Duty paid
Hammer Price: £230
Description
Chateau Musar, Red, 2008
Levels IN, excellent appearance. One third each of Cabernet, Cinsault and Carignan, aged for a year in French Nevers oak barrels. Bright crimson. Heady and beguiling with a gamey note on the nose. Very sweet and young and well balanced on the palate. No hurry at all to drink this youthful ferment. Very tight, dry wine that is so much younger than any other vintage tasted. SO much more youthful than a bordeaux 2008! Jancis Robinson (February 2018) JancisRobinson.com
This lot forms part of a private family collection with an enthusiasm for every corner of the wine-making world. Purchased ex-chateau from Corney & Barrow. The wine was stored in a meticulously organised country house cellar prior to removal for this sale. Now lying at LCB Vinotheque.
Duty Status: Duty paid
Packaging: Original Cardboard Case
Wine colour: Red
Wine type: Still
Country / Region: Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Critic ratings: 17.5+++/20 JR JancisRobinson.com
Description
Chateau Musar, Red, 2008
Levels IN, excellent appearance. One third each of Cabernet, Cinsault and Carignan, aged for a year in French Nevers oak barrels. Bright crimson. Heady and beguiling with a gamey note on the nose. Very sweet and young and well balanced on the palate. No hurry at all to drink this youthful ferment. Very tight, dry wine that is so much younger than any other vintage tasted. SO much more youthful than a bordeaux 2008! Jancis Robinson (February 2018) JancisRobinson.com
This lot forms part of a private family collection with an enthusiasm for every corner of the wine-making world. Purchased ex-chateau from Corney & Barrow. The wine was stored in a meticulously organised country house cellar prior to removal for this sale. Now lying at LCB Vinotheque.
Duty Status: Duty paid
Packaging: Original Cardboard Case
Wine colour: Red
Wine type: Still
Country / Region: Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Critic ratings: 17.5+++/20 JR JancisRobinson.com
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