Chateau Musar Jeune Red 2021

Description

Château Musar was established by Gaston Hochar in 1930 and is without doubt Lebanon’s top wine estate. 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.Musar Jeune Red is an unoaked blend of Cinsault, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon from youthful Bekaa Valley vines. Meant for current consumption – within a few years of the harvest – this deeply-coloured, vividly fruity style, first produced in 2007.

Full bottle 1,173 g. Cinsault, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon. Younger vines. Fermented in concrete tanks. No oak. Plump and fruity, pomegranate and mulberry. An easy-peasy wine with energetic, active-in-service but juicy tannins. Sweet ripeness, filling the mid palate, but also fresh and rather jolly. Jancis Robinson 16.5/20