Château Musar 1997

15 Dec 2008
The nose is absolutely beautiful, reminiscent of baker's chocolate, roses, fresh roasted coffee, and molasses.

The wine itself is however entirely undrinkable: a complete disjointed mess of unwelcome, shrill acidity combined with reedy fruit and unpleasant sourness. Cork taint? I've never had a Musar before, so I sadly have no frame of reference here.

I have nothing more to say about this wine.

Ch. Musar
Price: No idea
Closure: Cork
Date tasted: December 2008

Posted by Chris on Monday, December 15, 2008 at 6:45 PM

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