Chateau Musar Rouge 2004 CS20231026 and dark spices

and dark spices

then moved to a second new American oak barrel for an additional two years

The fruit was hand-picked and sorted

evolving solera blend where 70 distinct lots from 14 vineyards across eight vintages dance together in perpetuity

and Mondeuse

Chateau Musar Rouge 2004 CS20231026 and dark spicesOne of the wine world's great originals, now fully mature. Chateau Musar has been making singular reds in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley since 1930, and the 2004 is an equal blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan and Cinsault from gravelly soils over limestone. Musar ages its reds for years before release, and this bottle is now in its drinking plateau: complex, savory, unmistakably itself. It's a wine that rewards an open mind and a decanter. Nothing else