| Winery |
Chateau Musar White 2012 |
| Vintage |
2012 |
| Region |
Bekaa Valley |
| Grape |
Grape |
| Style |
White Wine |
| Sweetness |
Dry |
| Body |
Medium |
| Tasting note |
Fine lemon-yellow, bright and still fresh-looking but also showing some reassuring maturity; dry honey on the nose, dry spices with a controlled richness of fruit on the palate that reminds me of Ygrec: complex and dry with sweetness in its DNA before natural acidity lifts the slightly exotic aftertaste on the finish; lanolin smooth in texture but not an easy wine to assess and not meant to be at this stage, gains familiarity after a while, but the mystery of young white Musar remains for another day. 2020-35” Steven Spurrier, January 2020
I’ll be the first to admit that the 2012 Chateau Musar White is something of an acquired taste, being as it is a blend of Obaideh and Merwah, which sound more like Old Testament prophets than they do ancient indigenous grape varieties. Fermented and aged in oak, the wine is peachy, lemony and creamy and if it’s like anything at all, it’s like a fine white Rhône”. By Jonathan Ray @The Spectator Magazine, Feb 2020.
Grapes: Obaideh 60% & Merwah 40% |
| Rating |
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| ABV |
12% |
| Size |
750ml |
