Chateau Musar Jeune Red 2008

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£10.72

Château Musar

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The Chateau Musar Jeune Red 2008 has an intense ruby colour. The wine has aromas of cherries, blackcurrants and blueberries on the nose and is soft and lush on the palate, offering notes of violets, subtle spice, mature dark fruit and classic savoury, gamey notes.

We would recommend serving with grills, roasts and casseroles.

Creating Chateau Musar Jeune

Gaston Hochar founded Musar in 1930 after an extended period of time working in Bordeaux. He wanted to create wines similar in style to those of the Medoc. To achieve this aim, he founded Musar in the Bekaa valley along Lebanon's eastern border. Located at an altitude of 1000m and disease free this valley formed a perfect environment for the growth of grapes. The estate grew to about 80 hectares of Cinsault, Carignan, Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache, with most of the vines now around 50 years old.

Now, Gaston's son Serge has taken up the reigns as the guiding force of the company, winning "Decanter" magazine's first "Man of the Year" award. Serge blends the Chateau Musar to reflect the strengths of a particular vintage, and this the red wine an reflect Bordeaux or Rhone tendancies. Following on from the success of Chateau Musar, Serge wanted to produce a lighter, more accessible wine that still held true to these values, and so the Jeune range of wines was launched. These wines are intended to be drunk much younger then the classic Chateau Musar wines, with an emphsis on vidid fruit flavours.

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Vintage:

2008

Country:

Lebanon

Region:

Bekka Valley

Grape Variety:

Cab Sauv, Syrah, Cinsault

Alcohol Content:

13%