Description
Vintage wine 1979 at Arden Fine Wines – Chateau Musar 1979.
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Vintage wine 1979 at Arden Fine Wines – Chateau Musar 1979
A very dry and mild year producing a classic, easy-going style of Musar…
“If I say this wine is easy, it does not mean it is necessarily simple. When you want to describe a wine you can use one word; I prefer to use a billion.
Easy is a character. This wine does not jump on you, demand of you, hurt you.
Easy does not mean it has no cunning, no power. But drink – It eases itself into you.
Do not be deceived by this wine; just because it starts quiet, it does not stop it from becoming so many things. Most of all, it makes you feel good about yourself.” – Serge Hochar
Natural yeast fermentation of the three grape varietals in cement vats.
Aged for twelve months in French oak.
Roughly equal parts are blended together and bottled without fining of filtration three years after the vintage.
Bottles are matured in the winery’s cellars for an additional four years.
Released in 1986.
Chateau Musar 1979 today
The wine features a mature, fragrant nose with notes of fresh tobacco, damp soil, cedar, dried flowers, and summer fruits like damson and red cherry.
Furthermore, on the palate, it presents a medium-bodied and silky texture with fine tannins.
Additionally, you can expect flavours of blackberry, leather, liquorice, and a savoury, “gamey” or “bloody” character typical of aged Musar.
Ultimately, it delivers a long, warm finish that may reveal evolved notes like old pomegranate or tea leaf.
How best to enjoy Chateau Musar
Chateau Musar Reds, bottled unfined and unfiltered, suit vegans.
They also possess a richly-textured quality and are likely to “throw a crust” and leave sediment in the bottle.
Most fine wines commonly exhibit this feature, and Musar Red vintages over a decade old especially show it.
Ideally, you should stand the bottles up the night before opening to allow the sediment to settle.
After you carefully decant (and discard the sediment, usually in the last centimetre of the bottle), you should allow the wine to breathe for an hour.
Best served at 18°C with roasts, grills (especially lamb), casseroles, game, and mature cheeses.
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