Chateau Musar - 'Hochar' Red 2020

Chateau Musar - 'Hochar' Red 2020

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Description

2019 Vintage:

A fragrant and deeply coloured vintage, full of generously ripe and brambly fruit. There are black cherry, plum and blueberry notes on the nose and palate with a touch of spice. The 2019 vintage has great ageing potential although the tannins are already soft, ensuring its immediate appeal and approach-ability upon release in the spring of 2022.

2020 Vintage:

Deep burgundy in colour with transparent layers showing evidence of Grenache in the blend. Ripe red cherry fruit with plums, dates, mulberries and tea leaves. It is Mediterranean on the palate with sweet tannins and spices. It becomes even better and more refined a day after the bottle is opened. The red wines of 2020 are wines of taste and concentration and the Hochar Red of this year is no exception.

 

--------THE PRODUCER--------

Chateau Musar

In 1930, at just 20 years old, Gaston Hochar founded Chateau Musar, inspired by Lebanon's 6,000-year winemaking tradition and his travels in Bordeaux. His 'wines with noblesse' greatly impressed senior officers in the army following on from the French mandate of the 1920s. Major Ronald Barton, of Château Langoa-Barton, stationed in Lebanon during World War II became a great friend, strengthening the links between Chateau Musar and Bordeaux that remain to this day. Serge Hochar, Gaston's eldest son trained as a civil engineer, then decided to study oenology and with the encouragement of his father became a student of Emile Peynaud at the University of Oenology in Bordeaux.

 

--------THE GRAPE--------

Rhone Red Blend + Others

The Rhone Red Blend is often known as the GSM blend whereby the three main grapes are Grenache, Syrah and Mouvedre. In actuality there can be up to 13 grapes made into this blend, by law, in the southern Rhone Valley. You can have lighter and more floral versions of the Rhone Red Blend or have bolder and oakier versions depending where in the world it is made. They are most popular in France, California and Australia.

 

--------THE REGION--------

Beqaa Valley

It is thanks to the two leading wineries of Chateau Musar and Chateau Kefraya that Lebanon is seen as a power, albeit a small one, in the wine world. These two estates have shown over the last few decades that top-quality wines that rival those of France’s best exports can be made in the hot region of Lebanon – not to mention the war that has been going on for many years now. 

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