Château Musar

Château Musar

Château Musar is the name of a Lebanese winery in Ghazir, Lebanon, 15 miles north of the capital Beirut.[1][2] Musar grapes grow in the Beqaa Valley, a fertile sunny valley at an altitude of ca. 1,000 metres (3,300 ft),[3] situated 25 miles east of Beirut.

Bottle of Château Musar 1999

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History

The winery was established by Gaston Hochar in 1930.[1][4] The current proprietors are the sons, Ronald and Serge Hochar, the latter managing the estate since 1959, with Ronald Hochar assuming marketing and finance department responsibilities since 1962.[3][5]

The international discovery of Musar took place at the Bristol Wine Fair of 1979 when auctioneer and taster Michael Broadbent and journalist Roger Voss selected Musar 1967 as the "discovery of the Fair".[5]

Despite war in Lebanon and frequent tension, with the exception of the 1976 and 1984 vintages, wine has been produced at the Château every year, with employees sometimes working under high-risk conditions.[1][6][7][5] The 1992 red Château Musar production was declassified due to a weak vintage.[4]

Though comparisons are sometimes made with Bordeaux wine,[8] Burgundy wine or Rhône wine, it is most frequently maintained that the wine of Musar is quite unique.[1][4] Due to the winemaking philosophy of Serge Hochar, its vintages are notoriously inconsistent.[5][9]

Production

The red wine, which is the best known is made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault, Carignan, Grenache, and Mourvèdre grapes in varying amounts each year.[1] The whites are made from Obaideh (related to Chardonnay) and Merwah (related to Sémillon). Both wines contain classic Bordeaux grapes, however they are very different, as they are made in a natural wine style with significant bottle variation. The wines generally improve with age, both the red and whites.

They also produce second wines, Hochar Père et Fils, which is similar to the red Musar but is not oak aged, and can be drunk younger, as well as the Cuvée Musar range, both produced as a red, white and a rosé.[1] Hochar Père et Fils is released earlier and can be used as an indication of what the Château Musar wine will be like. It is usually around half the price of the regular Château Musar. They have also begun production of a restaurant range, Musar Mosaic, and a wine from their younger grapes, Musar Jeune. [10]

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