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Chateau Musar
Chateau Musar
AboutChateau Musar
Gaston Hochar founded Chateau Musar in 1930, inspired by Lebanon’s ancient wine culture and by his travels in Bordeaux. His son Serge became winemaker in 1959 and continued making wine through Lebanon’s civil war. The Hochar family continues to run the estate.
Grapes for the Chateau Musar red come from the Bekaa Valley, while Obaideh and Merwah for the white grow high on Mount Lebanon. The estate’s vineyards gained organic certification in 2006. Winemaking relies on ambient yeasts, low sulphur use and long maturation before release.
Chateau Musar 2017 White
Lebanese White
$91.99
Brilliant full gold in colour, with butter, honey, roasted almonds, apricot, vanilla and orange. Toasty honey, ripe apricot, nuts and spice carry through the rich palate, balanced by good acidity. The blend is two-thirds Obaideh and one-third Merwah from low-yielding Mount Lebanon vineyards. Fermentation began in cement vats, followed by six to nine months in French Nevers oak barrels. Alcohol is twelve-and-a-half percent.
Chateau Musar L’Arack de Musar 500 mL
Lebanese Other Spirits
$89.99
Grape alcohol with an average age of five years forms the base. The spirit is distilled four times, with anise seeds added during the fourth distillation, then aged for one year in terracotta amphorae. Clear and colourless, it shows anise, fennel and liquorice, with a clean, smooth and powerful palate and a long finish. It contains fifty-three percent alcohol.
Chateau Musar 2016 Red 1.5 L (Magnum)
Lebanese Red
$229.99
Red cherry, plum, carob and fig shape a deep, generous aroma, lifted by a measured thread of eastern spice. The palate carries kirsch and plum into blackcurrant and dark chocolate, with velvety tannins providing quiet structure. Fruit concentration gives the wine depth without dulling its freshness. The finish is long and composed, leaving cherry, spice and cocoa.
Château Musar 2017 Red
Lebanese Red
$99.99
Sweet red cherry, mulberry and plum lead an expressive aroma, lifted by tea leaf, liquorice and gentle spice. The palate has generous fruit depth, fresh balanced acidity and soft, well-integrated tannins. Savoury complexity builds gradually without obscuring the bright core of fruit. The finish is long and elegant, carrying dried herbs, red berries and a subtle earthy warmth. Further cellaring will bring added harmony.
Château Musar 2022 Musar Jeune Rosé
Lebanese Rosé
$44.99
Orange blossom, red cherry and raspberry open with pomegranate, pink grapefruit and rose petals. The palate is dry, fresh and rounded, bringing peach, mandarin and green apple into a gently velvety texture. Almond, rosewater and a subtle Lebanese spice note shape the warm, balanced finish.
All listed prices are before tax unless stated otherwise. Vintage availability may vary.