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Chateau Musar, Hochar Père et Fils Red, Bekaa Valley

A wine predominantly based on a single vineyard near the village of Aana in the Bekaa Valley. The soils here are deeper, over limestone, and the age of the vines is about 35 years. A blend of Cinsault, Grenache, Carignan and Cabernet Sauvignon. Each variety is vinified separately and aged for between six and nine months in French Nevers barrels. Intense with a complex nose of juicy black and red fruits, fig, date and spice. The palate shows red and black cherry, blackcurrant and damson fruit with fine tannins and a long finish.

Product code: 29737

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Chateau Musar, Hochar Père et Fils Red, Bekaa Valley

Details

Type: Red
Country: Lebanon
Region: Lebanon
Vintage: 2017
Producer: CHATEAU MUSAR
Primary grape: Cinsault
Secondary grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Tertiary grape: Carignan
Bottle size: 75cl
Pack size: 75 cl x 6
Code: 29737

About the Wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

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A full bodied and powerful grape variety with a lot of tannin. It ages very well and like Merlot is bottled as a single varietal or used to give blended wines ‘backbone’ structure and longevity. Classic flavour characteristics include blackcurrant, black cherry, green pepper, chocolate and cedar wood.

Flavours:

Black Cherry
Black Currant
Cedar
Chocolate
Green Peppercorn

Cinsault

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Cinsault is a red wine grape, whose heat tolerance and productivity make it important in Languedoc-Roussillon and the former French colonies of Algeria, Lebanon and Morocco.

Flavours:

Black Tea
Raspberry
Red Currant
Tart Cherry
Violet

The Country

Lebanon

Lebanon’s history of vine growing dates back over 6,000 years and is centred on the Bekaa Valley, found inland from Beirut, between two mountain ranges which run parallel to the Mediterranean coast.

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