1999 Chateau Musar Organic, Bekaa Valley Lebanon

The colour is a brilliant deep red color. The nose is full of red fruits, mostly cherries and cassis, with flavors of vanilla, oakiness, and some hints of chocolate. This follows through in the taste which is rich, well balanced, mellow with spices in the beginning, very smooth tanins surrounded with mature red fruits, vanilla and chocolate, and a hint of orange in the end. Very long and smooth after taste. For the other information, like all Chateau Musar red wines, it is a blend of Cinsault, Carignan and Cabernet-Sauvignon with the usual proportions(1/3). Fermented in cement vats with long maceration periods (up to 4 weeks) then aged 1 year in french oak, it was blended at the end of its second year (august 2001) and bottled in Summer 2002. Like Chateau Musar red wines : no additives, low sulphur level, no fining, ... .