1981 Chateau Musar

Community Tasting Notes (45) Avg Score: 92.6 points

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  6/17/2022 - lozatron Likes this wine:

  Musarathon (Ariana II): One of the best wine experiences of my life was from a magnum of 81 Musar from the same source. This did not quite achieve those heights, reminding us all of the fickle nature of fate, and the even more fickle nature of Musar. Still a jolly decent drop, it has to be said - fully musar, a bit dusty around the edges but having that vibrancy and spirit which keeps it going for so long.

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  11/8/2020 - MAOC wrote:

  Mid garnet. PnP. Notes of VA but very much in balance. Attractive dried red fruit, hint of exotic spice, old leather and a soft ember feel to the finish. Delicate but not lacking in weight. This showed particularly noteworthy elegance ****++

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  11/21/2019 - rossi.wine wrote: 92 Points

  Tasted next to the 1982 and 1983. Quite evolved in colour, a bit cloudy. Evolved on the nose, spices, cedar wood, herbs, old leather, earth. On the palate sweet fruit, lots of acidity, soft with resolved tannins, smooth and long. Excellent. 91-93

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  7/13/2019 - Billigan Likes this wine: 97 Points

  On opening, the usual VA cloud hits your sniffer, but a short time in the decanter let that recede and the usual cornucopia of Musar aromas came wafting to the fore: dark coffee, cherry pie, walnut, beef blood, ash, leather, spice cabinet. Brought a smile to my face with every whiff. On the palate, perfectly resolved tannins and that unmistakable sweet cherry Musar fruit with tingly spices, acid, and VA varnish. Like old Beaucastel, the wines' flaws are always plain to see but somehow meld seamlessly into the wines' character, becoming virtues. What joy they give me!

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  2/28/2019 - dcwino wrote: 92 Points

  Mostly Napa Cabernet Dinner (Eddie V's - Tysons Corner, VA): Served blind to others as RJ showed me the wine before wrapping. Beautiful clearly red with yellow brown rim. Fully mature nose displaying very ripe red fruit, cherry, cherry liqueur, sous bois, smoke meat, ash, animal and earth. Fully integrated palate, subtle sweet red fruit, lean and fluid, bright acidity, fully resolved tannins and a medium to long subtle cherry fruit driven finish with ash and animal at the end. This reminds me the 81 Torres Gran Coronas Reserva Reserva a bit but even subtler fruit. Most guess as old school Cab. Mark gets the vintage right but wrong continent. I imagine this would have been extremely ripe and almost unpleasant in the first ten to twenty years. This is a classic Musar.

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