Conrad Green

9.4

A dark sweaty and intense front end. Profound and intense fruit with tobacco and iodine Really good. — 3 months ago

with Jonathan, Paul and 1 other

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

1995 vintage. Great aging cork in good shape. Decanted and tasted immediately, after 30 mins and after 2 hours. Decent amount of sed. Slight brickish color. Initially and generally throughout, reticent nose and flavors. Very tightly wound overall. Eventually able to coax a small amount of black olive out of the nose along with minerals for days. Some dark cherry and plum allied with baking chocolate in the transition from mid-palate to finish. It was tough sledding in the frontal palate. Super dry with summer earth/dirt at the start. Obvious class but never really flashed more than a few cards to play. Perhaps a different bottle shows a little more love? Producer is always on the leaner side so unbridled optimism on that front is likely wasted energy. 10.25.23. — a year ago

Jim Maynard

9.0

2004 at Easter 2022. Color very good. Decanted and drunk. Just some fine sediment. Strong fruit on the front though a bit short and drying on the back. Nice wine with still some structure and a good food complement. — 3 years ago

Wulf Losee

9.5

2019 opened September ‘24. Unusual nose — briars and turmeric. The light red fruits on the front are quickly subsumed by a complex wave of tannins. I detect dark chocolate in the base notes. Orange zest in the high notes. There’s some other stuff happening in the initial tannic rush that I can’t identify, but they’re yummy. These desperate elements are held together by an initially soft tannic structure — but a stronger mineral component starts at the back of the mid pallet and it provides a long tasty finish.

Personally, I think it was best right out of the bottle. After the first glass, I let it open up for an hour, and it got a little less interesting as some of the.subtleties disappeared — but still very tasty! That suggests to me that it might not hold up to a long cellaring, but I am a bit perverse in that I like my wines young. — 4 months ago

Scott Kahn

9.3

Lovely oak on the nose and palette to complement bright red fruit on the front palette. — a year ago

Blair Campomizzi

9.2

Vanilla, plum, dark currant flavors are front and center. — 2 years ago

with Marilea

Angela Hansen

9.4

Can taste the jalapeño notes, front of mouth tannins, mild and not overpowering. — a year ago

with Chris

Vasanth Balakrishnan

9.1

My first #chateaumusar - taciturn black fruit, cassis, sous bois on the nose. Palate with conspicuous acidity up front, sturdy tannins mid-palate on the finish. Delicious wine now but easily could cruise 10 to 15 years longer. Fascinating 50% #cinsault 40% #grenache 10% #cabernetsauvignon — a year ago

Nick Lucariello

9.1

Nice, full body in this 2019. Berries up front with mocha flavor at back end. Low tannin. — 2 years ago

Greg Gratson

9.2

Exceeded expectations — 3 years ago