Winery: Chateau Musar

The wines from Chateau Musar:

Bekaa Valley
Chateau Musar Blanc
A white wine made from a White Blend
The varieties that collaborate to produce Château Musar White are particularly special; obeideh and merwah are indigenous to Mount Lebanon, their history dates back to ancient times. Our own vineyards of white grapes are located at an altitude of 1200m and hence the harvest takes place later than for reds, normally between the 5th and 15th October. Both varieties are partly fermented in oak "barriques" where they mature for a further 9 months. They are then blended, bottled and aged for a further 4 years before release. To fully appreciate the scope of their complexity and finesse, our white wines should be served at cellar temperature (15 degrees Celsius). And most importantly, don't forget to decant them!
For all vintages of Chateau Musar Blanc we have 81 offers and 3 ratings on record with an average of 79/100 points.
Chateau Musar Cuvée Blanc
A white wine made from Obaideh
Made out of obeideh,a local grape variety, Musar Cuvée white is fermented in stainless steel vats and bottled 3 months later. It is released on the market one year later
For all vintages of Chateau Musar Cuvée Blanc we have 9 offers on record.
Chateau Musar Cuvée Impériale de l'Hôtel Palmyra Baalbeck
A red wine made from a Red Blend
For all vintages of Chateau Musar Cuvée Impériale de l'Hôtel Palmyra Baalbeck we have 29 offers on record.
Chateau Musar Cuvée Rosé
A rosé wine made from a Rosé Blend
The Musar Cuvée Rosé is produced from a saignée of red grape varieties, primarily cinsault. It is bottled three months after harvest and is released one year later.
For all vintages of Chateau Musar Cuvée Rosé we have 4 offers on record.
Chateau Musar Cuvée Rouge
A red wine made from a Red Blend
The Musar Cuvée is the second wine of Château Musar. It adapts perfectly to the Mediterranean cuisine. The wine comes from the same blending as the Château, with a higher percentage of cinsault, and without aging in oak vats. It is suitable for drinking after a year.
For all vintages of Chateau Musar Cuvée Rouge we have 19 offers and 1 rating on record with an average of 87/100 points.
Chateau Musar Hochar Père & Fils Blanc
A white wine made from a White Blend
The Hochar Père et Fils white is made out of merwah, a Lebanese local grape variety close to the semillon grape. It is fermented in stainless steel vats, and bottled 3 months after. It is released a year later.
For all vintages of Chateau Musar Hochar Père & Fils Blanc we have 115 offers and 1 rating on record with an average of 88/100 points.
Chateau Musar Hochar Père & Fils Rosé
A rosé wine made from a Rosé Blend
The Hochar Pere et Fils rosé is a saignée, or free run off, of cinsault and grenache varieties. It is bottled three months after harvest and released one year later.
For all vintages of Chateau Musar Hochar Père & Fils Rosé we have 7 offers on record.
Chateau Musar Hochar Père & Fils Rouge
A red wine made from a Red Blend
Elaborated with the same philosophy as the Château Musar and derived from old vines with low yield, the Hochar Père et Fils is in harmony with the evolution of taste in the 21st century. A mix of cabernet sauvignon, of carignan with a dominance of cinsault and a hint of grenache, the HPF is partially aged in oak vats from 6 to 9 months. It is bottled in its 2nd year before being released on the market. As for the Château, we advise to decant it.
For all vintages of Chateau Musar Hochar Père & Fils Rouge we have 60 offers and 1 rating on record with an average of 88/100 points.
Chateau Musar Jeune Red
A red wine made from a Red Blend
For all vintages of Chateau Musar Jeune Red we have 73 offers on record.
Chateau Musar Jeune Rose
A rosé wine made from a Rosé Blend
For all vintages of Chateau Musar Jeune Rose we have 54 offers on record.
Chateau Musar Jeune White
A white wine made from a White Blend
For all vintages of Chateau Musar Jeune White we have 48 offers on record.
Chateau Musar Mosaic
A red wine made from a Red Blend
For all vintages of Chateau Musar Mosaic we have 1 offers on record.
Chateau Musar Rosé
A rosé wine made from a Rosé Blend
Château Musar Rosé is a harmonious blend of the cinsault and obeideh varieties. It is aged for 6 to 9 months in oak barrels and is bottled at the end of its first year, before being released on the market 2 years later.
Chateau Musar Rouge
A red wine made from a Red Blend
It is when the grapes reach optimal maturity, typically between the 5th and the 15th of september, that the harvest begins at Château Musar. The grapes are handpicked as the sun rises across the Bekaa valley and are then swiftly transferred to the cellar in Ghazir where fermentation takes place followed by maceration lasting 2 to 4 weeks. During the first year the wine is racked into Bordeaux type barrels made from Nevers oak and where it matures from 12 to 15 months. Our philosophy of respect for nature and ecology is the reason for which our wines are neither fined nor filtered and receive no chemical additives with the exception of the minimum necessary dose of sulphur. At the end of the second year blending takes place with the proportions of cabernet sauvignon, carignan and cinsault varying with each vintage, the only deciding factor being taste. During the third year bottling takes place after which the wine is allowed to rest 3 to 4 years in our cellars before release. To best appreciate the subtlety and complexity of Château Musar red we suggest decanting between 30 minutes and 2 hours before serving. Our wines, in particular the older vintages, are keen travelers, yet we suggest you leave them to rest 2 to 4 weeks before serving, and all the while decanting with great care. While Château Musar red is certainly ready to be enjoyed upon release 7 years after vintage, or at the age of discretion, the patient are rewarded as they are exceptional after 15 years of age.
For all vintages of Chateau Musar Rouge we have 526 offers and 5 ratings on record with an average of 87/100 points.
Chateau Musar Rubis
A red wine made from a Red Blend
The Rubis is the wine "en vogue" at Château Musar. Today, it is only available on the Lebanese market.

Created in 1930 in the cellar of an old 17th century castle, Château Musar is as much the work of a family as the living testimony of all the civilisations that have tread its soil.

After a long stay in France, Gaston Hochar returned to Lebanon and created Château Musar in the cellars of the old 'Mzar' castle in Ghazir, overlooking the Mediterranean sea.

What began as a hobby soon became a passion; a passion inspired by an initial encounter with renowned viticulturist Ronald Barton while he was stationed in Lebanon during the Second World War.

The family's love for wine grew and in 1959, after completing his oenology diploma in Bordeaux, the eldest son, Serge, entered the business.

Some call him the magician, the man behind this extraordinary wine. His response is that he only seeks is to translate what nature intended.

Serge's younger brother Ronald, named after the late Barton, took over Château Musar's marketing and finance departments in 1962.