Château Musar, Grand Vin
Though I’m currently in the midst of my career, I’ve learned there are only but a few bottles that qualify for my price-to-quality “Dream Team.” These are extraordinary, needle-in-a-haystack wines that must be savored and thoroughly studied by anyone who lifts stemware. One of those bottles is a late cellar-release Château Musar, which is why today’s epic 2001 should trigger a collective dropping of jaws. This perfectly preserved decades-old bottle is an essential, impossible-to-simulate experience—one that it exists in the highest echelon of fine wine. That said, even Musar’s fine wine cohorts are forced to stand back in wonderment at today’s legendary value: With 19 years of maturity, inimitable pedigree, and intricate complexities, this 2001 cannot be matched. It has no equal. Read on to discover why...Lebanon’s Château Musar is one of the greatest—a compelling argument could be made for the greatest—estates in modern history. Their soul-stirring and seemingly ageless library releas