95+/100 PP
"A non-vintage blend of Xavier’s favorite vintage, the NV Châteauneuf du Pape X XII XV is a massive, thick, unctuous beauty that’s almost overflowing with notes of dark frui...
"One of the most challenging vintages in a generation.
A good start to the year with plenty of rain and snow, then temperatures rising toward the end of March, however between 10th and 18th A...
93/100 Falstaff
"Mittleres Karmingranat, Granatreflexe, breite Ockerrandaufhellung. Rauchig-würzig unterlegte rotbeerige Frucht, Orangenzesten, ein Hauch von Nougat und Lakritze wie au...
Das Weingut im aus dem 18. Jahrhundert stammenden Schloss Mzar in der Stadt Ghazir 25 Kilometer nördlich von Beirut im Libanon wurde vom Franzosen Gaston Hochar im Jahre 1930 gegründet. Das Weingut...
"2009 was a truly memorable year in the Bekaa Valley and a vintage of two halves – before and after the rain! This vintage will go down in history as the year of the two day September deluge – unprece...
93/100 Falstaff
"Mittleres Karmingranat, Granatreflexe, breite Ockerrandaufhellung. Rauchig-würzig unterlegte rotbeerige Frucht, Orangenzesten, ein Hauch von Nougat und Lakritze wie au...
93/100 Falstaff
"Mittleres Karmingranat, Granatreflexe, breite Ockerrandaufhellung. Rauchig-würzig unterlegte rotbeerige Frucht, Orangenzesten, ein Hauch von Nougat und Lakritze wie au...
"A year for the history books, where the mountains of Lebanon failed to turn white with snow. Very low rainfall during October and November 2013, where precipitation did not exceed 18mm. This trend co...
"The Chateau Musar ‘grand vin’ of this vintage is the traditional blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault and Carignan – approximately one third of each. The blending took place 3 years later in 2011 an...
"The 2013 harvest at Chateau Musar could be summarised in one word – elegance. Rain and snowfall during the winter of 2012/13 was higher than in previous years, a welcome change after many years of po...