Château Musar Red, 2008 Malvasia Riojana with juicy summer berries

with juicy summer berries

a fine mousse and some lovely brioche notes

it has the structure to develop for decades

A generous and intense perfume of black and red fruits leads on to an herbaceous

one of the most beautiful hilly landscapes of Ancona’s province unfolds – it’s the land of prestigious wines such as Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi

Château Musar Red, 2008 Malvasia Riojana with juicy summer berriesIn their youth, Chteau Musar Reds are dense and richly textured, with intense baked fruit characters: plums, damsons, cranberries, cherries, figs and dates. Bordeaux grape Cabernet Sauvignon lends black fruit flavours; Rhne grapes Cinsault and Carignan contribute fragrance (violets; pepper) and supple spiciness. Either set of qualities might dominate a particular vintage, but the style is always emphatically Lebanese: enticingly aromatic, with