Château Musar is unique: something you realise from the moment you bring the glass close to your nose. Notes of victoria plum and figs, and so much exotic spice, it’s a hedonistic, opulent bouquet. The palate is structured yet fine, with grippy, grainy tannins that coat the mouth, and a fine thread of vibrant acidity. It’s a long, focussed, delicious wine, from a legendary producer.

This is beautiful, with loads of complexity and high-toned notes of wild flowers and loads of pure plum fruit. It maintains its much-loved and followed style with aplomb. It will age brilliantly, but is already delicious.

Anyone who can make wine whilst shells are exploding around them deserves recognition for their efforts. Serge Hochar and his team have been rewarded with a wine that is justifiably internationally recognised as one of the world's greats. This wine can age but you will have a hard job resisting its immediate charms. Grilled meat such as lamb is required here. High quality ingredients simply cooked will let both food and wine give maximum pleasure.

The 2009 Musar is a blend of approximately one third each of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault, and Carignan. A spicy, complex nose with wild berries and dark chocolate leads onto a palate with lovely weight and texture. The finish is long and perfumed, with a hint of smokiness. Musar release their wines when they consider them ready, and this is undoubtedly delicious. But you needn’t be in a rush: this will certainly last well.

The classically styled 2008 is the epitome of Musar’s traditional and elegant personality. Gorgeous red and black fruits with a juicy core thanks to optimum ripeness, with coffee and tobacco notes and a delicious, delicately intertwined structure.

Chateau Musar is fast becoming a household name, growing in reputation as the run of successive successful vintages continues. Serge Hochar, eldest son of founder Gaston Hochar, is a master of his craft and now something of a living legend. Having insistently taken over wine production from his father in 1959, Serge went on to be awarded the first 'Decanter Man of the Year' in 1984 for his reincarnation of what is rightly one of the world's most prized terroirs. Impressively, throughout the civil war in Lebanon the grape trucks never stopped in their tracks, in spite of bombs flying overhead. Only in 1984 and 1976 did the harvested grapes meet their demise. You'll have a job resisting the immediate charms, but these wines can age incredibly well, and we've fought hard to acquire a small parcel of the incredible 2005 vintage.

Lebanon’s most famous wine, Chateau Musar 2015 is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault and Carignan from old vines in the Beeka Valley. 2015 was an incredibly challenging vintage that saw them lose over 65% of their crop, but the quality in undeniable. Heady and floral with red fruit on the nose. Exotic spice, earthy, leathery complexity developing in the background giving the wine its classic Musar character.