Chateau Musar Blanc 2012 hashval_C6E015CAF09D80D57FEBA05AD591C762C1F4C57C much of the Douro Valley

much of the Douro Valley was suffering from extremely dry conditions

Malolactic fermentation took place before the wine was aged in new oak barrels for 24 months

stews and matured cheese

created only in 1989 and still a relatively obscure appellation

Bold and rich

Chateau Musar Blanc 2012 hashval_C6E015CAF09D80D57FEBA05AD591C762C1F4C57C much of the Douro ValleyChteau Musar Blanc is a barrel aged white wine made from the Obaideh (related to Chardonnay) and Merwah (related to Semillon) native varieties that are grown in the Bekaa Valley (Lebanon) by Chteau Musar. Gaston Hochar made his dream come true when he returned from Bordeaux in 1930 and set up his own winemaking project in Ghariz, a town 25 km from Beirut (Lebanon). In their time, both the Phoenicians and Romans had identified this area as an ideal