Château Musar 1994

A lovely light garnet colour with a faded, bricking rim. Fairly intense, sweet, plummy fruit, with a touch of liquorice and the trademark Musar volatile acidity. Seems to straddle Old World and New World flavours: “redcurrants in cough mixture” says N1, while I tend more towards “my mother’s strawberry jam”. Not quite as heavy or animalistic as the 95, but still gamey and powerful. Evocative of right bank Bordeaux in a hot year. Still has plenty of lasting power.