2016 Chateau Musar Blanc, Serge Hochar, Bekaa Valley

"The 2016 Ch. Musar White is an extraordinary wine. An oak-fermented blend of two indigenous varieties Obaideh and Merwah it's likened by some to a mature dry white Bordeaux and by others to a Manzanilla. I reckon it could pass for old white Rhône and Mike thinks for old white Rioja. The truth is that it's not like anything else at all. Yes, there's that oxidative character, so typical of Musar, but there are also notes of honey, nuts, cream and citrus. It's rich but dry and I'll be frank: you might not like it. But if, like Mike and me, you do, you'll absolutely lap it up."
Jonathan Ray, The Spectator Magazine