PURPLE & RED GRAPES

Question 1

Château Grand Village, 2016, Bordeaux ($11.75, $13.75, $7)

Answer 1

-86% merlot, 14% cabernet franc

Question 2

Chinon, Philippe Alliet, 2019 ($13.50, $15.50, $8)

Answer 2

-100% cabernet franc

Question 3

Fleurie, Cuvée Tardive, Clos de la Roilette, 2019, Beaujolais ($18.50, $20, $10.25)

Answer 3

-100% gamay

Question 4

Trousseau, Joseph Dorbon, 2018, Arbois ($18.75, $21.25, $10.75)

Answer 4

-100% trousseau

Question 5

Mondeuse, Domaine Lupin, 2019, Savoie ($15, $17, $8.75)

Answer 5

-100% mondeuse

Question 6

Syrah, Hervé Souhaut, 2019, Northern Rhône Valley ($18, $20, $10.25)

Answer 6

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Question 7

Bandol, Domaine le Galantin, 2014, Provence ($16, $18, $9.25)

Answer 7

-90% mourvedre, 10% grenache

Question 8

Ajaccio, Antica, Domaine U Stiliccionu, 2017, Corsica ($18.50, $21, $10.75)

Answer 8

-100% sciaccarellu

Question 9

Cinsault, HUB, Pedro Parra y Familia, 2019, Valle del Itata ($17.50, $20, $10.25)

Answer 9

• 80 year old, dry farmed vines
• grown on stony, red, sandy quartzic granitic soil
• fermented in concrete and aged in concrete
• the HUB is Freddie Hubbard

Question 10

Cinsault, TRANE, Pedro Parra y Familia, 2019, Valle del Itata ($17.50, $20, $10.25)

Answer 10

• 79 year old, dry farmed vines
• grown on stony, red, silty, quartzic soil
• fermented in concrete and aged in untoasted oak barrels
• the TRANE is john coltrane

Question 11

Cinsault, MONK, Pedro Parra y Familia, 2019, Valle del Itata ($17.50, $20, $10.25)

Answer 11

• 75 year old, dry farmed vines
• grown on stony, red, silty clay, with quartzic granitic soil
• fermented in concrete and aged in untoasted oak barrels
• the MONK is thelonious monk

Question 12

Flight of Three Tastes of the Pedro Parra ode to jazz ($26)

Answer 12

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Question 13

Jeune, Chateau Musar, 2018, Bekaa Valley ($11.75, $13.75, $7)

Answer 13

-50% cinsault, 30% syrah, 20% cabernet sauvignon

Question 14

Hochar Pere et Fils, Chateau Musar, 2017, Bekaa Valley ($17.50, $20, $10.25)

Answer 14

-55% cinsault, 35% grenache, 10% cabernet sauvignon

Question 15

Grand Vin, Chateau Musar, 2000, Bekaa Valley ($30, $35, $17.75)

Answer 15

-33% cinsault, 33% carignan, 33% cabernet sauvignon

Question 16

Flight of Three Tastes of the Chateau Musar celebration of vigor and resilience ($30)

Answer 16

• gravelly soil with a limestone base, the area is frost and disease free
• winery located on Mount Lebanon
• the first vineyard was planted in 1930 by Gaton Hochar
• as the french controlled lebanon at the turn of the 20th century, the french influenced the grapes planted and the winemaking practices
• the Barton family of Bordeaux, owners of Langoa Barton, taught the Hochars about ageing wine in barrique
• the French army were the first real customers, they departed after WWII taking the majority of the customers away
• the next 30 years, however, were a golden period for Lebanon as it became a cosmopolitan sanctuary
• the Civil War, from 1975 to 1991, decimated the country but ever resolute Serge Hochar and his crew only missed one vintage, 1976
• the Tipping Point for Chateau Musar came in 1979 at the Bristol Wine Fair in England when the illustrious Michael Broadbent tasted the 1967, 1961, and 1959 vintages