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Where is Château Musar wine from?

Château Musar is a red wine from Ghazir, in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. It is made mainly from Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault and Carignan.

Château Musar wine label — Photo: Denkhenk, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

Château Musar at a glance

Appellation	Bekaa Valley
Style	Red wine
Grapes	Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault, Carignan
Village or town	Ghazir
Region	Bekaa Valley
Country	Lebanon
Coordinates	34.0178, 35.6639

Château Musar

Ghazir, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

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Cellars in Ghazir, grapes from the Bekaa Valley

Appellation: Bekaa Valley
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault, Carignan

Gaston Hochar founded Château Musar in 1930 in Ghazir, north of Beirut, after returning from Bordeaux. His son Serge ran the estate from 1959 until his death in 2014 and made it Lebanon's best-known wine abroad. The grapes come from the Bekaa Valley, about 1,000 metres above sea level.

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