
Among the most famous stories about Hochar was the time he found himself in his Beirut apartment under intense shelling. Shrapnel burst through the window on the floor below him. Certain that his own life would end shortly, Hochar opened a bottle of 1972 Musar, poured the wine into a Baccarat glass, and sipped it over the course of twelve intense hours, until the attack finally ended. That’s the kind of life experience that informs this wildly alive red, which belongs in the collection of every serious wine lover