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Château Chasse-Spleen
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2023
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Flowers, herbs, cedar, tobacco, and red berries, shine in this medium-bodied, fresh, bright, effort, The wine is crisp, and chewy, with a chalky, firm finish. Drink from 2026-2043. 89-91 Pts. 1,561 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
2022
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Tobacco leaf, underbrush, cedar, and currants form the core of the wine. On the medium-bodied palate, the wine is crunchy, crisp, and classic with a savory edge to firm finish. Drink from 2025-2040. 89-91 Pts. 2,044 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
2021
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Strong underbrush, leafy tobacco, herbs, olives and cedar notes accompany the bright red fruits on the medium-bodied, chewy, peppery-spiced palate. Drink from 2023-2038. 89-90 1,505 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
2020
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Red and black cherries, spice box and dried flowers shoot from the perfume. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, fresh and lively, with a brisk, spicy red berry, tea and olive finish. Drink from 2025-2040. 2,851 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Tobacco, herbs, flowers and red fruits combine on the nose. On the medium-bodied palate, this classic styled wine delivers bright, fresh red fruits, soft tannins and a crisp, almost crunchy red berry finish. 88-90 Pts 2,010 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
2019
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Showing much better in the bottle after the aging process, the medium-bodied, soft, fresh wine is focused on its core of ripe, sweet, currants, tobacco and spice. Not very weighty, but it makes up for that with its elegance and finesse. Drink from 2024-2037. 3,307 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022Herbs, tobacco, red berries and cedar in the nose bring you to a medium-bodied, fresh, bright, lifted, sweet and tart, floral red plum and cassis-packed finish. 89-91 Pts 5,582 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
2018
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Cedar and tobacco lead off the perfume before you get to the spicy, cranberry, red currants and herbs. Bright, crisp, chewy, medium-bodied, classic, and crunchy, give this at least 5 or more years in the cellar before pulling a cork. The wine blends 45% Cabernet sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot and 5% Cabernet Franc. 3,381 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021Cranberry and cassis in a bright, medium-bodied, lean format with a dried red berry finish. 87-89 Pts 3,428 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
2017
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Crisp and peppery, the cassis has a juicy quality that carries through to the classically styled finish. 3,912 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
2016
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Quite bright, this medium/full bodied, fresh, sharp, crisp, cassis and cranberry filled wine is made for lovers of older, classically styled Bordeaux. The wine leans to the cedar, tobacco leaf and piquant red fruit oriented side of the style range. 3,926 Views Tasted Feb 11, 2019At its medium/full bodied core, you find, juicy, black and red fruits, tobacco, and cherries with a note of espresso bean. Give this a few more years to develop and it will be even better. This is probably the best wine here since 1989! 4,923 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
2015
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Light, bright and tight, with crispness to the cassis and tartness in the cranberry, the wine is lean and with more freshness than fruit. 3,443 Views Tasted Mar 12, 2018Medium bodied, classically styled with salty tannins, light, bright, red fruits and a crisp finish. 87-89 Pts 5,945 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2016 |
2014
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Forward, soft and fresh, this wine has a bright center of black cherry and cassis, which is complicated by hints of dark, bitter chocolate and a red fruit–filled finish. 87-89 Pts 4,298 Views Tasted Apr 21, 2015 |
2013
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Light and lean, with tart red fruits with an acidic, tart finish. The wine was made from a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, and 7% Petit Verdot. 2,957 Views Tasted Feb 7, 2016 |
2012
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Classic, medium bodied, oaky, firm wine, with a crisp, spicy, blackberry oriented finish. 2,961 Views Tasted May 7, 2015Medium bodied, with a core of black cherries and earth, the wine finishes with dusty tannins and red fruits. 2,626 Views Tasted Mar 11, 2015 |
2010
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Bright black and red berries, spice box, herb and wood in the nose, the wine is on the fresh side of the sweet and tart side of the style range. 8,646 Views Tasted Feb 6, 2013 |
2009
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Spice, herbs, earth and tart cherry scents lead to a tight, tannic wine, with drying sensations in the red fruit, dominated finish. Perhaps time will soften the tannins. 9,807 Views Tasted Feb 6, 2012 |
2008
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Medium bodied, soft textured and serving up a lot of freshness in its melange of dark, red fruits, this can easily age for a few more years, allowing all its components to come further together as its a bit tight and simple at the moment. 4,248 Views Tasted Sep 23, 2016 |
2006
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Firm, stoic, austere, old-school, crunchy red berry-packed wine with a strong touch of green peppery herbs and tobacco leaf on the nose and palate. 2,340 Views Tasted Dec 14, 2021 |
2005
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Tannic, firm, classically styled, with an austere, herb or leaf tinged personality is dominated by crisp red berries and spice. This clearly needs another 5 or more years to come around. 6,294 Views Tasted Jan 30, 2016Dark in color, but light in flavor. This medium bodied, red fruit dominated, bright, earthy, tannic wine is still tight at the moment. Give it at least another 5-7 years. 10,331 Views Tasted Aug 7, 2011 |
2004
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Masculine, firm and tannic, this old school, classic wine serves up tobacco, cedar, leaf, cassis and cranberry characteristics. 4,372 Views Tasted Jan 4, 2015 |
2003
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
Easy drinking charmer, without any of the excess you often find in this vintage. The wine is round, accessible and with a soft, red berry, earth and tobacco character. This is drinking at what is probably its peak today. 5,329 Views Tasted Aug 26, 2017 |
2000
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
With a nose packed with earth, black plums, tobacco and cassis, this powerful, tannic, deep wine could easily pass for a Classified Growth.If you're going to open it now, leave it in the decanter for an hour or more. Else, give it a few more years to allow the firm tannins to soften. As the 1989 is still going strong, this should continue to age for a long time. 7,445 Views Tasted Jan 11, 2012 |
1989
Château Chasse-Spleen (Moulis en Médoc)
At age 20, this wine nonetheless tasted several years younger tan that. Filled with layers of deep, ripe black fruit, herbs, earth, and tobacco scents, this full bodied wine has come together nicely. Still young, this wine will offer pleasure for at least another 20 more years. The wine will fool a lot of people in a blind tasting. 6,261 Views Tasted Jun 18, 2009 |