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2020 Château Chasse-Spleen, Moulis-en-Médoc, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (49%), Merlot (42%), Petit Verdot (6.5%), Cabernet Franc (2.5%)
Ready - at best
Product: 20208006752
2020 Château Chasse-Spleen, Moulis-en-Médoc, Bordeaux

Description

Cabernet Sauvignon 49%, Merlot 42%, Petit Verdot 6.5%, Cabernet Franc 2.5%

The terroir of Moulis encourages a particular style of Bordeaux, and no estate expresses it better than Chasse-Spleen. The soils allow for quite structured wines, but they are also marked by expressive, juicy fruit. Just so with this 2020: the bouquet is bright, vivacious and full of cassis. The palate is fruity and with plenty of personality. The tannins add a sense of charcoal, and there is an appealing black-pepper spice. This is an appealing wine that is both fun and interesting.

Drink 2024-2035
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Maturity Ready - at best
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (49%), Merlot (42%), Petit Verdot (6.5%), Cabernet Franc (2.5%)
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Château Chasse-Spleen

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Moulis

Moulis

Moulis is the smallest of the six Médoc communes but boasts a wide variety of soils and terroirs. One of the two communal appellations located on the Atlantic side of the Médoc, its hilly country is studded with a diversity of gravels, limestone and clay. These are sturdy wines, but the best are capable of considerable longevity and are often seductively perfumed, with more power than Margaux wines – albeit less finesse and elegance.
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Chateau Chasse-Spleen

Château Chasse-Spleen is the leading Moulis estate along with Château Poujeaux. Although it is classified only as a Cru Bourgeois, it regularly outperforms many of the Médoc's more renowned classed growths. There are two theories behind the château's rather unusual name: firstly, that, when Lord Byron visited the estate in 1821, he remarked `Quel remède pour chasser le spleen`. Secondly, that it is named after Baudelaire's poem, Spleen.
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