Chateau Chasse Spleen Mouilis en Medoc 2008

Tasting note:

This wine is harmonious, very tannic and full, yet elegant. It has a deep ruby red colour and ripe plum aromas. In its best years, Chasse Spleen rivals the best of the Médoc crus classés

Chateau Chasse Spleen

Charles Baudelaire and Lord Byron are among the most enthusiastic and famous ambassadors of this wine, which has become one of the most representative crus bourgeois from the Médoc. The vines have an average age of 30 years and grow on the best plots on the hilltop of Grand Poujeaux in deep gravelly soil. After manual harvesting, the winemaking process takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel and concrete tanks. The wines are then aged in traditional style for 12 to 14 months in oak barrels (40% renewed each year). The wines are bottled at the château after being fined with egg white. The château was not included in the 1855 classification because the then owner, Madame Castaing, was still busy planting the vineyard after an inheritance. However, Chasse Spleen was made a Grand cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel in 1932 .