PRE-ORDER
Winemaker Notes
Nose slightly vanilla with deep aromas of cherry, blackberry, blackcurrant, and old rose. Ample and wide attack. Voluminous and supple mouth with velvety tannins, marked by new wood at this stage. Long and fruity persistence. Wait 2025 to taste with an ageing potential to 2045.
About Winery
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.
Chasse-Spleen's wines were always noteworthy, though the quality improved
dramatically with its acquisition by the Taillan Group, which also owns Château
Haut-Bages-Libéral, in 1976. It was run by Bernadette Villars until she and her
husband were killed in an accident while hiking in the Pyrénées in 1992. The
property is now run by her daughter Claire.
