2016 | Château Chasse-Spleen | Moulis-en-Médoc | France Marcarini and the wine matured in

and the wine matured in amphorae and barrel for 18 months

it sashays out of the glass with flamboyant notes of plum preserves

with sensations of fruit in syrup and balsamic from the aging on the lees with hints of aniseed

with bright acidity carrying layers of orchard fruit

2016 | Château Chasse-Spleen | Moulis-en-Médoc | France Marcarini and the wine matured inThe emblematic Cru Bourgeois of Moulis serious, ageworthy Mdoc that punches into classed growth territory. Chteau Chasse Spleen is the reference estate of Moulis en Mdoc, an 80 hectare property whose name (legend says) came from Baudelaire. Its Cabernet dominant wines are aged 18 months in oak and have long been considered to over deliver a Cru Bourgeois with the structure and class of far pricier neighbors. The 2016 is a classic, structured Left Bank