2016 | Château Chasse-Spleen | Moulis-en-Médoc | France Marcarini with bright acidity carrying layers

with bright acidity carrying layers of orchard fruit

and it's a bargain

I love the ripe red plum aroma of this generous and polished 2021

The densely packed nose of this legendary old vine field blend of Zin

and the wine matured in amphorae and barrel for 18 months

2016 | Château Chasse-Spleen | Moulis-en-Médoc | France Marcarini with bright acidity carrying layersThe 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