2016 | Château Chasse-Spleen | Moulis-en-Médoc | France Marcarini It wants to be more

It wants to be more playful

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

and it's a bargain

and the wine matured in amphorae and barrel for 18 months

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

2016 | Château Chasse-Spleen | Moulis-en-Médoc | France Marcarini It wants to be moreThe 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