Wine Chateau Chasse-Spleen, Moulis-en-Medoc AOC Cru Bourgeois, 1999
Tasting Notes
Wine beautiful garnet color.
Elegant, complex, well-balanced taste of wine charms average density of notes of ripe fruit, spices, elastic structure, abundant fine-grained tannins and a fresh finish.
In a complex bouquet of wine harmoniously intertwined aromas of black fruit, ripe berries and light notes of mushrooms.
The wine goes well with meat dishes: grilled red meat or meat on the grill, roast, as well as dishes from the big game and cheeses.
Interesting Facts
Château Chasse-Spleen - one of the most famous and revered wines of Bordeaux. The farm is located on the edge of Moulis, south of Saint-Julien. The documents recorded the fact that already in 1560 in the area produce wines. Name "Chasse-Spleen" means "to banish melancholy." Who really is dubbed the wine of Moulis-en-Médoc? Was it the English poet Lord Byron on his way to Spain, which dropped these words: "getting rid of the blues" or in French: "chasser le spleen"? Or perhaps the Frenchman Charles Baudelaire on holiday with his friend Odilon Redon, one of the neighbors and illustrator Chateau "Cplin and ideal" (Spleen et Ideal)? After this trip, Baudelaire wrote one of his poems, "Spleen". It speaks about the virtues of the region Moulis, if the wine was created somewhere else, maybe two of these people would drink a glass and continued their journey. So inspired and well-known names have received several vineyards. Fortunately, Mrs. Casting, which owned farm in those days, listened to one of these famous poets and named the estate Château Chasse-Spleen. Later she inherited some of the best sites in the Grand Puzho, which, unfortunately, did not have time to assign a classification in 1855, but in 1932 with the introduction of a new classification of wine Chateau Chasse-Spleen awarded Class Grand Cru Exceptionnel.
Chasse-Spleen manor owned 110 hectares, of which 80 hectares - vineyards, making it the largest in the community. Château Chasse-Spleen remained loyal to the traditional technology of wine. Participation in the selection of berries machine - the only concession to modern technology. Malolactic fermentation and maceration take place in concrete or steel tanks for 3-4 weeks, after which the wine is aged for 18 months in barriques, of which 40% annually updated. Wine is not filtered or after fermentation or before bottling.
"For 30 years, this Chateau constantly produces wines that can be safely called aristocratic and noble. Even in a relatively mediocre in quality crop, this lady is battling spot flawless ruby dress, bouquet of ripe and rounded taste ..." - Robert Parker guide to wines Bordeaux.