Andy Frieden, JJ Buckley, April 2011

65% cabernet sauvignon, 30 % merlot, 5% petit verdot. Spicy blackberry compote, creamy mocha and coffee develop on the nose. This modern styled wine, ripe and evolved, has a silky, glycerol texture of creamy blackberry and boysenberry. New oak adds complexity early and creates effortless, well-integrated tannins. This will be a delightful early drinker and over the next 10 to 15 years.

92 -94 points,

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, April 2011

Tasted at the Cru Bourgeois primeur tasting. This has a lovely ripe blackberry, cassis and vanillary nose with beautifully integrated new oak. Seamless. The palate is medium-bodied with a rich, liquorice tinged entry, sappy dark berries, a touch of soy perhaps towards the finish. Unruly at the moment, ambitious and sure to make a big impression after bottling.

90 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2013

A beautiful effort from Chasse-Spleen, this dense purple wine exhibits plenty of black currant and black cherry fruit with some licorice, roasted herbs and forest floor. Medium to full-bodied and supple, the final blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon and 45% Merlot has produced a fleshy, succulent style of Chasse-Spleen to drink over the next 15+ years. -Robert Parker

Tracey Rose, JJ Buckley, February 2013

55% cabernet sauvignon, 40% merlot, 5% petit verdot. Saturated magenta from core to rim.Slightly closed nose that opens with a swirl of air to violet, licorice and cassis aromas. Bright berry up front though the mid palate was quite tightly knit and fairly firm. A solid effort that will shape up nicely with a few years in bottle. Great price to quality ratio found here.

89 -92 points,

Wine Spectator, March 2011

Lightly firm plum skin and cherry pit notes weave through the core of plum sauce, currant and blackberry fruit, with a perfumy tobacco-tinged finish. A touch old-school. -JM

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.

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