2019 Chateau Chasse Spleen - Cru Bourgeois Moulis

Decanter.com – 92 pts – GH: *A dark heady nose comprising blackcurrants, black cherries and some sweet cinnamon spices. This is a headier style, clearly powerful with well-handled, ripe fruit and a core of liquorice that gives it a more serious tone. It has good acidity and freshness with fine tannins that support the fruit and give weight and definition to the palate. Good intensity here. One to hold on to for a few years.* - 01/2022

Falstaff Magazin – 92 pts – PM: *Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, dezente Randaufhellung. Cassis und Waldbeeren, dunkle Kirschen, zarte Kräuterwürze, mineralischer Touch. Saftig, reife Herzkirschen, frisch strukturiert, gut integrierte Tannine, mineralisch, lebendig, ein finessenreicher Speisenbegleiter.* - 06/2020

Vinum Magazin – 17/20pts: * Interessante, fruchtig- blumige Aromatik; geradliniger Ansatz, frische, schlanke und doch fleischige Entwicklung, Tannin mit Schliff, perfekte Länge; ungemein stilvoller, hervorragend gemachter, ganz auf Trinkigkeit angelegter Wein, der seinem Namen in diesem Jahr besonders gerecht wird!*- 09/2020

Vinous.com – 91 pts – AG: *The 2019 Chasse-Spleen is super-classy right out of the gate. Medium in body and articulate, the 2019 impresses with its persistence and impeccable overall balance. Dried leaves, tobacco, mint, herbs and bright red-fleshed fruit all come together, while attractive floral and spice notes extend the finish. What a beautiful wine this is.* - 01/2022

Vinous.com – 90+ pts – NM: *The 2019 Chasse-Spleen has a well-defined bouquet with blackberry and bilberry fruit, undergrowth and tobacco - classic Médoc really. The palate is medium-bodied with plenty of feisty red fruit, modest depth and showing some austerity towards the finish. A more cerebral Left Bank 2019, though I would have liked a bit more persistence. This might be entering an awkward adolescence. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.* - 01/2023

Thewinecellarinsider.com – 90 pts – JL: *Showing much better in the bottle after the aging process, the medium-bodied, soft, fresh wine is focused on its core of ripe, sweet, currants, tobacco and spice. Not very weighty, but it makes up for that with its elegance and finesse. Drink from 2024-2037.* - 05/2022