Love this. Very clean and fresh palate delivering full and precise mixed berry fruit with a dry juniper, tobacco and leather finish. Some serious and traditional structure here, which is maybe too austere for some but, married with the generosity of flavour, it is right up my street. Pretty confident this will improve and be a belter in its early to mid twenties, but no problems with getting this out now to have with food.
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A very nice surprise. I had bought this wine more for the name that reminded me of Beaudelaire than for what the critics said. I drank it for the first time when it was young and it seemed heavy and quite monolithic, hence the surprise. After more than a decade in a magnum format, it delighted the whole table. The guests, lovers of Burgundy, were impressed. The tannins were fine, the fruit still very present and without any trace of tertiary aromas. It was as drinkable as a good Vosnes and it disappeared in no time. This reconciled us with Bordeaux, you just have to be patient.
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Dufter av solbærblader og litt blyant, men generelt nokså tilbakeholden på duft. Herlig frisk syre i munnen, flott tanninstruktur som er rund og behagelig nå. Deilig balansert nå. Frukten er fremdeles fin, så det er ennå mye å lagre på også.
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Bought en primeur.I found this wine to be nicely balanced and drinking à point.I doubt it will improve from here.A good value for money buy en primeur.
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PNP. Deep ruby magenta color. Currant, plum, mushroom, and pumpkin seed. Smooth, tongue drying palate. Firm, medium intensity tannins on the longish finish.
This is very nice, but now past it’s prime for my palate. There was an unpleasant sharpness to the finish.
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This is a wine that will confirm the beliefs of both Bordeaux lovers and Bordeaux skeptics. The skeptics will find it tart and relatively fruitless, and the lovers will find it complex and intoxicating. Lots of fine sediment. Dark color. Heady floral aroma -- roses and blackberries. High acidity and moderate high tannin. Gained weight with aeration. Aromas carry over to palate -- roses and blackberries with a background flavor of mushroom. The aftertaste is a little underpowered, dilute, but overall this is a very satisfying young Bordeaux. I expect it to improve with age and to last for a very long time.
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This was always one of my value BDX wines. However, maybe it is my palate, but I am just swinging more and more to new world reds. I feel these French wines, like Italian wines, tend to be full of tannin early on, making them difficult to drink young, then at 12 years like this wine, have no fruit left and therefore what is left is a pretty boring wine.
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I like an austere Bordeaux. Too dry for others at the table, somewhat more structure/austere than the 2009. It could be more fruited, and I would not call it complex, but at the $30 or so I paid for it years ago, it's just fine. There is no way this is worth the $76 Vivino has it for now - it's good, basic Bordeaux that won't likely improve.
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Classical Bordeaux. Dark Bordeaux -red. Lots of black currant, lead and leather on the nose. The tannins are getting smoothe but still holds a grip. Fruitiness, most red and black currant, can be faiding. Drinks well now imo and I’m doubtfull the wine will improve of more cellaring.
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Tanners: This is a big, robust wine that has plenty of round, supple freuit that is ripe with good tannins. Robinson: Very dark. Sweet and rich. Thick and beguiling.
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Last bottle of this year and can se no point in hoarding it further, no obvious change from the last couple and still the same notes apply, always a decent drink, but the price is creeping up and unles you must drink Bordeaux there is probably better value to be had, still enjoyable though.
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I’d have hoped for more class in a vintage like 2010. Stern savoury wine, has that mettalic iron blood character of left bank Merlot from non-classed growths. Honestly I thought Chasse Spleen was of classed growth quality.
Consumed over two night. Consistent notes.
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A clean wine, but classic BDX. Not a lot of fruit. Soft tannins after 2-3 hour decant. My problem is my palate is moving more and more away from old world and to new world reds. Overall, +/- on this wine, but certainly not a flawed wine.
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Classical nose of a Bordeaux that is starting to mature, but is not quite there yet, with blackcurrant, some tar, hints of dried herbs, smoke, barnyard aromas and leather. Medium bodied with blackcurrants, gravelly mineral, rather high acidity, some tannins (not too much, but probably made more prominent by the acidity), fine balance and a fresh aftertaste with some tannic bite. Stylistically it reflects what I expect from Moulis - more elegant than heavyweight - and 2010 - purity, high acidity, and made to last. It's somewhat approachable now but ideally I'd give this at least another couple of years to show more developed notes. 89+ pts.
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Down to last two, still a good example of this reliable Cru Bourgeois, unless you specifically want Bordeaux it is becoming questionable at this level whether the asking price is still VFM when so much else is available, not sure despite drinking this over many years I would buy again, just my thoughts.
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But this so good, and at the risk of being vulgar, so cheap. I think Kevin Patrick below has got it exactly right: there is here a wonderful integration of sweet dark fruit and soft tannin, which will get even softer with time.
And the 2010 left-bank vintage? Some of them are already here. Who would have thought it?
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Deep and powerful. Pronounced dark berry fruit, sweet spices and fine integrated tannins. Graphite hints. Dried fruit (prune) and flowers. Tobacco, cigar. Complex and “in the face”.
NB Left Bank of the Gironde, classified Cru Bourgeois Exceptional since 1932. The Chateau Chasse Spleen belongs to Moulis en Médoc, the smallest appellation of Médoc. Terroir: Located on gravelly ridges, the winery has grape varieties of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Viticulture: The harvest is manual.
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Drickable BDX. Still may be too young, but this tasting was after a 4.5 hour decant. At least it was not a tannic monster with no fruit but that was due to the decant.
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Cork Vault August Bottle Share--78 Giacosa Riserva, 85 Certan De May, 96 Calon-Segur and more (Charlotte, NC): Decanted two hours before sampling but needs at least four hours to open up. 2010 was a big vintage and it shows -- bright powerful nose of dark fruits. The wine was smooth and high quality though lacking complexity likely reflecting the need for more age and/or air. A pleasurable wine but I would wait some time before opening the next bottle or decant 4 - 6 hours ahead of time.
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This wine is STILL too young. Even after a 2-3 hour decant, it still did not open up. Very tarry nose and flavors up front. Keep it down longer, or decant 8 hours or Vinturi it.
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Some of these comments make me chuckle- waiting another 20 years? This is open for business now if allowed a couple of hours decant, and enjoyed alongside some food that has good fat content (a well aged steak for me today). Yes there is a little grip, but this is young left bank Bordeaux after all. Fully expressive and quite delicious now, though no rush- this can go for many more years.
For me there's no shame in getting stuck in to unclassified 2010s in general, and even some of the more approachable lesser growths.
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This rating is based largely on potential. Huge tannins, over exuberant fruit, power. However I think in 20 years this might be an awesome wine when it all mellows out.
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A short and maybe not really representative note one a wine that was left open for a day by the time we got to it. Still surprisingly alive and bright, a touch more linear than we would have expected from a 2010 , more mineral and structured. Still very solid wine, very well made and with good balance of fruit and still very much primary. Very solid 90 maybe more.
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Two hour decant. Mushroom and cedar nose. Med-full bodied. Smooth wet glycerol mouthfeel. Slightly astringent, fruit muted. Short unremarkable finish. Didn't improve over the evening. The wine was just ok but the reticence suggests more bottle age needed. Try again in 3-5 years.
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Austère et corsé, asséchant selon certains. Même après un bon 3 heures de carafe, il ne bouge pas. C`est noir et sombre, mures et boisé. Les tannins sont serrés et la finale assez longue nous laisse le gosier trop sec et on détecte un peu de chauffe. Jeune, surement...constat mitigé. ...à revoir dans 5-7 ans!
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Even after a 3 hour decant, it had tannin overshaddowing the fruit. Probably stillllll needs some aging. Surprising for this level of a BDX at 10 years out. I expect it to be more approachable.
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I have bought several vintages of this wine, back to the early 90s, and it has never disappointed. Decanted for 2 hours.
On the nose this was not unlike some styles of Rioja, I'm thinking Vina Ardanza here. Spice, dark fruit and cedarwood.
On the palate, it has the spicy fruit, but with some decent tannin and that spine of acidity to balance it. A refreshing claret, made for drinking with food, rack of lamb in our case. First bottle of six, plenty of time for the rest.
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Classic cedar and cigar box flavors. I highly recommend a double decant (into decanter then back to bottle) about 2 hours before drinking. This bottle was really good at the end!
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Beautiful dark red, glass staining, ruby rim. Vanilla on the nose. Full in the mouth, cherry and blackcurrant. Lovely fruit lingering, but quite a tannic kick with it. Delicious fruit dominates, but tannin is still fighting. Less austere than d’Angludet
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Reading other notes was hesitant to open, but this proved to be a great bottle. Given a 2.5hr decant with plenty of surface area. Tasted hot- the alcohol that others mention is evident- when tasted on own, but with a fatty steak this was singing. Tannins well tamed, red fruit acidity revealing itself from behind an inky velvet cloak. Glad this is open for business now, as running low on the great-drinking Lanessan '10 and need to start moving up the pecking order.
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Black centre, red rim, solid sediment. Raw alcohol on the nose. Cherry and stone fruit, full in the mouth, tannic. Finished the bottle, so clearly good with food Very enjoyable.
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Getting closer to being ready to drink! The fruit is starting to peak out from behind the tannins. Still needs some time to shine. This was after a 1 hour decant. i would wait a few more years to drink again. If you have a lot of bottles. try again in a year.
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Second bottle, lovely dark red colour, the oak has subsided a bit and it is just that more integrated, still a nice drink without ever being great, very much a claret !
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Tasted over two days, alongside the same vintage d'Armailhac. Light bricking. Suave, even refined, perfume, with a big kiss of high-quality oak (I would have preferred less, though it is in balance). Graceful on the palate, particularly by Moulis en Médoc standards. Deceptive structure, including medium plus acid and medium tannin, spectacular balance. A very young wine, which packs the substance to age for another seven+ years. Improvement is likely. Drink by 2030-2035. 92-93.
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Beautiful red color. Black cherry, blackberry and undergrowth in the nose. The latter disappeared after ~2 hours of decanting. Noticeable tannins and acidity, but the balance is good. Medium-long finish.
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This is a very nice red wine, but I am not certain I would have identified it as a BDX. Beautiful cherry red color, slight oak and cedar on the nose, a refined mid palate, not real lingering after palate, but a nice red wine. Drink up. I am not sure that this will get much better with age. This followed a two hour decant.
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Tremendous clarity, beautiful red-purple color, cedar on nose, slightly shallow mid-palate. Tannins in the finish. Best at about 1 hour post decant. Still needs at least a couple of years of bottle age.
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Chalky, lot of green pepper. A beautifully sweet concentration of fruit, off set with some really classy, firm but approachable tannin. You can tell there is a lot of substance here - this is sure to age very well. Quite raw now but still approachable, this is much more my style than the slightly confected 2009. 93
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Black red centre, red rim. Muted nose, vanilla and fruit emerging. Lovely weight, flavour of vanilla and blackcurrant bursts out. Long finish, although still quite tannic once the fruit has gone. Drinking really well now. Very enjoyable.
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Deep red, long thin drops, clear edge. Vanilla, black cherry, blackberry, undergrowth, cedar wood nose. Red cherry, raspberry, vanilla, lemon taste. Bright fruit, mellow tannins, a bit acidic overall. Still young?
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Always a reliable and well made cru bourgeois, blackcurrant and cassis on the nose, some acidity and dark berries in the mouth, still needs a bit of time , but maybe this is it.
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Dark red centre, damson rim. Nose rather limited, but occasional burst of blackcurrant. Tannin still dominant in the mouth, but strong fruit follows and controls the finish, classic blackcurrant. Powerful and still young.
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Lean, clean and relatively muscular still but already drinkable. Blackcurrant and cherry fruit, nice oak. Tannins are soft and has a good level of acidity to keep it fresh for quite a long time. Leave at your cellar a few more years before you open it if you have only one bottle. A good value wine.
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W-S Friday Tasting - Blends (Auckland, NZ): Excellent. Some blackcurrant and stewed bell pepper from Cab, and some plush chocolate-covered plum on the midpalate from Merlot. Medium body, medium alcohol, medium plus acid, medium tannins - silky. Showing slight development but still very primary.
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Weekly tasting group RWP #257: Bordeaux blends (@ PS): In the bouquet beautiful dark berries, oak, cedar and some smoke. On the palate the same dark fruits, cassis, good acidity, some bell pepper and youthful tannin. Overall a beautiful and juicy, full bodied wine with a luxurious bouquet. Wait another 5 – 10 years. Will probably enter its (young) drinking window around 2024.
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PWS; Chasse Spleen plus a few extra's (@ My place): Bottle 2: Beautiful dark forest fruits, some smoke, sweet licorice and bell pepper. On the palate the same dark fruits and bell pepper, vanilla, juicy acidity and some bitterness. Slightly sticky tannin. Overall a beautiful and still youthful wine which needs another 10+ years at least. (It is not my habit to write two notes about one wine on one day, but in this case it were two bottles poured blind and tasted beside each other. Three tasters and none had the idea he was tasting the same wine.)
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PWS; Chasse Spleen plus a few extra's (@ My place): Bottle 1: Beautiful dark forest fruits like blackberries, vanilla, good complexity, but still locked. On the palate concentrated and juicy dark forest fruits and cassis, juicy acidity, chocolate, vanilla, sweet and salty licorice, laurel and graphite. Overall a beautiful wine which is still locked and too young. Around 2027 this will be much more friendly, complex and refined. For tonight 91, for the future 93+, So I score it 92.
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Lovelly soft French nose suggesting a delicate wine with subtle balance understated but youthful fruit. Gentle palate but a little water diluted. Later, vitriolic tannins, once hiding, emerge. Then hide. Then emerge again.
Consumed at the top of the Tokyo Mandarin, with an amazing view and tranquil decor until being awoken by the violent twisting and straining of the building the next morning catalysed by the earthquake.
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Nose: Raspberries, other wild berries, black currants, leather. Mouth: Medium to full bodied wine. Noticeable tannins and acidity but just the right amount. Balanced and expressive. Just in the finish there is a slight bitterness as in so many Bordeaux other than in the top notch chateaux. Can be drunk now or put away for some other years.
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Very nice right now, but to soften the tannins I needed to Vinturi it. It was much to tannic straight out of the bottle, the fruit could not show. I would probably wait 3 mores years before trying again. It is just too tannic now.
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Very pretty (quality sweet oak imparted) bouquet for a Moulis-en-Médoc offering, which are typically quite rustic and earthy. Smooth and polished, arguably excessively so, yet still highly enjoyable. Time will reveal whether this wine sheds is fluff and reveals its rustic core or retains is modernly styled polish. Glad to have another bottle. In this vintage, I prefer Chateau Poujeaux. 90-92.
Au restaurant, non carafé et servi de suite, ce qui l'a sans doute prétérité sur les premiers verres. Meilleur en fin de repas. Comme d'habitube, un très bon rapport qualité/prix.
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Opaque ruby/purple color turning rust at the rim with a transparent edge. The nose is quite dense at the onset, which requires a bit of aeration time to open up notes of dark fruits, damp garage, wet forest floor, leather, scorched oak and vanilla. The palate is dry; fleshy in texture; with a structure built for medium-term cellaring. Flavors of black currant, dark cherry, licorice, eucalyptus menthol, dark chocolate, espresso, meat and tobacco form the core. Finishes attractively with supple notes of vanilla bean, toffee, and dried herbs. Drink now with a 20-minute decant until 2025.
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Still too young, nothing much to say except: what a disappointment. Doesn't fit into my wine collection due to quality under par. Can't understand why people his wine receives good reviews, must be the name
PWS (@ DE?): Tasted the Chasse Spleen 2010 and 2011 completely blind beside each other, only knowing it was Bordeaux. This will be one comparative tasting note. The 2010 showed a lot of vanilla and toast in the bouquet at first. Later it was a bit dusty with good cassis and graphite. The 2011 had the same toast, cassis and graphite, but also showed some smoke and peach(?). On the palate the 2011 was harmonious with the bouquet with dark forest fruits, oak, smoke, some sweetness, juicy acidity and mild tannin. The 2010 was 2 or 3 steps better on all points. Much more beautiful cassis and other dark berry fruits, some good bell pepper, firm but good acidity and oak, sticky tannin and firm bitterness. The 2010 still needs many years so it all can integrate. The 2011 was, with some air, much easier to like. Maybe most significant at the moment was the difference in color. The 2011 fairly light and even a bit transparent, while the 2010 was still purple and quite dark. Overall two nice wines with each their own merits; the 2011 probably at its peak between 2020 and 2025, but the 2010 will probably reach its maturity around 2024 and will most likely be really nice until at least 2030. My scores: 2011 87 - 88. 2010 91 – 92.
Carmine at the rim - shy nose of graphite and slight dark fruits. Medium bodied, a bit hard and angular at the moment, fresh and tannic - most of the fruit is buried at this point in time - leave a couple of years before trying the next bottle, not ready.
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Solbær, moreller, grafitt, og kaffe. Bra trøkk, fylde og balanse og lengde. Vil sikkert bli bedre og mer kompleks med tiden, men er godt tilgjengelig nå.
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Dark fruit on the nose, earth, spices, smoke. On the palate good fruit, well balanced, ok length and intensity, slightly closed. Drying finish. Should develop nicely. 88-89+
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„Manga & Wine – Manga & Dine“ at Weinbar 4 Tiere in Zürich (awesome wine bar, by the way). Pairing 4, wine 2. We drank this Château Chasse-Spleen 2010 next to a Grace Cuvée Misawa 2011. The Château Chasse-Spleen was medium to dark ruby in colour and offered a tight nose of mixed berries, cucumber, graphite, cedar and some dark chocolate. On the palate the wine showed black currant, cherry, blackberry, raspberry and cucumber, paired with medium-plus acidity, medium-plus tannin and very good length. The discrete oak was well-integrated. A solid, medium-bodied Bordeaux. 88+
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(Tasting Bar Sample) the young nose reveals a core of creamy ripe fruit good potential here, though seems very clean at this stage. Blueberry yogurt, creme de cassis, dark cherry, plum, bell pepper, herbs and furniture. Palate is ripe, dense and firmly tannic, repeating the herbal notes. Finish is medium plus repeating the cassis and blueberry notes. Good potential, but difficult to evaluate exactly how good this will get. In need of a good 15 years.
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Deep ruby color. Nose of medium intensity with concentrated blackcurrant fruit and notes of oak. Medium to full bodied with very good balance between ripe tannins and acidity - overall very smooth. Does not show complexity yet, but it is drinkable now. Better in a few years and seems able to last long.
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Though this could use a few more years in the cellar, it is drinking very well at the moment. Full bodied and medium to long finish. Generous amounts of plum and blackberry. A real pleasure to drink.
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All wines were tasted blind this evening. This wine is as luxurious as the 2009 with good cassis and beautiful oak, licorice and dark chocolate. Good acidity but more firm tannin and bitterness. This is a wine for the long run. Probably entering young maturity between 2020 and 2024. In my score I include part of the potential. It can easily be 2 points more around 2025 - 2028.
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Grande Bordeaux Tasting, 2010 (Grand Hyatt Hong Kong): "2010 like 2005 - needs 10 years" Patty liked the nose on this - forest, blackcurrant. Nice palate with easy tannins. Actually drinking OK now but needs a little time to come into its own.
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Union Des Grands Crus de Bordeaux 2010 Vintage Tasting San Francisco, nose of black cherry, black currants, graphite, same on the palate, lovely, rich tasting fruit today, medium/big body, touch simple, medium/long finish, peak in 5 years.
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Union des Grands Crus 2010 Bordeaux Tasting (Palace Hotel - San Francisco): Nice cassis aromas on the palate, along with coffee beans, red cherries, mint, and a bit of lead pencil. A stronger showing of lead pencil on the palate, as well as cassis, black cherries, black currants, leather, and leafy mint. A bit astringent on the nose and soft on the palate, but this is nice for the price. Good+
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Although at this moment not really open and friendly, it has everything in it to become a beautiful wine. It is classical with dark forest fruits like cassis, has a beautiful dose of oak, has beautiful acidity and tannin and a good length. This wine is always a rival for Poujeaux, but this vintage I think I prefer the more classical and complete style of Chasse Spleen. A beauty already with great complexity and a promise for the future. It is a good idea to compare the two in 2020 and then decide which is really best.
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Average nose of black fruit and licorice, hint of vanilla, light ripe peperonis... very soft loads of ripe silky tannins, very fruity and elegant, a great Chasse Spleen!!
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Cask sample. Good cassis juice, graphite and oak in the bouquet. Good cassis juice, firm acidity and tannin and a good concentration. Focused. In this stage the wine is more classical and less open and friendly than Poujeaux. But in the long run I don't know who will be the winner; might be the Chasse Spleen. Anyway for today I score it one point less than Poujeaux.
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A little closed but shows some nice herbal/menthol notes; nice texture and weight with good richness - this has great potential. Tannic finish. Excellent effort. 91-93
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10/18/2023 - Bandreas wrote:
Unyielding, tannic and hard. Not attractive.
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8/27/2023 - Dj6544 wrote: 92 Points
Love this. Very clean and fresh palate delivering full and precise mixed berry fruit with a dry juniper, tobacco and leather finish. Some serious and traditional structure here, which is maybe too austere for some but, married with the generosity of flavour, it is right up my street. Pretty confident this will improve and be a belter in its early to mid twenties, but no problems with getting this out now to have with food.
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8/14/2023 - preid wrote: 93 Points
Fantastic wine
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8/1/2023 - pbeauparlant@gmail.com Likes this wine: 91 Points
A very nice surprise. I had bought this wine more for the name that reminded me of Beaudelaire than for what the critics said. I drank it for the first time when it was young and it seemed heavy and quite monolithic, hence the surprise. After more than a decade in a magnum format, it delighted the whole table. The guests, lovers of Burgundy, were impressed. The tannins were fine, the fruit still very present and without any trace of tertiary aromas. It was as drinkable as a good Vosnes and it disappeared in no time. This reconciled us with Bordeaux, you just have to be patient.
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8/1/2023 - daghaug wrote:
Dufter av solbærblader og litt blyant, men generelt nokså tilbakeholden på duft. Herlig frisk syre i munnen, flott tanninstruktur som er rund og behagelig nå. Deilig balansert nå. Frukten er fremdeles fin, så det er ennå mye å lagre på også.
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6/12/2023 - Rpfe Likes this wine: 90 Points
Bought en primeur.I found this wine to be nicely balanced and drinking à point.I doubt it will improve from here.A good value for money buy en primeur.
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4/21/2023 - AGELVIS Likes this wine: 92 Points
PNP. Deep ruby magenta color. Currant, plum, mushroom, and pumpkin seed. Smooth, tongue drying palate. Firm, medium intensity tannins on the longish finish.
This is very nice, but now past it’s prime for my palate. There was an unpleasant sharpness to the finish.
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1/30/2023 - talbot61 Likes this wine: 92 Points
This is a wine that will confirm the beliefs of both Bordeaux lovers and Bordeaux skeptics. The skeptics will find it tart and relatively fruitless, and the lovers will find it complex and intoxicating. Lots of fine sediment. Dark color. Heady floral aroma -- roses and blackberries. High acidity and moderate high tannin. Gained weight with aeration. Aromas carry over to palate -- roses and blackberries with a background flavor of mushroom. The aftertaste is a little underpowered, dilute, but overall this is a very satisfying young Bordeaux. I expect it to improve with age and to last for a very long time.
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12/15/2022 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 84 Points
This was always one of my value BDX wines. However, maybe it is my palate, but I am just swinging more and more to new world reds. I feel these French wines, like Italian wines, tend to be full of tannin early on, making them difficult to drink young, then at 12 years like this wine, have no fruit left and therefore what is left is a pretty boring wine.
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11/6/2022 - guitarkim Likes this wine: 88 Points
Probsbly won’t get any better - drinking nicely now
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10/31/2022 - P&F wrote:
I like an austere Bordeaux. Too dry for others at the table, somewhat more structure/austere than the 2009. It could be more fruited, and I would not call it complex, but at the $30 or so I paid for it years ago, it's just fine. There is no way this is worth the $76 Vivino has it for now - it's good, basic Bordeaux that won't likely improve.
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10/22/2022 - danme Likes this wine: 89 Points
Classical Bordeaux. Dark Bordeaux -red. Lots of black currant, lead and leather on the nose. The tannins are getting smoothe but still holds a grip. Fruitiness, most red and black currant, can be faiding. Drinks well now imo and I’m doubtfull the wine will improve of more cellaring.
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10/3/2022 - Steynor wrote:
Tanners: This is a big, robust wine that has plenty of round, supple freuit that is ripe with good tannins.
Robinson: Very dark. Sweet and rich. Thick and beguiling.
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6/23/2022 - angelcyn Likes this wine:
Last bottle of this year and can se no point in hoarding it further, no obvious change from the last couple and still the same notes apply, always a decent drink, but the price is creeping up and unles you must drink Bordeaux there is probably better value to be had, still enjoyable though.
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4/12/2022 - ProfByron wrote: 87 Points
I’d have hoped for more class in a vintage like 2010. Stern savoury wine, has that mettalic iron blood character of left bank Merlot from non-classed growths. Honestly I thought Chasse Spleen was of classed growth quality.
Consumed over two night. Consistent notes.
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4/3/2022 - laralh wrote: 89 Points
Solbær, kirsebær, lær, grafitt. Bra lengde og fylde.
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2/11/2022 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 90 Points
A clean wine, but classic BDX. Not a lot of fruit. Soft tannins after 2-3 hour decant. My problem is my palate is moving more and more away from old world and to new world reds. Overall, +/- on this wine, but certainly not a flawed wine.
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1/24/2022 - Vintomas wrote: 89 Points
Classical nose of a Bordeaux that is starting to mature, but is not quite there yet, with blackcurrant, some tar, hints of dried herbs, smoke, barnyard aromas and leather.
Medium bodied with blackcurrants, gravelly mineral, rather high acidity, some tannins (not too much, but probably made more prominent by the acidity), fine balance and a fresh aftertaste with some tannic bite.
Stylistically it reflects what I expect from Moulis - more elegant than heavyweight - and 2010 - purity, high acidity, and made to last.
It's somewhat approachable now but ideally I'd give this at least another couple of years to show more developed notes. 89+ pts.
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1/10/2022 - angelcyn Likes this wine:
Down to last two, still a good example of this reliable Cru Bourgeois, unless you specifically want Bordeaux it is becoming questionable at this level whether the asking price is still VFM when so much else is available, not sure despite drinking this over many years I would buy again, just my thoughts.
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1/9/2022 - Asgard Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still (too) young. Will revisit in 3-4 years. But already shows a the characteristics of a classical (old-fashioned) Bordeaux
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10/10/2021 - vide Likes this wine: 91 Points
But this so good, and at the risk of being vulgar, so cheap. I think Kevin Patrick below has got it exactly right: there is here a wonderful integration of sweet dark fruit and soft tannin, which will get even softer with time.
And the 2010 left-bank vintage? Some of them are already here. Who would have thought it?
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9/20/2021 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 90 Points
After a 4 hour decant, it still needed a Vinturi to get the fruit exposed from the background tannins.
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9/16/2021 - GArpaia Likes this wine:
Deep and powerful. Pronounced dark berry fruit, sweet spices and fine integrated tannins. Graphite hints. Dried fruit (prune) and flowers. Tobacco, cigar. Complex and “in the face”.
NB
Left Bank of the Gironde, classified Cru Bourgeois Exceptional since 1932. The Chateau Chasse Spleen belongs to Moulis en Médoc, the smallest appellation of Médoc.
Terroir: Located on gravelly ridges, the winery has grape varieties of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot.
Viticulture: The harvest is manual.
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8/23/2021 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 89 Points
Drickable BDX. Still may be too young, but this tasting was after a 4.5 hour decant. At least it was not a tannic monster with no fruit but that was due to the decant.
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8/12/2021 - kevinpatrick Likes this wine: 91 Points
Cork Vault August Bottle Share--78 Giacosa Riserva, 85 Certan De May, 96 Calon-Segur and more (Charlotte, NC): Decanted two hours before sampling but needs at least four hours to open up. 2010 was a big vintage and it shows -- bright powerful nose of dark fruits. The wine was smooth and high quality though lacking complexity likely reflecting the need for more age and/or air. A pleasurable wine but I would wait some time before opening the next bottle or decant 4 - 6 hours ahead of time.
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7/5/2021 - SLOFred wrote: 89 Points
This wine is STILL too young. Even after a 2-3 hour decant, it still did not open up. Very tarry nose and flavors up front. Keep it down longer, or decant 8 hours or Vinturi it.
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4/16/2021 - rupertg Likes this wine: 89 Points
Clear, dark ruby. Drinking really well, full with lasting fruit.
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4/10/2021 - k H i L o Likes this wine: 91 Points
91,5
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3/15/2021 - HPringle Likes this wine: 91 Points
Some of these comments make me chuckle- waiting another 20 years? This is open for business now if allowed a couple of hours decant, and enjoyed alongside some food that has good fat content (a well aged steak for me today). Yes there is a little grip, but this is young left bank Bordeaux after all. Fully expressive and quite delicious now, though no rush- this can go for many more years.
For me there's no shame in getting stuck in to unclassified 2010s in general, and even some of the more approachable lesser growths.
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3/7/2021 - bnqwallace Likes this wine: 92 Points
This rating is based largely on potential. Huge tannins, over exuberant fruit, power. However I think in 20 years this might be an awesome wine when it all mellows out.
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3/6/2021 - Papies wrote: 90 Points
A short and maybe not really representative note one a wine that was left open for a day by the time we got to it.
Still surprisingly alive and bright, a touch more linear than we would have expected from a 2010 , more mineral and structured. Still very solid wine, very well made and with good balance of fruit and still very much primary. Very solid 90 maybe more.
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2/12/2021 - boomecho Likes this wine: 85 Points
Two hour decant. Mushroom and cedar nose. Med-full bodied. Smooth wet glycerol mouthfeel. Slightly astringent, fruit muted. Short unremarkable finish. Didn't improve over the evening. The wine was just ok but the reticence suggests more bottle age needed. Try again in 3-5 years.
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12/27/2020 - laralh wrote: 90 Points
Solbær, grafitt, litt murstein og krydder. Hint av blaut murstein.
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11/14/2020 - maxima wrote: 89 Points
Austère et corsé, asséchant selon certains.
Même après un bon 3 heures de carafe, il ne bouge pas.
C`est noir et sombre, mures et boisé.
Les tannins sont serrés et la finale assez longue
nous laisse le gosier trop sec et on
détecte un peu de chauffe.
Jeune, surement...constat mitigé.
...à revoir dans 5-7 ans!
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8/27/2020 - daghaug Likes this wine:
Drukket uten notater, men herlig.
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8/19/2020 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 89 Points
Even after a 3 hour decant, it had tannin overshaddowing the fruit. Probably stillllll needs some aging. Surprising for this level of a BDX at 10 years out. I expect it to be more approachable.
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8/11/2020 - auldalliance Likes this wine:
I have bought several vintages of this wine, back to the early 90s, and it has never disappointed. Decanted for 2 hours.
On the nose this was not unlike some styles of Rioja, I'm thinking Vina Ardanza here. Spice, dark fruit and cedarwood.
On the palate, it has the spicy fruit, but with some decent tannin and that spine of acidity to balance it. A refreshing claret, made for drinking with food, rack of lamb in our case. First bottle of six, plenty of time for the rest.
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7/8/2020 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 91 Points
Classic cedar and cigar box flavors. I highly recommend a double decant (into decanter then back to bottle) about 2 hours before drinking. This bottle was really good at the end!
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6/9/2020 - rupertg Likes this wine: 91 Points
Beautiful dark red, glass staining, ruby rim. Vanilla on the nose. Full in the mouth, cherry and blackcurrant. Lovely fruit lingering, but quite a tannic kick with it. Delicious fruit dominates, but tannin is still fighting. Less austere than d’Angludet
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6/3/2020 - HPringle Likes this wine: 92 Points
Reading other notes was hesitant to open, but this proved to be a great bottle. Given a 2.5hr decant with plenty of surface area. Tasted hot- the alcohol that others mention is evident- when tasted on own, but with a fatty steak this was singing. Tannins well tamed, red fruit acidity revealing itself from behind an inky velvet cloak. Glad this is open for business now, as running low on the great-drinking Lanessan '10 and need to start moving up the pecking order.
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5/6/2020 - rupertg Likes this wine: 86 Points
Black centre, red rim, solid sediment. Raw alcohol on the nose. Cherry and stone fruit, full in the mouth, tannic. Finished the bottle, so clearly good with food Very enjoyable.
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4/10/2020 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 89 Points
Getting closer to being ready to drink! The fruit is starting to peak out from behind the tannins. Still needs some time to shine. This was after a 1 hour decant. i would wait a few more years to drink again. If you have a lot of bottles. try again in a year.
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3/23/2020 - Steff Likes this wine: 90 Points
Elegant and mature but not as good as I had hoped. A nice bdx but not very special.
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11/8/2019 - angelcyn Likes this wine: 89 Points
Second bottle, lovely dark red colour, the oak has subsided a bit and it is just that more integrated, still a nice drink without ever being great, very much a claret !
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7/21/2019 - Motz wrote: 92 Points
Tasted over two days, alongside the same vintage d'Armailhac. Light bricking. Suave, even refined, perfume, with a big kiss of high-quality oak (I would have preferred less, though it is in balance). Graceful on the palate, particularly by Moulis en Médoc standards. Deceptive structure, including medium plus acid and medium tannin, spectacular balance. A very young wine, which packs the substance to age for another seven+ years. Improvement is likely. Drink by 2030-2035. 92-93.
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5/31/2019 - sermon Likes this wine: 89 Points
Beautiful red color. Black cherry, blackberry and undergrowth in the nose. The latter disappeared after ~2 hours of decanting. Noticeable tannins and acidity, but the balance is good. Medium-long finish.
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3/10/2019 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 89 Points
This is a very nice red wine, but I am not certain I would have identified it as a BDX. Beautiful cherry red color, slight oak and cedar on the nose, a refined mid palate, not real lingering after palate, but a nice red wine. Drink up. I am not sure that this will get much better with age. This followed a two hour decant.
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1/11/2019 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 91 Points
Tremendous clarity, beautiful red-purple color, cedar on nose, slightly shallow mid-palate. Tannins in the finish. Best at about 1 hour post decant. Still needs at least a couple of years of bottle age.
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11/6/2018 - Dj6544 wrote: 93 Points
Chalky, lot of green pepper. A beautifully sweet concentration of fruit, off set with some really classy, firm but approachable tannin. You can tell there is a lot of substance here - this is sure to age very well. Quite raw now but still approachable, this is much more my style than the slightly confected 2009. 93
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9/9/2018 - rupertg Likes this wine: 89 Points
Black red centre, red rim. Muted nose, vanilla and fruit emerging. Lovely weight, flavour of vanilla and blackcurrant bursts out. Long finish, although still quite tannic once the fruit has gone. Drinking really well now. Very enjoyable.
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7/14/2018 - pernod Likes this wine: 88 Points
Deep red, long thin drops, clear edge. Vanilla, black cherry, blackberry, undergrowth, cedar wood nose. Red cherry, raspberry, vanilla, lemon taste. Bright fruit, mellow tannins, a bit acidic overall. Still young?
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12/28/2017 - angelcyn Likes this wine: 88 Points
Always a reliable and well made cru bourgeois, blackcurrant and cassis on the nose, some acidity and dark berries in the mouth, still needs a bit of time , but maybe this is it.
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11/21/2017 - rupertg Likes this wine: 87 Points
Dark red centre, damson rim. Nose rather limited, but occasional burst of blackcurrant. Tannin still dominant in the mouth, but strong fruit follows and controls the finish, classic blackcurrant. Powerful and still young.
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10/8/2017 - Stefanos T. wrote: 92 Points
Lean, clean and relatively muscular still but already drinkable.
Blackcurrant and cherry fruit, nice oak. Tannins are soft and has a good level of acidity to keep it fresh for quite a long time.
Leave at your cellar a few more years before you open it if you have only one bottle.
A good value wine.
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8/4/2017 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 88 Points
W-S Friday Tasting - Blends (Auckland, NZ): Excellent. Some blackcurrant and stewed bell pepper from Cab, and some plush chocolate-covered plum on the midpalate from Merlot. Medium body, medium alcohol, medium plus acid, medium tannins - silky. Showing slight development but still very primary.
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5/15/2017 - Zweder wrote: 92 Points
Weekly tasting group RWP #257: Bordeaux blends (@ PS): In the bouquet beautiful dark berries, oak, cedar and some smoke. On the palate the same dark fruits, cassis, good acidity, some bell pepper and youthful tannin. Overall a beautiful and juicy, full bodied wine with a luxurious bouquet. Wait another 5 – 10 years. Will probably enter its (young) drinking window around 2024.
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4/1/2017 - Zweder wrote: 92 Points
PWS; Chasse Spleen plus a few extra's (@ My place): Bottle 2: Beautiful dark forest fruits, some smoke, sweet licorice and bell pepper. On the palate the same dark fruits and bell pepper, vanilla, juicy acidity and some bitterness. Slightly sticky tannin. Overall a beautiful and still youthful wine which needs another 10+ years at least. (It is not my habit to write two notes about one wine on one day, but in this case it were two bottles poured blind and tasted beside each other. Three tasters and none had the idea he was tasting the same wine.)
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4/1/2017 - Zweder wrote: 92 Points
PWS; Chasse Spleen plus a few extra's (@ My place): Bottle 1: Beautiful dark forest fruits like blackberries, vanilla, good complexity, but still locked. On the palate concentrated and juicy dark forest fruits and cassis, juicy acidity, chocolate, vanilla, sweet and salty licorice, laurel and graphite. Overall a beautiful wine which is still locked and too young. Around 2027 this will be much more friendly, complex and refined. For tonight 91, for the future 93+, So I score it 92.
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3/9/2017 - cave lola wrote:
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11/21/2016 - SlimShaney wrote: 88 Points
Lovelly soft French nose suggesting a delicate wine with subtle balance understated but youthful fruit. Gentle palate but a little water diluted. Later, vitriolic tannins, once hiding, emerge. Then hide. Then emerge again.
Consumed at the top of the Tokyo Mandarin, with an amazing view and tranquil decor until being awoken by the violent twisting and straining of the building the next morning catalysed by the earthquake.
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10/24/2016 - gpritsch Likes this wine: 90 Points
enjoyed it. looking at other reviews I did not expect too much, but I actually think this is a nicely made wine.
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7/18/2016 - wineaficionado Likes this wine: 90 Points
Nose: Raspberries, other wild berries, black currants, leather. Mouth: Medium to full bodied wine. Noticeable tannins and acidity but just the right amount. Balanced and expressive. Just in the finish there is a slight bitterness as in so many Bordeaux other than in the top notch chateaux. Can be drunk now or put away for some other years.
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6/12/2016 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 89 Points
Very nice right now, but to soften the tannins I needed to Vinturi it. It was much to tannic straight out of the bottle, the fruit could not show. I would probably wait 3 mores years before trying again. It is just too tannic now.
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1/14/2016 - Motz wrote: 91 Points
Very pretty (quality sweet oak imparted) bouquet for a Moulis-en-Médoc offering, which are typically quite rustic and earthy. Smooth and polished, arguably excessively so, yet still highly enjoyable. Time will reveal whether this wine sheds is fluff and reveals its rustic core or retains is modernly styled polish. Glad to have another bottle. In this vintage, I prefer Chateau Poujeaux. 90-92.
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12/31/2015 - christ80 wrote:
good, would drink better in 4 years, but nice floral tones with woody herbs
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11/11/2015 - Ericsson wrote: 89 Points
Au restaurant, non carafé et servi de suite, ce qui l'a sans doute prétérité sur les premiers verres. Meilleur en fin de repas.
Comme d'habitube, un très bon rapport qualité/prix.
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11/11/2015 - Life At Your Leisure 🍷 wrote: 90 Points
Opaque ruby/purple color turning rust at the rim with a transparent edge. The nose is quite dense at the onset, which requires a bit of aeration time to open up notes of dark fruits, damp garage, wet forest floor, leather, scorched oak and vanilla. The palate is dry; fleshy in texture; with a structure built for medium-term cellaring. Flavors of black currant, dark cherry, licorice, eucalyptus menthol, dark chocolate, espresso, meat and tobacco form the core. Finishes attractively with supple notes of vanilla bean, toffee, and dried herbs. Drink now with a 20-minute decant until 2025.
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10/27/2015 - Supergaazz Does not like this wine: 80 Points
Still too young, nothing much to say except: what a disappointment.
Doesn't fit into my wine collection due to quality under par.
Can't understand why people his wine receives good reviews, must be the name
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9/14/2015 - Hyunjoow Likes this wine: 86 Points
Fresh bouquet of black fruit. Pine. earth.
Rounded pallet of black cherries licorice. little heavy on alcohol
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9/2/2015 - "Rhône Rider" Likes this wine: 90 Points
Plommer, tobakk. Flat åpning, men kommer seg fint. Lang acsluttning. Frisk, balansert.
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7/29/2015 - DonCapullo Likes this wine: 90 Points
This is quite a good effort - dark fruit cedar notes quite elegant and structured - very attractive at the moment.
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7/18/2015 - Zweder Likes this wine: 92 Points
PWS (@ DE?): Tasted the Chasse Spleen 2010 and 2011 completely blind beside each other, only knowing it was Bordeaux. This will be one comparative tasting note. The 2010 showed a lot of vanilla and toast in the bouquet at first. Later it was a bit dusty with good cassis and graphite. The 2011 had the same toast, cassis and graphite, but also showed some smoke and peach(?). On the palate the 2011 was harmonious with the bouquet with dark forest fruits, oak, smoke, some sweetness, juicy acidity and mild tannin. The 2010 was 2 or 3 steps better on all points. Much more beautiful cassis and other dark berry fruits, some good bell pepper, firm but good acidity and oak, sticky tannin and firm bitterness. The 2010 still needs many years so it all can integrate. The 2011 was, with some air, much easier to like. Maybe most significant at the moment was the difference in color. The 2011 fairly light and even a bit transparent, while the 2010 was still purple and quite dark. Overall two nice wines with each their own merits; the 2011 probably at its peak between 2020 and 2025, but the 2010 will probably reach its maturity around 2024 and will most likely be really nice until at least 2030. My scores: 2011 87 - 88. 2010 91 – 92.
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4/15/2015 - Jasper May wrote: 88 Points
Carmine at the rim - shy nose of graphite and slight dark fruits. Medium bodied, a bit hard and angular at the moment, fresh and tannic - most of the fruit is buried at this point in time - leave a couple of years before trying the next bottle, not ready.
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2/21/2015 - laralh wrote: 89 Points
Solbær, moreller, grafitt, og kaffe. Bra trøkk, fylde og balanse og lengde. Vil sikkert bli bedre og mer kompleks med tiden, men er godt tilgjengelig nå.
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11/20/2014 - rossi.wine wrote: 89 Points
Dark fruit on the nose, earth, spices, smoke. On the palate good fruit, well balanced, ok length and intensity, slightly closed. Drying finish. Should develop nicely. 88-89+
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8/28/2014 - PSPatrick wrote: 88 Points
„Manga & Wine – Manga & Dine“ at Weinbar 4 Tiere in Zürich (awesome wine bar, by the way). Pairing 4, wine 2. We drank this Château Chasse-Spleen 2010 next to a Grace Cuvée Misawa 2011. The Château Chasse-Spleen was medium to dark ruby in colour and offered a tight nose of mixed berries, cucumber, graphite, cedar and some dark chocolate. On the palate the wine showed black currant, cherry, blackberry, raspberry and cucumber, paired with medium-plus acidity, medium-plus tannin and very good length. The discrete oak was well-integrated. A solid, medium-bodied Bordeaux. 88+
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8/9/2014 - Wine Canuck wrote:
(Tasting Bar Sample) the young nose reveals a core of creamy ripe fruit good potential here, though seems very clean at this stage. Blueberry yogurt, creme de cassis, dark cherry, plum, bell pepper, herbs and furniture. Palate is ripe, dense and firmly tannic, repeating the herbal notes. Finish is medium plus repeating the cassis and blueberry notes. Good potential, but difficult to evaluate exactly how good this will get. In need of a good 15 years.
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8/5/2014 - Double-A Likes this wine: 85 Points
Cherry & currant nose and flavours. Clean, fresh and focused; med-full with good balance and potential.
3/5
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7/15/2014 - Stefanos T. Likes this wine: 91 Points
Deep ruby color.
Nose of medium intensity with concentrated blackcurrant fruit and notes of oak. Medium to full bodied with very good balance between ripe tannins and acidity - overall very smooth.
Does not show complexity yet, but it is drinkable now. Better in a few years and seems able to last long.
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5/27/2014 - Bordeauxlovers wrote: 78 Points
Pour moi le 2010 est à oublier, un vin avec un goût de crayon de bois (genre Crayola )et de graphite. Pas mauvais mais moyen.
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5/17/2014 - rossi.wine wrote: 90 Points
A bit finer than the 2011 on the nose, fresh, medium length but a bit closed. Needs 5 more years. 89-90+
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4/28/2014 - mike410 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Though this could use a few more years in the cellar, it is drinking very well at the moment. Full bodied and medium to long finish. Generous amounts of plum and blackberry. A real pleasure to drink.
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10/18/2013 - Zweder wrote: 90 Points
All wines were tasted blind this evening. This wine is as luxurious as the 2009 with good cassis and beautiful oak, licorice and dark chocolate. Good acidity but more firm tannin and bitterness. This is a wine for the long run. Probably entering young maturity between 2020 and 2024. In my score I include part of the potential. It can easily be 2 points more around 2025 - 2028.
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9/11/2013 - Omar Khayyam Likes this wine: 92 Points
Bordeaux 2012 en primeur with WInefinder (Munchenbryggeriet, Stockholm): This is elegant and with energy, has some nice spice tones on the nose and very fresh berry driven fruit. Good grip.
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2/28/2013 - DonalOB wrote: 91 Points
Grande Bordeaux Tasting, 2010 (Grand Hyatt Hong Kong): "2010 like 2005 - needs 10 years"
Patty liked the nose on this - forest, blackcurrant. Nice palate with easy tannins. Actually drinking OK now but needs a little time to come into its own.
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2/6/2013 - Jeff Leve wrote: 89 Points
Bright black and red berries, spice box, herb and wood in the nose, the wine is on the fresh side of the sweet and tart side of the style range.
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1/25/2013 - lumpyelbow wrote:
Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux 2010 (Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON): Nice medium body that was scented and supple. Will drink early. VGV. Purchased.
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1/22/2013 - yofog wrote: 92 Points
An impressive, quite classic wine, tannic but an elegant nose. Will come good in time, I think. Very graphite and earth and dark raspberry.
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1/21/2013 - amateurwino wrote: 91 Points
Showing leafy green tobacco herbal notes and licorice on the nose. Brooding, with anise flavors on the palate. 89-92
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1/18/2013 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 91 Points
Union Des Grands Crus de Bordeaux 2010 Vintage Tasting San Francisco, nose of black cherry, black currants, graphite, same on the palate, lovely, rich tasting fruit today, medium/big body, touch simple, medium/long finish, peak in 5 years.
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1/18/2013 - MattTM wrote:
Union des Grands Crus 2010 Bordeaux Tasting (Palace Hotel - San Francisco): Nice cassis aromas on the palate, along with coffee beans, red cherries, mint, and a bit of lead pencil. A stronger showing of lead pencil on the palate, as well as cassis, black cherries, black currants, leather, and leafy mint. A bit astringent on the nose and soft on the palate, but this is nice for the price. Good+
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11/25/2012 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 89 Points
Annual Grand Cru Tasting (Wijnhandel De Gouden Leeuw, Voorschoten, NL): A somewhat more earthy style than the Poujeaux, tougher too, sturdy but not exactly charming.
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11/13/2012 - Zweder Likes this wine: 92 Points
Although at this moment not really open and friendly, it has everything in it to become a beautiful wine. It is classical with dark forest fruits like cassis, has a beautiful dose of oak, has beautiful acidity and tannin and a good length. This wine is always a rival for Poujeaux, but this vintage I think I prefer the more classical and complete style of Chasse Spleen. A beauty already with great complexity and a promise for the future. It is a good idea to compare the two in 2020 and then decide which is really best.
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11/12/2012 - vespasian Likes this wine: 91 Points
Good nose - very good fresh, ripe fruit balance; nice weight and texture. A little more closed than Poujeaux tasted alongside. Good wine. 91-92.
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11/3/2012 - Philippe_C wrote: 92 Points
Average nose of black fruit and licorice, hint of vanilla, light ripe peperonis... very soft loads of ripe silky tannins, very fruity and elegant, a great Chasse Spleen!!
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12/17/2011 - Zweder wrote: 90 Points
Cask sample. Good cassis juice, graphite and oak in the bouquet. Good cassis juice, firm acidity and tannin and a good concentration. Focused. In this stage the wine is more classical and less open and friendly than Poujeaux. But in the long run I don't know who will be the winner; might be the Chasse Spleen. Anyway for today I score it one point less than Poujeaux.
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9/18/2011 - hubas wrote: 85 Points
Some graphite a bit immature and in my opinion to powerful tannins for the fruit.
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5/5/2011 - pdwinter wrote:
Gazzar Bordeaux Primeur 2010 Degustation (Lausanne, Switzerland): dark red with raspberry edge; closed nose, green pepper; elegant, subtle body, good tannins; light & long finish.
(tasted at Gazzar Primeur tasting in Lausanne)
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4/5/2011 - vespasian wrote: 92 Points
A little closed but shows some nice herbal/menthol notes; nice texture and weight with good richness - this has great potential. Tannic finish. Excellent effort. 91-93
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