2016 Chasse Spleen

Chasse Spleen has been managed by women for the past thrity years: Jacques Merlaut's daughter, Bernadette Villars, starting in 1976, followed by her daughter Claire, beginning in 1992, and now her sister, Céline. The vineyard is located in Moulis, the smallest appellation in the Médoc, just off the Route des Châteaux, halfway between Margaux and Saint-Julien. Its extraordinary varies terroir consists of complementary soil types going from pure Garonne and Pyrenean gravel to a mixture of clay and limestone. With the purchase of Château Brillette, Chasse-Spleen has extended over the last remaining Moulis hilltop of the Graves. Chasse-Spleen 2022 now boasts 125 ha of vines in the red, of which 80% of thick and fine Graves .