Chateau Chasse-Spleen Moulis en Medoc 2018 CRV5 off-dry Mosel Riesling in its

off-dry Mosel Riesling in its most classical and ageworthy form

meticulous farming

gravelly loam

exotic spice

Estate-grown blue agave thrives in the region's iconic iron-rich crimson soil

Chateau Chasse-Spleen Moulis en Medoc 2018 CRV5 off-dry Mosel Riesling in itsChateau Chasse Spleen sits at the very top of the unclassified Mdoc tier a Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel that consistently overdelivers against classed growths. The Merlaut Villars family has owned this Moulis estate for decades (today run by Celine Villars Foubet), and the curious name traces back to Baudelaire and Lord Byron's notion of 'le spleen,' the melancholy this wine was supposedly built to chase away. 2018 was a benchmark Mdoc vintage a warm,