The Wine Library Reviews

Region: Bordeaux, France

Wine: 1970 Chateau Chasse Spleen

Colour: Red

Grape: 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot

Does this show why double magnum is a great wine to age wine. This Cru Bourgeois had a garnet rim showing some age but not looking 39 years old. On the nose, there was sweet red fruit, intermingled with a touch of blackcurrant, new leather, smoke, cedar wood, minerals and black pepper, and on the palette a fresh acidity, still a lot of tannin, a medium to full body, a good intensity and long finish. One of the stand out wines of this tasting. Drink now or will hold for 20 years.

Food Matching: Would go well with most full flavoured foods - rack of lamb, fillets of beef and haunches of game, mature cheese.

Score out of 10: 9+

Value for Money: C

Can Age: Drink now or will hold for 20 years (in double magnum)

Taste: 12/12/2009

Price: Approx. £48 (75cl) - Fine and Rare