2010 Chasse Spleen Blanc

This is a rarity that I've been able to get 3 bootles of. Chasse Spleen is a well knowned Bordeaux producer, but that is for their red wines. But they do produce a very small amount of white as well. To put things in perspective, of the 113 ha vineyards that Chasse Splees controll, only 2 ha is used for its white wines.

Tasting note on the 2010 Chasse Spleen Blanc

Good nose with goog intensity. Green apples, minerality and some oak notes. The palate is so crisp and clean and bone dry. Lovely citrus flavours dominated by lemon. There is also some tropical fruits here. But if the citrus is one of the major flavours here, the other one is the minerality. It's not only on the finnish, it's from start to end, but changing its profile along the way from start to finnish.
There is some oak, but the oak in this wine works in the way that oak should do on wine. It adds some weight and complexity without making the wine too fat or too oaky. The acidity plays a major part in balancing the wine out in a lovely way. Beautiful acidity.
I pick up a very interesting flavour profile on the end as well. Where I come from, we have a Candy called Lakrisal, which is a candy with tastes of licquorice and ammonium chloride. The tail of the finnish tastes very much like this candy.
91 points