Château d'Issan, 3ème Cru Classé, Margaux
    Château d'Issan

    Château d'Issan, 3ème Cru Classé, Margaux, 2019

    96/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    94/100
    Robert Parker Wine Advocate
    94/100
    The Wine Independent
    94/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    Broking
    1. 2019

      6x75cl

      DP

      £249.53

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    Critic Reviews

    94/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    The 2019 d’Issan has a deep garnet-purple color. It features notes of redcurrant jelly, kirsch, and cassis, with nuances of tobacco leaf and cedar. The medium-bodied palate is chewy and refreshing, with soft-spoken fruit and an earthy finish.
    drinking window 2026 - 2045
    date of review 05/2023
    94/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2019 Château d'Issan has a glorious Margaux bouquet with pressed violets fusing with the black fruit and crushed stone scents. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, fine delineation, taut and fresh, a pinch of black pepper towards the structured and detailed finish that lingers in the mouth. Superb. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.
    drinking window 2025 - 2045
    date of review 02/2023
    94/100
    William Kelley,
    Robert Parker Wine Advocate
    The 2019 D'Issan is showing well from bottle, offering up aromas of sweet berries and plums mingled with violets, orange rind and raw cocoa. Medium to full-bodied, lively and nicely concentrated, with lively acids, powdery tannins and a seamless, elegant profile, it's a charming, perfumed wine that will offer a broad drinking window. The blend is dominated by an atypically high proportion (70%) of Cabernet Sauvignon. The heart of Issan is its walled "Clos" to the rear of the picturesque moated chateau, which is complemented by more recently acquired holdings situated on the same gravel terrace.
    drinking window 2025 - 2055
    date of review 04/2022
    96/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    The bigger, more structured Margaux have closed down over ageing, as is the case here with Issan - less exuberant than during En Primeur, but showing concentration, controlled power and beautiful cassis and bilberry fruits. Skilful and deft weaving together of tannins and fresh acidities to cradle the fruit, with a voluptuous creamy mid palate as it opens. Impressive depths, decades of life ahead. 50% new oak, 45% of overall production. Harvest September 25 to October 11.
    drinking window 2028 - 2044
    date of review 01/2022

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Margaux
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    abv:
    14%

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