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

    Château d'Issan, 3ème Cru Classé, Margaux, 2020

    96/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    95/100
    The Wine Independent
    93/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    Broking
    1. 2020

      6x75cl

      DP

      £242.74

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    Critic Reviews

    93/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2020 Château d'Issan has a gorgeous, perfumed, floral bouquet with mainly red berry fruit, rose petal and hints of violet. The palate is medium-bodied, very focused and linear, with fine tannins. It perhaps needs a little more density toward the finish. There is a little bitterness on the aftertaste, yet that just lends tension and nerve. Lovely. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.
    drinking window 2028 - 2055
    date of review 11/2024
    95/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    The 2020 d’Issan is deep garnet-purple in color. It slowly unfurls to offer notes of cedar and cassis, followed by wafts of potpourri, crushed rocks, truffles, and unsmoked cigars. The light to medium-bodied palate is tightly knit, elegant, and refreshing, with loads of mineral sparks on the long finish.
    drinking window 2026 - 2052
    date of review 03/2023
    96/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    A successful wine that has lived up to En Primeur promise. The emphasis remains on texture and depth, velvety tannins, perfumed violets, rose and raspberry leaf aromatics, slate, crushed rocks, serious at first then softening to show raspberry puree and smoked blackcurrant fruits. Cocoa dusting on the finish and clear spice, a little austere right now. The terroirs of the newly-purchased Château Pontac Lynch are in this Issan vintage, meaning the blend uses five grape varieties for first time. Not easy to add these distinctive varieties while maintaining the elegant, finessed style of this estate, but it works. 50% new oak, 38hl/h yield.
    drinking window 2028 - 2044
    date of review 02/2023

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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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