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Chateau D'IssanCantenac-Margaux 2016
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With a history dating back to 1152, Château d'Issan was established as a third growth in the 1855 classification. By 1945 when the Cruse family purchased this storybook Margaux property with its 17th century Château and moat, it was a shadow of its former self with just 2ha in production. With 44ha planted to 60% Cabernet and 40% Merlot, the Cruse family sold 50% to Jacky Lorenzetti in 2013. D'Issan is now firing on all cylinders, producing a wine that is both fleshy and structured.
With a history dating back to 1152, Château d'Issan was established as a third growth in the 1855 classification. By 1945 when the Cruse family purchased this storybook Margaux property with its 17th century Château and moat, it was a shadow of its former self with just 2ha in production. With 44ha planted to 60% Cabernet and 40% Merlot, the Cruse family sold 50% to Jacky Lorenzetti in 2013. D'Issan is now firing on all cylinders, producing a wine that is both fleshy and structured.
Full bodied red wines have a noticeably textural mouthfeel with bold, complex flavours. Often deeply coloured.
- Type64% Cabernet Sauvignon and 36% Merlot
- Size750mL
- RegionMargaux
- Current Vintage2016
- Standard Drinks7.9
- Alcohol Volume13%
- CountryFrance
- Brand NameChateau D'Issan
- ClosureCork
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
- More about James Suckling
James Suckling
Prestigous American wine reviewer for jamessuckling.com
Vintage 2016
96 points
The brightness and precision already comes through on the nose with floral, blackcurrant character. Full-bodied and very tight and creamy with polished tannins that last for minutes. Warm and intense. Needs four to five years to show all it has, yet already a beauty.
Vintage 2016
94 points
Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, it has vibrant black cherries and blackcurrants notes with chocolate mint, beef drippings, black olives and cigar box. Medium-bodied with a well-sustained, intensely flavored mid-palate, it has a rock-solid, grainy frame and long savory finish. 10,500 cases produced.
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