CHÂTEAU D’ISSAN 2018

Château d’Issan 2018

“Deep garnet-purple color, it features baked berries, warm cherries and cassis with spice box and fragrant earth plus tea hints. Medium to full-bodied, it has a great core of muscular fruit with firm, fine-grained tannins, with nice freshness, finishing layered with mineral notions.”  – 96/100, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

VARIETIES: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot
REGION: Margaux, Bordeaux, France
AGEING: Matured in oak casks (50% new) for 18 months, bottled unfiltered
GUARDING POTENTIAL: Enjoy now or will cellar well up to 15 years ±, at an optimal hygrometric degree of 70%
SERVE: Serve at 16ºC – 18ºC
FITS TO: Pairs equally well with almost any grilled, braised or roasted meat ranging from beef, veal, pork, duck, chicken, such as Circassian Chicken (Çerkez Tavuğu), Grilled Lamb Rack, Peking-Style Roast Duck etc
CRITICS SCORES: RP/96, JS/96, D/95, JD/95

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3ème Grand Cru Classé – 1855, Margaux Appellation | Range | Château d’Issan 2018

Château d’Issan is a Third Growth of the 1855 Imperial Classification. The wine is made from the old vines in the Château d’Issan enclosure in the middle of the Margaux appellation. The soil here is mainly made up of surface gravel on top of a clay subsoil, which contributes to optimal ripeness and freshness in our two grape varieties, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Château d’Issan expresses the exquisite bouquet so characteristic of Margaux, and stands out with its suppleness, subtlety, elegance and long keeping potential that come from its unique terroir. Château d’Issan is aged in barrels for 16 to 18 months, half of which are new. Annual production is around 100,000 bottles.

The vineyard has a terroir of gravel with clay and limestone soils on gentle, rolling, slopes. The vineyards of Chateau d’Issan are planted to a vine density of 9,000 vines per hectare with vines that are on average 35 years of age. They have old vines as well, some of which are close to 65 years of age. The Cruse family also own 5 hectares of vines close to Margaux in the Haut Medoc appellation as well as in the Bordeaux Supérieur appellation, where they own 10 hectares of vines. The Haut Medoc wines are sold as Chateau de Candale. The vines in Bordeaux Supérieur are used to produce Chateau Moulin d’Issan.

Styles and characteristics in the Margaux appellation are usually reflective of the  desire of the winery, and with 2018 Margaux, that holds true. With 2018 Margaux, all the wines are deeply colored. There are opulent, sensual wines, powerful, fullbodied, richly textured wines and some that are light, fresh and crisp. And of course, wine lovers will experience the elegance the Margaux appellation is best known for.