Chateau d’Issan 2018

Region: Bordeaux
Anbaugebiet: Margaux
Rebsorten: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot
Rebenalter: 35 Jahre
Klassifizierung: 3e Grand Cru Classé 1855
Trinkreife: 2024 bis 2050
Decanter (11/2020) Château d’Issan 2018 wie folgt: “Well-balanced, fleshed out by redcurrant, raspberry and black cherry fruits. There is tannic build-up, gently layering but adding up to quite the wall at this stage, suggesting a long life ahead, and beautifully judged cigar smoke edging through the finish. Good stuff from Issan, and a wine I have tasted both at en primeur and during ageing in barrel. 50% new oak” – 95 Punkte
Jeb Dunnuck bewertete (03/2021) Château d’Issan 2018 wie folgt: “TThe top wine, the 2018 Château D’Issan is 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot that spent 18 months in 50% new French oak. It offers a beautiful, singular bouquet of blackcurrants, new leather, smoked tobacco, scorched earth, and camphor. This carries to a medium to full-bodied, seamless Margaux with wonderful tannins, beautifully integrated acidity, and just a flawlessly balanced, elegant, layered style that’s going to evolve for 20-25 years. It’s one classy 2018 that has loads to love. ” – 95 Punkte
James Suckling bewertete (03/2021) Château d’Issan 2018 wie folgt: “Aromas of blackberry, plum, cocoa, iodine, clove and graphite. It’s medium-to full-bodied with firm, silky tannins. Tightly wound and mineral at the moment, with dusty gravel and graphite notes, yet with focus and precision. Such balance and harmony for the vintage.. ” – 96 Punkte