2014 Chateau d’Issan 3eme Cru Classe, Margaux 6x75cl

Chateau d'Issan

Case Format: 75cl

Max score: 91+

Drink To: 2024-2033

The Château D’Issan is a flamboyant wine filled with a rich bouquet of aromatics. Formed on an ancient site, D’Issan is dripping in history, with records of the estate dating back to the 12th century, and a wine production that has continued for the past two centuries. Its soil is made up of multiple gravel mounds and 15m high alluvial hills which allows the ground to drain well and forces the vines to develop deep roots. This unusual terroir is what allows for Château D’Issan’s distinct characteristics. Its 52 hectares of vineyard comprises Cabernet Sauvignon (c.65%), Merlot (c.30%), Cabernet Franc (c.2%), Petit Verdot (c.2%) and Malbec (c.1%), with the vines averaging 35 years in age – with some older than 70. In turn, the combination of unusual terroir and exceptional methods in production has formed potent, silky textured wines that are some of the best in Margaux.
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CRITIC REVIEWS

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Neal Martin

The 2014 Chateau d'Issan has an open-knit, fresh bouquet with light, tobacco-tinged black fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, understated and elegant in style with a Saint-Julien-like finish. Six years ago, the bottle suggested a better wine, indicating that it peaked in the interim. Tasted blind at the Southwold 10-Year-On tasting.

91+
Neal Martin

The 2014 D'Issan has a crisp, pure bouquet, quite tight and reticent like the 2014 Marquis d'Alesme Becker, eventually offering blackberry, soy and cedar scents, almost Saint Julien in style. The palate is medium-bodied with a touch of herbaceousness on the entry, but there is plenty of fruit behind it. I like the classic style of this d'Issan, the pepperiness of the Cabernet driving the structured and quite masculine (for Margaux) finish. This is beginning to show the class that I thought it would and it may merit a higher score in the future.

16.5+
JancisRobinson.com

Dark crimson. Very flattering and fresh and yet perfumed and very Margaux on the nose. Much more evolved than most but with potential.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

COUNTRY

France

REGION

Bordeaux

SUB REGION

Margaux

VINTAGE

2014

COLOUR

Red

CASE FORMAT

6x75cl

AVAILABILITY

IMMEDIATE

MAX CRITIC SCORE

91+

DRINK TO

2024-2033

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