
Chateau D'Issan
$189.99 x 6
Regular price $1,008.80 PER CASESIZE
6 PACK, 750ml BOTTLES, $189.99 EACH
PRODUCER
Chateau D'Issan
VINTAGE
2018
COLOUR
RED
SUB-REGION, REGION, COUNTRY
Bordeaux, France
GRAPE
BORDEAUX BLEND
Wine Advocate, 96 Points
The 2018 D'Issan is composed of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot, aging in 50% new and 50% second year barrels for an estimated 18 months. With 13.97% alcohol and a 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.
Decanter, 95 Points
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.