Château d’Issan Margaux 2000 is a beautifully mature Third Growth Bordeaux, showing the refined elegance of Margaux alongside impressive depth and concentration. Aromas of autumnal raspberry and blackberry mingle with leather, walnut, truffle, clove and floral notes, while vibrant acidity and silky tannins carry the wine to a long, graceful finish.

Decanter | D 94
Published: Dec 12, 2019
Drink: 2020-2034

Wonderful aromatics of walnut, leather, soft truffles, touches of cloves, this is a perfect wine for the winter months. The high acidity maintains freshness and backbone but there is a definite tertiary feel at this point with autumnal raspberry and blackberry fruits. It's gentle and welcoming with the elegant edge that Issan does so well. Feels like an old friend and practically begs you to stop what you are doing and open a book. A yield of 36hl/ha. 50% new oak.
Closure: Natural Cork
Alcohol: 12.50%
Body: Full
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 70% Cabernet Sauvignon 30% Merlot

The Wine Advocate | RP 93
Published: Jun 29, 2010
Drink: 2010-2025

Fully mature, the 2000 D’Issan is a quintessentially elegant, yet concentrated, aristocratic Margaux that defines the appellation. The wine has a dark ruby/purple color just beginning to lighten at the edge. Notes of charcoal, acacia flowers, black raspberries, and blue fruits are followed by a medium to full-bodied wine that builds incrementally on the palate. With its outstanding purity, richness, elegance and length, this is a beauty that has reached its window of maturity, where it should stay for another 15 or more years.

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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.