Château d'Issan - Margaux 2018 (3L)
Price: $500.00
| Producer | Château d'Issan |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Margaux |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | 5005643 |
| Size | 3L |
James Suckling: 96 Points
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. Try from 2025.
Wine Advocate: 94-96 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.
Jeb Dunnuck: 93-95 Points
I was only able to taste the 2018 Château d'Issan once but it showed beautifully with a full-bodied plump sexy style as well as classic notes of cassis fresh plums licorice and high-class cigar tobacco. Based on 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot that will see 18 months in 50% new oak from a scant 53% selection of the total production it’s a brilliant incredibly sexy Margaux that’s already hard to resist yet will keep for 2-3 decades.
vVinous: 92-95 Points
An explosive dense wine the 2018 d'Issan possesses off the charts richness and fabulous intensity. A rush of blue/black fruit chocolate smoke spice leather and tobacco builds in a potent Margaux endowed with tremendous concentration and pure unbridled power. The 2018 is an unusually brooding somber d'Issan that is likely to require a number of years to be at its best. Today it is compelling even in the early going. Tasted four times.
