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Winery: Château d’Issan

Country / Region: France / Bordeaux, AOC Margaux

Date Winery was established: 12^th Century

Grape Variety: 40% Cabernet Sauvignon / 57% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot

Alcohol Content / Volume: 13% / 750ml

First Vintage Released: 1995

Ratings: (Pending)

Good to know: Blason d’Issan, Chateau d'Issan's second wine, is made from a selection amongst their vines growing in the Margaux appellation area. Fruit from their youngest vines is used to produce this wine, which respects the identity of its terroir, while offering a tasty round fruitiness, which can be enjoyed earlier. This Blason d’Issan 2016 is also aged in barrels for 14 to 16 months, one third of which are new french oak. It has been considered one of the best vintages offering an outstanding balance!

Blason d'Issan 2016 is a charming, classically proportioned red wine serving as the refined second label of Château d'Issan, the historic Third Growth estate in Margaux. Sourced from younger vines across the property's prized gravel mounds and alluvial terrace soils near the Gironde estuary, it is shaped by a Merlot-led blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, matured for roughly 14 to 16 months in French oak barrels (approximately 35% new). The nose is perfumed, lifted, and quintessentially Margaux, revealing scents of ripe blackberries, cassis, and black cherries interwoven with crushed violets, tobacco leaf, cedar, pencil lead, and a faint kiss of sweet spice. On the palate, reflecting the balance and clarity of the benchmark 2016 vintage, it offers a supple, medium-bodied core of dark fruit supported by silky, finely woven tannins and vibrant, mouthwatering acidity, cruising effortlessly into a long, polished, and savory finish accented by delicate herbal and graphite notes.