2012 Ch d'Issan 3ème Cru Margaux - 12x75cl
- Colour Red
- Producer Château d'Issan
- Region Margaux
- Grape Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot
- Drinking 2018 - 2035
- Case size 12x75cl
- Available Now
2012 - Ch d'Issan 3ème Cru Margaux - 12x75cl
- Colour Red
- Producer Château d'Issan
- Region Margaux
- Grape Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot
- Drinking 2018 - 2035
- Case size 12x75cl
- Available Now
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Goedhuis, April 2013, Score: 87-89
A firmly structured Cabernet based wine, focusing more on tightly knit fruit rather than the succulence of some wines for the vintage. A crisp and fresh finish and, whilst a little reserved, this will develop well in cask.
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Goedhuis, April 2013, Score: 87-89
A firmly structured Cabernet based wine, focusing more on tightly knit fruit rather than the succulence of some wines for the vintage. A crisp and fresh finish and, whilst a little reserved, this will develop well in cask.
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Neal Martin, July 2008, Score: 93
The 2012 d'Issan has a very perfumed and expressive bouquet with ebullient blackberry, iodine and cedar scents, very focused and classy with seamlessly integrated new oak. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, perfect acidity, compact at the moment but brimming over with mineralité and tension. This seems to have blossomed in bottle after a patchy showing in barrel and now it comes highly recommended. Tasted at the d’Issan vertical held at the property. 2020-2045
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Neal Martin, May 2013, Score: 87-89
Cropped between 1st and 17th October, the d’Issan is a blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon and 33% Merlot cropped at 37hl/ha. It has a tight, quite reticent bouquet – quite stern but focused. This is almost Pauillac in style with a faint tang of seaweed. The palate is medium-bodied with a structured entry. There is a rigid backbone here, again, lending it a Pauillac-like structure with a slight saltiness towards the finish. It needs to offer a little more flesh by the time of bottling. Tasted April 2013.
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Robert Parker, April 2015, Score: 95
The 2012 Château d’Issan, builds on the richness of the second wine and adds more body, structure and density. It has an inky purple color and a stunning nose of spring flowers, blueberry and blackberry fruit as well as touches of incense and graphite. Medium to full-bodied and stunningly concentrated, this 2012 is a great success in the vintage, one of the superstars. Moreover, its precociousness suggests it could be drunk in the next 4-5 years or cellared through 2025. I underrated this wine dramatically in my report of April, 2013
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Robert Parker, April 2013, Score: 87-89
A touch of herbaceousness and abundant underbrush characteristics kept my score from going higher. Nevertheless, the wine offers an attractive fragrance of herbs, blue and red fruits and loamy soil undertones. Medium-bodied with an angular mouthfeel, it should drink well for a decade or more. An elegant, restrained style of Margaux made from yields of 37 hectoliters per hectare, the 2012 d’Issan is composed of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon and 33% Merlot. Fifty-three percent of the production made it into the grand vin, which achieved 13.2% natural alcohol. Drink 2013 - 2023
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James Suckling, April 2013, Score: 89-90
A wine that shows a firm tannin structure with coffee, nuts and currants. Medium body, with chewy tannins. Medium finish.
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Jancis Robinson, April 2013, Score: 17
67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot. 50% new oak. Much deeper crimson than Blason. Again, slightly strange (oak?) note on the nose. Deep and concentrated, very Cabernet. Gentle and appetising. Good oak management. Long and good savour. Drink 2021-2034
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Wine Spectator, April 2013, Score: 89-92
A subtle style, with singed cedar and espresso hints guiding the lightly mulled plum and blackberry fruit. A warm paving stone note emerges on the finish. —J.M.
Region
Margaux
Plump, silky and seductive are the words often used to describe wines from Margaux. Because of their style, they tend to be user friendly and more approachable when young. This is in part due to its terroir which is comprised of the thinnest soil as well as the highest proportion of chunky gravel in all of the Médoc. It drains well but also is it more susceptible to vintage variation. Margaux wines tend to have the highest proportions of Merlot within the core of the Médoc further adding to their ample roundness and openness. Margaux is home to the largest number of classified growths including its namesake first growth, Château Margaux, as well as third growths, Palmer and d'Issan.
