Château d'Issan 3. Cru Classé Margaux 2019

James Suckling

Fresh currants and raspberries pop out of the glass, together with oranges and cedar. Such purity of fruit in the nose. Full-bodied, yet so refined and vertical. It goes deep and long with tight, compressed tannins that are pure and exciting. Really tight and focused. Precise.

Tastingbook.com

Decanter

Stylish nose, feels polished and poised. A svelte style with satiny tannins and such depth of flavour - intense but nuanced with perfumed edges and red and black cherry flavours. You feel the sculpting of the fruit, there are layers of flavour and with good support round the edges and softly chewy tannins. Such a long finish too, really goes on and on. I love it, you get the power without doubt but it's very neatly packaged right now with a smoothness and clarity that's impressive.

Jane Anson

A concentrated but graceful feel to this Issan, showcasing why it is one of the powerhouses of Margaux without necessarily flexing its muscles the most obviously. Takes a few moments to unroll on the palate but as it does it expands both forward and outwards, beautifully filling the mid palate with creamy brambly fruits and firm but flexible tannins. This inches open, suggesting it has an extremely long life ahead of it, and is close to the 2016 in expression, although not quite with the depth of expression of that exemplary vintage. 50% new oak, 3.7pH. 45% of overall production went into the 1st wine. Harvest from 25th September to 11th October.

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

d'Issan has been on a roll lately with 2019 marking another step-up in quality. The wine is full-bodied, silky, fresh, vibrant, pure and lively. The nose is packed with wet earth, herbs, flowers, tobacco, espresso and ripe, sweet, red berries. There is serious lift and energy here with a finish that lingers, giving you more time to spend with all of its graceful, lifted, pure, sweet, fresh plums, blackberries, spice and currants. This will age and evolve for at least 2-3 decades.

Markus del Monego MW

On the palate well structured with ripe fruit, blackberries and hints of blackcurrants. Silky tannins, great frshness, depth and length. A wonderful wine with excellent tension

Mad og Monopolet

Detta var ett av de första “stora” vinerna från Bordeaux som jag smakade, och jag blev helt överväldigad. Det var också en årgång 1998, som var riktigt bra. Detta är från 2019 och naturligtvis ungt, men det har ändå något redan nu. I näsan är det livligt – massor av syrliga toner av hallon, tranbär och körsbär, men också kryddor, tobak och en antydan av torkade blommor, som kommer till uttryck som en lätt “dammig” doft. I munnen har det massor av tanniner, syra och en läcker fruktsötma, som är lätt tillbakadragen, men vänta bara – om några år blir det här världsklass. Det är ett stort vin för små pengar!

Antonio Galloni

The 2019 d'Issan is a beautifully complex wine. The aromatics alone are beguiling, but that is just the beginning. Readers will find a powerful, layered Issan that is going to need at least a few years to start shedding some of its formidable tannin. Hints of dried rose petal, mint, blood orange, spice and star anise give the 2019 its gorgeous, beautifully lifted personality. Give this a few years, and watch what happens.

Jeb Dunnuck

Pure cassis, graphite, violets, damp earth, and chocolate notes all emerge from the 2019 Château D'Issan, a richer, medium to full-bodied, powerful Margaux. It develops a gorgeous sense of minerality with time in the glass, has plenty of mid-palate oomph, integrated oak, and just terrific overall balance. It's a stunning success in the vintage in Margaux, which was one of the more challenging in the vintage. This will round into form with just 4-5 years of bottle age and cruise for two decades or more. Bravo.

Houlberg

6 Thumbs Up.Doftmässigt förnimmer man att det är ung Château d’Issan, där man finner stor kraft, stor täthet, imponerande vild friskhet och en frukt med svarta vinbär, björnbär, plåster, timjan, salvia, mynta, lite blommor, blyerts, cederträ och läder. Har en mycket klar och rak syra, men allt är väl avvägt och precis på räls med allt rullande i rätt riktning. Även om det är en ung Bordeaux, så verkar den redan klar nu ... smälter verkligen i munnen med stor mjuk, fyllig och härlig krämighet, imponerande ihållande i smaken ... tanninerna är också fina, torra och samtidigt eleganta. Det finns något storslaget och dekadent över detta vin, som smakar fantastiskt. 95 poäng.

Robert Parker

The 2019 D'Issan is showing well from bottle, offering up aromas of sweet berries and plums mingled with violets, orange rind and raw cocoa. Medium to full-bodied, lively and nicely concentrated, with lively acids, powdery tannins and a seamless, elegant profile, it's a charming, perfumed wine that will offer a broad drinking window. The blend is dominated by an atypically high proportion (70%) of Cabernet Sauvignon. The heart of Issan is its walled "Clos" to the rear of the picturesque moated château, which is complemented by more recently acquired holdings situated on the same gravel terrace.

Anthocyanes Yohan Castaing

Vert de Vin Magazine

The nose is elegant, racy and offers power (in control) and a small concentration (in control). It reveals notes of ripe cassis, cornflower, ripe Boysen berry, small notes of wild strawberry associated with small touches of cornflower, juicy/pulpy violet plum, small crushed fruits as well as fine hints of camphor, toasted, tonka bean, a very discreet hint of grilled hazelnut and an imperceptible hint of black tea. The palate is fruity, juicy, well-balanced and offers a fine acidulous frame, tension, finesse as well as elegance, a very fine richness/concentration, a good definition of the fruit, freshness and suavity. On the palate this wine expresses notes of pulpy/juicy cassis, juicy blackberry, small notes of violet associated with small touches of bright cherry, crushed raspberry, racy minerality as well as fine hints of toasted, chocolate, a hint of toasted hazelnut, lily and black tea. Good length. Tannins are elegant and racy.

Y. Castaing