Château d’Issan produced a very good wine in the 2000 vintage, but it is still several
years away from starting to blossom and drink with generosity. The deep and still quite primary
nose delivers scents of cassis, tar...
Château d’Issan produced a very good wine in the 2000 vintage, but it is still several
years away from starting to blossom and drink with generosity. The deep and still quite primary
nose delivers scents of cassis, tar, herb tones, cigar smoke, coffee bean and a bit of toasty new
oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and potentially complex, with a rock solid core,
firm tannins, very good focus and a long, youthfully muscular and chewy finish. Like a great
many examples of the 2000 vintage in Bordeaux, this wine is completely hunkered down at the
present time and is a bit sullen, but it should prove to be very good with sufficient bottle age. Just
how much charm it will eventually deliver is still an open question, but that is a question that
really should be asked of the vintage in general! 2020-2060+.