At Château d’Issan this year, Emmanuel Cruse did not panic and start picking too early, as the merlot harvest started on the 12th of September and was completed on the 16th, while the cabernet sauvignon was collected...
At Château d’Issan this year, Emmanuel Cruse did not panic and start picking too early, as the merlot harvest started on the 12th of September and was completed on the 16th, while the cabernet sauvignon was collected between September 20th and 26th. The 2011 Château d’Issan is a lovely wine, offering up a deep, reserved and classy nose of cassis, dark berries, coffee bean, cigar ash, dark soil tones and a suave base of nutty new oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, pure and primary, with a fine core of fruit, firm, ripe tannins and very good length and grip on the chewy, but well-balanced finish. This will need a full decade to blossom, but is one of the top wines in the commune again this year- a frequent occurrence in the last several vintages! (Drink between 2022-2055)