Very complex aromas of currants, blackberries and iodine with hints of dried mushrooms and flowers. Full-bodied, very fine and silky with a very, very long finish. Shows tension and finesse. Structured yet shows an ultra-fine texture. Deep, dense center palate, yet it's all so polished. A wine for the future. Drink in 2022.

Elegant, refined, floral, and fresh, the wine is packed to the brim with perfectly ripe, exuberant, lively, earthy, black plums, cherries, blackberries, cigar wrapper, and flowers. Full-bodied, vibrant, soft, and silky, give this beauty just a few more years of aging and enjoy it over the following 2 decades or more with ease. Drink from 2025-2055.96 Read more at:https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/search-wine-tasting-notes/?szSearch=2015%20d%27Issan

Love a good bottle of Issan, just such a consistently enjoyable Margaux, and this is at a great moment to drink, beginning to fully soften and widen through the mid palate. Smoked caramel, roses, crushed raspberry, tobacco, liquorice, mandarin peel, with a fresh mint leaf lift on the finish. The 70th anniversary of the Cruse family at Issan, tasted separately to the rest of the horizontal.

A powerhouse offering from proprietor Emmanuel Cruse (with consulting advice from Eric Boissenot) is the 2015 Château d'Issan which in 2015 is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot brought up in just over 50% new barrels. Offering a spectacular bouquet of blackcurrants, lead pencil, chocolate and espresso, this full-bodied, incredibly sexy Margaux boast sweet, sweet tannin, lots of oak, a stacked mid-palate and a huge finish. It’s a tour de force that’s going to benefit from 5-6 years of cellaring and keep for three decades. As I’ve stated numerous times in this report, Margaux was the place to be in 2015 and I suspect numerous estates have made their best wines to date.

(WE93-95 points) This is a serious, structured wine. It has plenty of black plum flavor, although the firm tannins will play an important part in its development. The ample acidity and fresh finish are other harbingers for the wine's good future.

At this stage, the tight black fruits are retracted and withheld on the nose. But a few minutes in the glass opens it up, giving a clear sense of how well this is going to age - it has the great triumvirate of fruit, alcohol and acidity, just starting to reveal how much succulence there is running through the structure. I like this very much. 50% new oak, with the grand vin accounting for 55% of overall production in 2015. Read more at https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/chateau-d-issan-margaux-3eme-cru-classe-bordeaux-2015-15462#5Y0aXddxmE5K6LU5.99

A blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot aged in 50% new and 50% one-year-old barrels for 18 months, the deep garnet-purple colored 2015 D'Issan simply sings with a beautiful perfume of wilted flowers, rose hip tea and mincemeat with a core of cherry preserves and blackberry tart plus a hint of underbrush. Medium-bodied, fine, fresh and elegant, it's very soft and silky in the mouth with a long finish. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown