(95-97 points) Black currants, cedar, tobacco, flowers, cherries, licorice, smoke, and cigar wrappers define the aromatic profile. Medium-bodied, lifted, sweet, vibrant, and elegant, the wine offers polish, finesse, refinement, and beautiful textures. The fruit is fresh, clean, and pure. The energy in the finish, with its layers of lush, polished fruit that stick with you, expanding and building in intensity, hits the spot.. The wine is made from a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, 2% Malbec, and 2% Petit Verdot. 13.73% ABV. Picking took place September 11 - September 23. Yields were 30 hectoliters per hectare. It is important to note that 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the Cruse family as owners of d'Issan. Drink from 2030-2060. Read more at:https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/wine-tasting-note/?vintage=2025&wine=Chateau%20d%27Issan

(94-96 points) Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2025 d'Issan marches out with intense notes of black and red currants and wild blueberries, followed by suggestions of rose bud tea and tilled soil with a touch of graphite. The medium-bodied palate is lively and tightly wound with energetic black and red fruit and firm, grainy tannins, finishing with great persistence.

(94-96 points) The 2025 d'Issan is fabulous. Inky and racy to the core, the 2025 Issan has so much to offer. Creme de cassis, menthol, licorice, cloves, gravel and mocha all meld together in the glass. Sumptuous and seamless with exceptional balance, the 2025 is a real stunner. This is an especially dense d'Issan that reflects the intensity of the year. Tasted two times. - Antonio Galloni

Violets and iris notes on the nose. Supple and succulent with a drop of sweet strawberries balanced against quite fresh blackcurrants, liquorice and cola. I love the texture – streamlined, focused, detailed, so smooth and sophisticated. Maybe a more dark profile than recent vintages but feels so well constructed with a firm frame and cool drive from start to finish. It has layers, this isn’t lacking in any power or muscle but it doesn’t have any heaviness or chew and in that respect it gives a lot of wine without much weight at all. Grippy, fun, interesting, captivating and so easy to drink. Potential upscore in bottle. 2% Malbec and 2% Cabernet Franc complete the blend. 3.63pH. A yield of 29hl/ha.

Vivid plum colours, as is so often the case in this vintage, and although this is a little less luscious right now than the Blason, it is packed with promise, and the austerity of a wine that is constructed with a future in mind. Rose buds, cassis, damson are fairly discreet at first, and then unroll in layers with slate, woodsmoke and cold ash. 3.63pH. Harvest September 11 to 23. 50% new oak.

(90-92 points) Marked by a spicy, oaky profile, the 2025 D'Issan reveals aromas of lead pencil, tobacco and dark berries. Medium- to full-bodied, structured and dense, it’s built around an assertive tannic frame and concludes with a long, spicy finish. Quite introverted at this stage, it will need to gain in elegance and harmony with élevage.