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| | Vintage | 2005 |  Label 1 of 246 
 | | Type | Red | | Producer | Château d'Issan (web) | | Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | | Designation | n/a | | Vineyard | n/a | | Country | France | | Region | Bordeaux | | SubRegion | Médoc | | Appellation | Margaux | | UPC Code(s) | 000007191534, 087000346628, 249990910150, 3192371091682, 3258691277578, 3364420083225, 3388118547899, 3450301062271, 3453521190823, 3475380023845, 3490890006577, 3660989114593, 3700188007651, 4000050456396, 400007414211, 616773385253, 720815150164 |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.6 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 284 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by popopdrops on 4/2/2024 & rated 90 points: Ikke dekantert. Ordinært behag, balanse, mangler spenst og nærve.
Noe mer spenst og nærve dag 3. Absolutt. (1017 views) | | | Tasted by drjb on 4/2/2024 & rated 94 points: This remains a completely classic bottle of Margaux with a deep crimson purple colour and beautiful aromatics of blackcurrant, blackberries, violets, cedar and dark chocolate. The palate is rich and intense with layers of dark fruit flavours, tobacco, chocolate, violets and liquorice leading into a fine line of balancing tannins providing lovely persistence.
Wonderful ! (921 views) | | | Tasted by Pags44 on 3/9/2024 & rated 93 points: Really starting to come in to its own, good structure and fruit, but hints of secondary notes start to show after a couple hours in the decanter. This can certainly age longer, but a lovely "teenage" Bordeaux here right now. (1139 views) | | | Tasted by winot on 3/7/2024 & rated 89 points: Dark red, verging on black. Rich, dark, dense nose, cocoa powder and cedar. Smooth, large-scaled palate, but still medium bodied. Flavours are trying hard to stay within an appropriate range, but there are certainly wisps of dark chocolate and charry oak. A bit large-scaled for my palate, but others may appreciate its heft. There is certainly nothing out of place, it is balanced and tasty, but the dark aspect is just a bit outside my wheelhouse. More time in the cellar may well dumb it down and bring some elegance to the fore. (1188 views) | | | Tasted by 831900_ on 2/2/2024 & rated 94 points: Drinking well: dark red fruit in an envelope of cocoa, earth, and some herb. Gentle, soft mouthfeel. Light, acidic finish. (1526 views) | | | Tasted by karanan on 1/1/2024 & rated 97 points: Cork disintegrated, but decanted with filter for 2 hours. Absolutely gorgeous wine, and probably one of the best I have tasted in years. Still retains slight fruit and ever so slight sweetness. The definition of a beautiful floral margaux. In other words - it's sex in a bottle. (946 views) | | | Tasted by HENNO1 on 12/23/2023 & rated 94 points: Last drunk in 2019 and what a difference time has made. Still fruit forward but the tannins have integrated and so you now have a lovely fruit forward wine. Years ahead but now drinking finally and really quite nice. D’issan over delivers for the price point and this is no exception. Enjoy now but probably better in a few years time (1711 views) | | | Tasted by swade on 12/17/2023 & rated 91 points: I wanted to feature this wine at a tasting of 14, but it did not go to plan. I had two bottles pulled and the first was corked. The second had some plums and graphite, but was rough. The third was also corked. All three corks fell apart and were crumbly. Very unfortunate and not a good showing compared to the group. Still, the sound bottle was excellent, but the competition was tough. 91. (1682 views) | | | Tasted by Marquis du Vin on 12/9/2023 & rated 94 points: Delicious bottle! Dark cherry, wonderful dark fruit aromas, splendid finish that tantilizes the pallet. Aging is perfect and I would drink my remaining 5 anytime onward. 2005 is on of my all time favorite vintages, and this one is absolutely one of them! (1754 views) | | | Tasted by AGELVIS on 12/8/2023 & rated 94 points: Splash decanted. Dark brick red/ruby core, with a hint of rusty rim fade. Dried fig, black cherry, truffles, and sea salt sprinkled dark chocolate. Dry, super smooth palate, with long lingering, velvety acidity. Soft tannins on the long finish.
Lots of elegance to this nearly 20 year old Margaux. Enjoyed this at a wonderful wine bar in NYC (La Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels) before seeing Wicked on Broadway. This drank great, with little aeration. (2337 views) | | | Tasted by drjb on 11/22/2023 & rated 93 points: On return from London this wine delivers with a classical, graceful expression of Margaux. In the glass it shows a deep crimson purple colour with a beautiful aromatics of blackcurrant, blackberries, violets, cedar and dark chocolate. The palate is rich and intense with layers of dark fruit flavours, tobacco, chocolate, violets and liquorice leading into a fine line of balancing tannins providing lovely persistence. Delicious as always. (1690 views) | | | Tasted by Enfantterrible on 10/31/2023 & rated 93 points: Thirteen years since my last bottle. This is marvellous. Beautiful floral nose. Rich red fruit, leather, spice, with excellent balance. Paired with 140 day Italian beef. Wonderful. $45 en primeur. (1846 views) | | | Tasted by Mdog on 10/30/2023 & rated 93 points: Dark ruby to garnet
Med heavy body
Initial nose of red fruit hints of green pepper but after 30 min I was hit with the aroma of gardena and this pesisted and was very fun to smell
Palate well integrated tannin that can only be described as a velvety mouth feel, dark cherry and plum with a hint of eucalyptus rounds out mid palate and finish. This is a complex and well integrated wine. The fruit is lovely and well balanced but it is not a “fruit bomb”
I saved 2 oz on shoulders in fridge for 48 hrs. Although fruit is somewhat diminished it is still lovely. It ready to drink but don’t feel pressured. Kept in a temp and humidity controlled cellar this will keep for many more years (1697 views) | | | Tasted by Mleh on 10/13/2023 & rated 92 points: This was ready to go after 30-45mins. Incredible nose of exotic spice, vanilla, rosewood, a little barnyard and blackberries. On the palate, dark fruits, spice. Some tannin with medium acidity. This was really a joy to drink. I recorked and left half the bottle to drink with dinner about 5 hours later. It had completely changed by then. Almost entirely barnyard. Almost all the fruit and spice had gone. I guess it was close to the end of its life. That first hour of drinking was incredible though. (1754 views) | | | Tasted by thesternowl on 10/7/2023 & rated 93 points: Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple hours. The 2005 d’Issan is showing off both the attributes of the vintage and Margaux. Its color is deep and aside from some slight rim variation, it hardly shows its age. Handsomely perfumed, the nose is redolent of black currants, black plums, dark brambles, tobacco, leather, gravelly earth and subtle warm spices. Maybe a kiss of Brett? On the palate, the wine is dry with medium(+?) tannins and medium(+?) acid. Both come across so smooth but they are certainly there. The notes from the nose are confirmed. The finish is long and satisfying. Bold and yet refined. Suave. Textbook. Drinking very well right now and certainly doesn’t need more time however, it’s hard to imagine a day in the next 20+ years that this wine won’t perform. (1954 views) | | | Tasted by Somm David T on 9/22/2023 & rated 96 points: If I put this in a blind red tasting, I’m pretty sure that many would not call Bordeaux. Rarely do I call perfectly ripe fruit. This 05 fruit is perfectly ripe. I would say this 05 is at its peak it is so good but it truly isn’t. This D’Issan has 12-15 years left of good drinking with a 5 year slide after. 2005 Bordeaux’s are drinking exceptionally as it was perceived when they were birthed. Three hour decant.
The wine glides effortlessly & beautifully over the palate. It is delicious. Ripe, floral, not quite candied fruits of; blackberries, black raspberries, dark cherry kirsch, black plum, strawberries & blue fruits. Mid berry cola/licorice, black tea, softened lead pencil, dry crushed rocks, dry river stone, limestone, mostly fresh tobacco, firecracker, flinty spices, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla, just moist, dark turned earth, drying clay, volcanic stones & ash, loaminess, dry to slightly fresh mixed herbs, sandstone, sandalwood, some black pepper, red, purple, dark, blue florals framed in violets, Hawaii waterfall acidity with a well polished, balanced, nicely tensioned & structured finish that lasts minutes. Wire to wire outstanding.
It is interesting reading the multiple RP reviews after my notes…from 90-92 young by Neil Martin to his 94 later & then Parker himself in 2015 a 96. Not surprising that time in bottle is constant evolution and worth the wait in proper storage. (1902 views) | | | Tasted by bdisk1235 on 9/21/2023 & rated 94 points: From a magnum. The color has shifted from the darker color of the more recent vintages to a ruby color. Many more aged characteristics than the 2010 - I was surprised it was from a magnum and would have guessed it was a 2000 based on the appearance and taste. No evidence of decline and is drinking wonderfully now. (1699 views) | | | Tasted by popopdrops on 6/27/2023 & rated 92 points: Ikke dekantert. Vidunderlig fra andre glass. Tøff og ung dag 2. Pen dag 3. (1134 views) | | | Tasted by Tudz Drkl on 6/9/2023: Dark fruits with violets, cedar and eastern spices on the nose. The palate was rich and lightly textured with silky tannins. Great acidity carried the rich dark and layered fruits through a long riding and descending profile. Excellent! (2335 views) | | | Tasted by Nothung on 4/29/2023 & rated 94 points: Drinking really well right now. Can’t see it improving with further age. Great structure and fruit. Just a wonderful glass of Bordeaux Opened for seven hours and then decanted right before drinking. (2450 views) | | | Tasted by FEDEVIDAL on 3/26/2023 & rated 90 points: Decantado dos horas. Color rojo Burdeos intenso y de capa muy alta. Aroma muy intenso, bonita mezcla de fruta negra, madera, pimienta y mina de lapiz, con evolución a humo y ceniza. Boca con entrada intensa, acidez alta, sensación maderosa, un poco rasposa, alta expresividad frutal y madera y final muy largo
Carece del pulido y refinamiento propios de la denominación, parece un vino en estado bruto, no creo que más tiempo lo solucione (2694 views) | | | Tasted by d'Artagnan on 3/22/2023 & rated 93 points: Pas goûté depuis 2014. J'avoue que je testais pour savoir si j'en envoyais chez Iegor pour faire de la place!
Nez de prunes, cassis, mais surtout très mine de crayon. Après à peine 30 minutes, il est bien expressif, signe d’un vin à maturité. La structure est arrondie, c’est bien goûteux, profond, avec la finesse classique de l’appellation. La finale est précise et raffinée, saline à souhaits. Le vin a encore un aspect jeune, énergique, mais il est prêt et son équilibre est admirable. Quel beau Bordeaux!
Et bien elles resteront toutes bien confortablement au cellier! 93 pts (2770 views) | | | Tasted by Nacnud on 3/19/2023: I don’t subscribe to any publications but it’s safe to say the drinking window on this app is incorrect (2025-2075?). If you like old wine drink now, if you like wine in it’s prime (or young and fresh), like me, you might too late. The cork was a bit dry eventhough it’s been horizontal all this time (and I bought this before it ever went to the floor when I was a retail wine buyer), so maybe it was compromised prior to purchasing. At any rate, it’s barely alive and I just poured a 2000 down the sink last night. Apparently D’Issan is an early drinker. This bottle is decidedly dull. (2759 views) | | | Tasted by foyfrcs on 2/27/2023 & rated 93 points: Still, as expected, drinking really well. Marginally better than last year, overall characteristics unchanged. A little fuller/smoother and it will be interesting to see how this evolves over the next few years. (2813 views) | | | Tasted by Renevin on 2/16/2023 & rated 93 points: Nez expressif. Cuir, fumée, fruits noirs. En bouche moyennement corsé, ample. Bien équilibré et tout en rondeur. Belle longueur sur de beaux tanins. Attendre encore 4-5 ans pour la prochaine bouteille. (2503 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, Cellar Favorite: The Fives at Château d’Issan (Mar 2021) (3/1/2021)
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Winedoctor, January 2021 (1/1/2021)
(Château d’Issan Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jane Anson
Decanter, Château d'Issan vertical (12/12/2019)
(Château d'Issan, Margaux, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, The Marital Margaux: d’Issan 1945-2015 (Jul 2018) (7/1/2018)
(D'issan D'issan Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (2/23/2017)
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JancisRobinson.com (5/18/2015)
(Ch d'Issan Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Mar/Apr 2014, Issue #50, Château d’Issan- Margaux’s Rising Star
(Château d’Issan) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Richard Hemming, MW
JancisRobinson.com (7/5/2011)
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JancisRobinson.com (2/18/2009)
(Ch Issan Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2008, IWC Issue #138
(Chateau d'Issan Margaux) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Jan/Feb 2008, Issue #13, The 2005 Bordeaux Vintage: A Snapshot of a Few Communes
(Château d’Issan) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (4/10/2006)
(Ch d'Issan Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (5/13/2009)
(Château d'Issan) Oaky black fruit, lavender nose; ripe black fruit and oak palate; medium finish (splinters) 86 points |
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| Château d'Issan Producer website - Read more about Chateau d’IssanRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.Margaux Read more about Margaux and its wines As with a large part of the Bordeaux vineyards, vines first appeared in Margaux during the Gallo-Roman period.
In 1705 a text mentions Château Margaux . But we have to wait for the end of the eighteenth century and the coming of the earliest techniques in aging for the concept of wines of high quality to develop. The confirmation of this was the famous 1855 classification which recognized 21 Crus Classés in the Margaux appellation. One hundred years later, the Viticultural Federation and the Margaux appellation of controlled origin were born. The appellation, which stretches out over five communes, is actually unique in the Médoc in that it is the only one to contain all the range of wines, as rich as they are vast, from First Great Cru Classé to the Fifths, not forgetting its famous Crus Bourgeois and its Crus Artisans.
In Margaux there is a predominance of Garonne gravel on a central plateau of about 4 miles in length and one and a quarter wide. To the east-south-east, it overlooks the low lying land by the estuary. Its east side is marked by gentle, dry valleys and a succession of ridges.The layer of gravel in Margaux was spread out by a former Garonne in the early Quaternary. Rather large in size, it is mingled with shingle of average dimension and represents the finest ensemble of Günz gravel in the Haut-Médoc. It is on this ancient layer on a Tertiary terrace of limestone or clayey marl that the best Médoc crus lie. All the conditions for successful wine are present : a large amount of gravel and pebbles, poor soil which cannot retain water and deep rooted vines.
It is customary to say that Margaux wines are the "most feminine" in the Médoc, thus stressing their delicacy, suppleness and their fruity, elegant aromas. This does not affect their great propensity for aging; just the opposite, for the relatively thin terroir imparts tannins which give them long life. The other characteristic of these wines which combine an elegant vitality, subtlety and consistency, is their diversity and personality. Over and above the flavour which is their "common denominator", they present an exceptional palette of bouquets, fruity flavours which show up differently from one château to another.
Production conditions (Decree dated August 10 1954)
In order to have the right to the Margaux appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the commune of Margaux, Cantenac, Soussans, Arsac and Labarde, "excluding the land which by the nature of its soil or because of its situation, is unfit to produce wine of this appellation".
- satisfy precise production conditions: grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare).
Vins de Bordeaux:
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Petit Verdot, Merlot
Soil: Gravel and silt plateau on a layer of limestone or silt on clay
Surface Area: 1,530 ha |
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