Château Issan 2003
Château d’Issan 2003 is a red wine from the Margaux appellation in Bordeaux, produced by Château d’Issan and classified as a 3ème Grand Cru Classé in 1855. It combines 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot. The estate is owned by the Cruse and Lorenzetti families. The Wine Advocate tasted a sample deemed atypical, unbalanced, and difficult to evaluate, without assigning a definitive score.
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Margaux
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château D'Issan
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot
Château D'Issan
Château d’Issan is a wine estate situated in Margaux-Cantenac, at the heart of the Margaux appellation. Classified as a Third Grand Cru in the 1855 classification, the estate cultivates 68 hectares of vines spread across the Margaux, Haut-Médoc and Bordeaux Supérieur appellations. The Cruse family, who have owned the estate since 1945, now share ownership with the Lorenzetti family.
- Owner
- Familles Cruse et Lorenzetti (Emmanuel Cruse et Jacky Lorenzetti)
- Maître de chais
- Clément Di Costanzo
- Surface (ha)
- 68.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 100 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
Château d’Issan has its origins in a former 12th-century fiefdom, then known as La Mothe-Cantenac. From 1575 onwards, five generations of the d’Essenault family succeeded one another at the helm of the estate and gradually gave it the name Issan. The medieval château was replaced in the 17th century by the present building, whilst a boundary wall was erected around part of the vineyards in 1644. Following the period under the Foix de Candale family and the upheavals of the Revolution, Jean-Baptiste Duluc took over the estate in 1824 and began work on the vineyard. In 1866, Gustave Roy had gravity-fed cellars built and oversaw the replanting following the damage caused by phylloxera. The château was classified as a third grand cru in the 1855 Imperial Classification. Neglected during the interwar period, the estate was acquired by the Cruse family in 1945. Under Lionel Cruse, the château was restored, the facilities modernised and the vineyard restructured. Emmanuel Cruse continued these investments from 1998 onwards. In 2012, Françoise and Jacky Lorenzetti joined forces with the Cruse family. Winemaking is now overseen by technical director Éric Pellon and cellar master Clément Di Costanzo.
