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94 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 1996 Château d’Issan is a superb, young vintage of this fine estate, with the substantial tannins of this vintage on the Left Bank quite well managed and buried in a fine depth of sweet and pure fruit. The bouquet is still on the young side, but beginning to offer up some secondary elements in its constellation of sweet cassis and dark berries, tobacco leaf, a complex base of gravelly soil, a touch of graphite, violets and a nice framing of smoky new wood. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very pure and focused, with a rock solid core of fruit, excellent soil signature, tangy acids, lovely balance and a firm, chewy and ripely tannic finish. The chewy tannins of this vintage are still very much present here, though very nicely integrated, and all this wine seems likely to need is a fair bit more bottle age to allow the tannic backbone to start to peel back. This will be excellent in the fullness of time. 2022-2075. (Mar/Apr 2014)" 92 points (16/20) La Revue du Vin de France (Jan 2005).
91 points Jeff Leve (The Wine Cellar Insider): "Fully mature, medium-bodied, soft, silky and elegant with a nose packed with tobacco leaf, flowers and red fruits, the refined finish wraps everything up nicely with its earthy, red currants and cigar wrapper endnotes. No decanting is needed, just pop and pour. (Apr 2022)"
| Product SKU | 116890 |
| Producer | d'Issan |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| SubRegion | Left Bank |
| Appellation | Margaux |
| Varietal | Cabernet/Bordeaux Blends |
| Vintage | 1996 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | Red |
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