Château d'Issan is a castle and
winery
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in the
Margaux appellation
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of the
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...
region of
France
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. The wine produced here was classified as one of fourteen ''Troisièmes Crus'' (Third Growths) in the historic
Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855
The Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 resulted from the Exposition Universelle (1855), 1855 Exposition Universelle de Paris, when Emperor Napoleon III of France, Napoleon III requested a classification system for France's best Bordea ...
. The
winery
A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the cultivation and production of wine, such as a wine company. Some wine companies own many wineries. Besides wine making equipment, larger wineries may also feat ...
is under the proprietorship of
Emmanuel Cruse, of the
Cruse family. In February 2013, 50% of the estate was purchased by Jacky Lorenzetti, who also owns
Château Pédesclaux in
Pauillac & Chateau Lilian Ladouys in
Saint-Estèphe.
[ retrieved 25 March 2014]
In the past,
Gustave Emmanuel Roy was one of the owner.
Production
The
vineyard
A vineyard ( , ) is a plantation of grape-bearing vines. Many vineyards exist for winemaking; others for the production of raisins, table grapes, and non-alcoholic grape juice. The science, practice and study of vineyard production is kno ...
abuts other Margaux châteaux, including
Château Palmer and
Château Margaux itself, in separate lots totalling . The
grape varieties
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cultivated are 62%
Cabernet Sauvignon
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, 38%
Merlot
Merlot ( ) is a dark-blue-colored wine grape variety that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name ''Merlot'' is thought to be a diminutive of , the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the color ...
.
Producing annually 6,000 cases of the ''Grand vin'', d'Issan also makes a
second wine
Second wine or second label (French: ''Second vin'') is a term commonly associated with Bordeaux wine to refer to a second label wine made from '' cuvee'' not selected for use in the ''Grand vin'' or first label. In some cases a third wine or e ...
under the label Blason d’Issan.
References
External links
Château website
Bordeaux wine producers
Monuments historiques of Gironde
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