Details
- Type: Red
- Country: France
- Region: Bordeaux
- Vintage: 2013
- Producer: Château d'Issan
- Primary grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
- Secondary grape: Merlot
- Bottle size: 75cl
- Code: 29270
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Vegetarian
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Sulphites
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Egg
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Expression
Sophisticated, polished, complex reds
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Can be very flexible with many cheeses including sheeps’, Morbier, Epoisse, Vacherin, Cheddar
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Lighter examples can work with some richer fish dishes
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Classic French herbs such as parsley, thyme and bay leaf. Spices should complement and not overwhelm the wine
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Game such as duck and boar. Fine cuts of beef. Lean meats such as roe deer or ostrich
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Truffle and wild mushroom, jus with redcurrant or similar fruit, Bourguignonne, Chasseur sauces
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Some wines, with light tannins, will work with lightly-spiced dishes
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Pigeon or duck, walnut and beetroot, smoked- meat salads. Truffle or wild mushroom risotto. Autumn squash
About the Wine
Merlot
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Merlot produces medium bodied, fleshy, juicy wines with round tannins. Often seen as a single varietal, or in a blend with Cabernet Sauvignon to take the hard edges off. Its grown all over the world and commercially one of the most important red grapes in the on-trade.
Flavours:
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Blueberry
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Cherry
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Chocolate
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Plum
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Vanilla
Cabernet Sauvignon
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A full bodied and powerful grape variety with a lot of tannin. It ages very well and like Merlot is bottled as a single varietal or used to give blended wines ‘backbone’ structure and longevity. Classic flavour characteristics include blackcurrant, black cherry, green pepper, chocolate and cedar wood.
Flavours:
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Black Cherry
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Black Currant
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Cedar
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Chocolate
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Green Peppercorn
The Country
France
Following on from a fantastic vintage the year before, French vineyards endured a mixed bag of weather conditions in the early part of the growing season followed by a long, hot summer which produced some memorable wines, even to rival to the excellence of the previous year.
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