The Wine Advocate | RP 90
Published: Apr 30, 2015

A gorgeous second wine, the 2012 Blason d'Issan is beautifully sexy, soft, and creamy textured, with a dense purple color and attractive blueberry and blackberry fruit intermixed with some licorice and camphor. It is stunning, lush, sexy and very, very forward, an ideal second wine that reflects its appellation of origin but delivers gorgeous, even luxurious fruit levels. Drink it over the next decade 
Drink Date: 2015 - 2025

Winemaker

Blason d'Issan, our second wine, was introduced from 1995 onwards to enable selection amongst our vines growing in the Margaux appellation area. Fruit from our youngest vines is used to produce this wine, which respects the identity of its terroir, while offering a tasty round fruitiness, which can be enjoyed earlier. Blason d'Issan is also aged in barrels for 14 to 16 months, one third of which are new.

Annual production is around 120,000 bottles.
Blend Cabernet Sauvignon 60% and Merlot 40%
Elevage 35% new barrels
Yield 37 hl/ha
Proportion 2nd wine 47%
pH 3.71
Total acidity (g/1 H2SO4) 3.32
Alcohol (% vol.) 13.1
Total Polyphenols Index 64
Bottling 14 april 2014
Production 85 000 bottles