A deep, complex wine, the 2016 Rauzan-S?gla is built to deliver pleasure for many decades to come. This is stunning, multi-dimensional wine of the highest level. Wow!
Wine #16 Wine Spectator Top 100
The 2016 d'Issan, matured in 50% new oak and bottled at the end of May, was impressive out of barrel, and thankfully, it is the same in bottle. The very well defined bouquet features blackberry, tobacco, pressed violets and a subtle estuarine tang, almost...
This wine is still relatively young, but with extended aeration, the whiff of toasty new oak dissipates nicely to reveal a wine displaying lots of coffee, tobacco leaf, chocolate, and black cherry and currant fruit. A spicy 1990 that is medium to full-bod...