Chateau Cissac Vintage 2015 VINTAGE WINES 1928

Chateau Cissac Vintage 2015 VINTAGE WINES 1928A traditional claret much loved by critics and consumers alike. 2015 vintage was very successful for Bordeaux and wider France. Typical Blend Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot. 75cl Bottle. Abv 13%. Bottle condition, capsule good, label good, wine level in neck Tasting Note 28 09 2025 86 Points The first of a dozen, bought en primeur and stored under perfect conditions. Decanted a couple of hours before tasting (not long enough). Dark fruit on

Manual harvest and careful whole cluster selection all helping to bring a complex

The first harvest Of the late Steven Spurrier's Bride Valley was gathered in 2011 and the grapes taken from the vineyard to nearby Furleigh Estate

and good sprite but all with rich and stylistically more open-knit fruit underneath it

Tinta Barocca

A rather restrained nose with plenty of primary aromas: cassis

They have set about using low intervention methods of wine making and reducing yields to maximise flavours

Lovely cedary nose

An excellent Haut Medoc wine considered by many to be as good as some of the classed growth estates

Grown on the Côte des Blancs and  the Montagne de Reims

The nose was very alluring

filled into the neck

This vintage is labeled to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the purchase of the estate by Jean Gautreau who sadly passed away in 2019