Chateau Cissac Vintage 1982 Gin

Chateau Cissac Vintage 1982 GinChateau Cissac has long been a favourite wine here at The Wine Cru HQ. A traditional style of claret and performing above its Cru Bourgeois status. 1982 was a landmark vintage for many reasons and certainly a very good one, which has stood the test of time. Typical blend, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot. 75cl bottle. Abv 12% Bottle condition, capsule good, label good, wine level very top shoulder Tasting Note 14 06 2015 92 Points Wonderful

but none the less produced by the famous domaine from vines on the Hermitage hill

Bottle conditions

1984 was not declared as a vintage so much of the wine produced was used for blends with a few single quinta wines and late bottle vintage ports

This one of their most famous cuvée from a plot of land on the famous Hermitage Hill

1982 was a landmark vintage for many reasons and certainly a very good one

and dried black currants

Tasted blind

R Parker thinks this is the best Haut Brion between 1966 and 1975

The last vintage of the Elysee & Henri Forner era

Very rich and powerful

The name derives from granite known as Ironstone which litters many vineyards in the McLaren Vale

Very little rain fall reducing the overall crop by 15%