Chateau Cissac Haut-Médoc 2018 Cru Bourgeois Claret – The Fulham Wine Company
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Chateau Cissac

Chateau Cissac, Haut-Médoc (2018) 75cl

£21.00
2018 • 75cl • 14%
Red • Smooth & Refined • Cabernet Sauvignon
93 pts - Wine Enthusiast
The traditionalist's claret - firm, fragrant Haut-Médoc from a Cru Bourgeois that has drunk like its classed-growth neighbours for five generations.
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Chateau Cissac sits at the northern edge of the Haut-Médoc, on a gravel plateau high enough to share its outlook with Saint-Estèphe and Pauillac next door. The Vialard family have run it for five generations, and the style has barely wavered: classic, unforced Médoc claret made to age, the kind Hugh Johnson once called the pillar of the Cru Bourgeois.

The wine is Cabernet Sauvignon-led, filled out with Merlot and a little Petit Verdot, fermented in a mix of wood and stainless steel and matured in French oak. The gravel soils give it the firm tannic spine of the Médoc; the winemaking polishes it without smoothing the character away. This is wine built on structure rather than flash.

Expect a traditional, medium-bodied claret - blackcurrant and dark plum, cedar and a savoury, earthy edge, carried by fine, gripping tannins and real freshness. Serve at 16-18°C, decanted an hour ahead if you're opening it young.

The 2018 Vintage

2018 was a hot, ripe year across the Médoc - a long, warm summer that gave small, concentrated berries and unusually deep, sweet fruit. At Cissac the result is fuller and more opulent than the estate's leaner classic vintages, the dark plum and cassis richness held in check by the firm tannins and freshness that mark the house style. A vintage with the structure to reward a few years in the cellar.

Drink: now - 2036

The Fulham Wine Co Take

Cissac is the bottle to reach for when you want the cedar-and-blackcurrant seriousness of a Pauillac without the Pauillac price. It's old-school claret - it rewards a decant and a bit of patience rather than instant gratification - and in a ripe year like 2018 it has the flesh to drink beautifully now as well as the backbone to hold for a decade. A genuinely grown-up Bordeaux for people who know what they like.

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