Chateau d'Issan dinner at Westminster Abbey

2015 marks 200 years in the Bordeaux wine industry and 70 years of ownership of Chateau d'Issan for the Cruse family. Image credit: Amy Murrell . The Cruse family celebrated the occassion by inviting 50 friends to Westminster Abbey's East Cloister for a dinner accompanied by some of the Chateau's best vintages. Image credit: Amy Murrell . Guests enjoyed a pre-dinner reception in Westminster Abbey's East Cloister. Image credit: Amy Murrell . Emmanuel Cruse, credited as having 'saved' Chateau d'Issan , talks to guests. Cruse is also grand master of the Commanderie du Bontemps de Medoc, des Graves, de Sauternes et de Barsac. Image credit: Amy Murrell . Click through the next four photos to see Decanter consultant editor Steven Spurrier's tasting notes on the Chateau d'Issan wines served at the event. Image credit: Amy Murrell . Chateau D’Issan 2005 in Double Magnums Superb colour, rich and full on the palate and beautiful balance, a lovely ripe, supple Margaux of great elegance and class, beautifully made and a fine expression of the feminity of D’Issan in Margaux in this great vintage. Image credit: Amy Murrell . Chateau d’Issan 2000 in Jeroboam Wonderful colour and deep fruit, quite robust for Margaux and for d’Issan, rich with a fine sweet middle fruit and lovely now. Image credit: Amy Murrell . Chateau d’Issan 1990 in Imperiale A good solid wine, but our bottle show some volatility along with being a bit “cooked”, not faulty, but not up to the class expected. Image credit: Amy Murrell . Chateau d’Issan 1985 in Imperial e Still a lovely deep colour and a really superb expression of d’Issan and Margaux, a really lovely wine with a taffeta texture, classically elegant claret. Image credit: Amy Murrell .

Chateau d’Issan dinner at Westminster Abbey

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