Château D’Issan, Margaux (Bordeaux, France) 2008

 The 2008 vintage in Bordeaux is destined to always be overshadowed by the much praised—and more expensive—2009 vintage, which means there are some excellent, well-priced wines, like this one, to be found among the 2008s.   Showing its Margaux origins, the 2008 D’Issan is plush and velvety with polished tannins wrapped around a deep mineraly core.  Not a bombastic wine, it still has plenty of concentration and power.  Yet, its elegance, balance and length are what’s captivating.  Appropriately youthful and tightly wound at this stage, it’s best left in the cellar for a decade.