Emmanuel Cruse, II is a third generation winemaker and the grandson of winemaker Emmanuel Cruse and son of winemaker Lionel Cruse. Emmanuel Cruse took over as proprietor of the Chateau d'issan

Château d'Issan

Château d'Issan is a winery in the Margaux appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. The wine produced here was classified as one of fourteen Troisièmes Crus in the historic Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855. The winery is under the proprietorship of Emmanuel Cruse II of the...

 in 1998 as the third generation of the Cruse family to own the third growth winery that was included in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855

Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855

The Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 resulted from the 1855 Exposition Universelle de Paris, when Emperor Napoleon III requested a classification system for France's best Bordeaux wines which were to be on display for visitors from around the world...

. Emmanuel Cruse's first cousin, Anabelle Cruse-Bardinet, is the proprietor of another winery, Chateau Corbin.