Château Giscours - Margaux
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RP Points
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RP Points
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RP Points
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RP Points
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Château Giscours - Margaux
Regular price€93.60
€93.60
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Tasting Notes
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The 2019 Giscours has turned out very well in bottle, wafting from the glass with aromas of sweet berries, cherries, burning embers, lilac and violets framed by a discreet patina of new oak. Full-bodied, layered and concentrated, it's polished and perfumed, with a velvety, seamless profile and bright animating acids, concluding with a long, resonant finish. Alexandre Van Beek and his team are taking this estate to heights it hasn't hit since the 1970s, and this is another of the great bargains of the 2019 en primeur campaign.
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Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Giscours gives up aromas of cassis, chocolate, earth, tar, pepper and hoisin with touches of flowers and a meaty nuance. The palate is medium to full-bodied, firm and grainy with a great core and a long finish.
Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Giscours opens with expressive cassis, blackberry and red currants on the nose with touches of cedar chest, roses and pencil lead. Medium to full-bodied with a good core of muscular fruit and firm, grainy tannins, it finishes long.
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The 2011 Château Giscours is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot, harvested between September 8 and October 1. It offers greater fruit intensity than the 2012, with a more pronounced Margaux florality. While it would benefit from increased delineation, a reasonable level is already present. The palate is medium-bodied, featuring supple, ripe tannins on the entry, with red cherry and raspberry fruit interwoven with cedar and tobacco notes. The finish is somewhat conservative and would benefit from additional finesse, though it remains a commendable expression of the vintage.
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Tasted at BI Wine & Spirits' 10-Years-On tasting, the 2007 Giscours has a pleasant mulberry, strawberry and orange blossom-scented bouquet, with the Merlot component quite expressive and lending a Right Bank-like veneer. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannin, plenty of truffle-infused black fruit with a vein of pencil lead on the finish. This bottle showed better than previous examples, including the one shown at the Giscours vertical in 2015, since it came across less austere.
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More information
Technical
Grapes
ABV
14%
Ageing
Sweetness
Serving
16° - 18° C
Drinking
2029 - 2065
Vinous
Food Pairings
LambBeefVenisonDuckGame BirdsCharcuterie and Cured MeatsMushroomsGrilled VegetablesTomato-Based DishesFresh Herbs and Aromatic DishesBrieBlue Cheese
Key Characteristics
Full-bodiedBrightVelvetyPerfumedConcentratedMedium(+) alcohol

