| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > Margaux |
| Colour | Red |
| Type | Still |
This is a classic Margaux vineyard that is under Dutch ownership and management. The 95 hectares of vines are planted with 63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot.
The 2021 Giscours has turned out beautifully, wafting from the glass with aromas of dark berries and licorice mingled with hints of violet and forest floor. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and suave, it's seamless and enveloping, with good depth at the core, beautifully polished tannins and a long, perfumed finish. This is one of the real successes of the vintage. As readers may remember, it's a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot. Drink 2027-2045.
The Cabernets were picked here until October 15th. The blend is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32%Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot. Bright ruby colour. Clean and floral on the nose with cherry blossom and redcurrant. The palate is compact and airy with fresh red fruits bolstered by some underlying smoky oak. A wine of balance and classic proportion rather than power, it will appeal to lovers of classic claret. Floral and delicate to the finish.
Very precise and focused with tight, sleek yet firm tannins, framing a fresh core of black fruit, gravel and tobacco. Crushed stones and tea leaves, too. Savory and medium-bodied. Driven and linear. Lots of cabernet character. Chewy tannins. Rather muscular. But polished texture. 65% cabernet sauvignon, 32% merlot and 3% petit verdot.
The 2021 Giscours is made from 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, and 3% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color, it gives up notions of blackcurrant cordial, star anise, and cedar chest with underlying suggestions of cloves, coffee beans, and fallen leaves plus a touch of stewed tea. Light-bodied, the palate has a firm frame of chewy tannins and bags of bright red berry layers with a lively backbone and a cedar-laced finish.
2025-2037
Attractive bright plum in colour, this has a waves of flavour that offset the slightly bitter tannins that come in on the finish. Damson and black cherry fruits, liqourice root, rose stems and grilled cedar. 38hl/hyield.
65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot. Cask sample.
Very dark purplish crimson. One of the first 2021s I have encountered that could be described as heady. Then has masses of both fruit and freshness on the palate with no excesses even if clear delineation. Very clean and brisk without being austere. Quite a success! This wine seems to have made a virtue out of the freshness of 2021.
Drink 2026 – 2040
The 2021 Giscours is immensely promising and shows just how far this important estate has come in the last few years. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of cassis, dark berries, cigar wrapper, violets, sweet forest floor and burning embers, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with terrific depth at the core, ripe tannins, lively acids and a long, penetrating finish. With wines like this, we're back to a level of quality that Giscours hasn't routinely attained since the 1970s! The blend is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot; and even if by the standards of the last decade, that isn't a particularly elevated percentage of Cabernet, this is nonetheless a very Cabernet-driven wine in style. Tasted six times.
