Château Giscours, 3eme Cru Classé, Margaux, 2022

Name: Château Giscours, 3eme Cru Classé, Margaux
Brand: Château Giscours
Price: 380.74 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2008 2015 2022 2023 2024

justerini & brooks tasting note

We don’t normally get that excited by Giscours, but in 2022, they have pulled out all the stops and made a superb wine. The best example to date, this opens with aromas of dandelions, black fruit pastels and Asian spices. It's very sleek with impressive levels of concentration. Perhaps it lacks the refinement of the best Margauxs, but there is much to admire here; there’s a well of dark, glossy fruit at its core and the tannic framework is much more sophisticated and charming than normal. A great effort with lots of aging potential. 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot.

critic reviews

96/100Chris Kissack,The Wine Independent

The 2022 from Alexander van Beek and the team at Giscours is a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 3% each Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. I find a real sense of fragrant harmony but also bright energy here, with creamed red cherry and red plum fruits on the nose, with a red rose, peony and vanilla overlay, laced with darker veins of blackcurrant, blackberry and toast. The palate shows a greater sense of cohesion and integration than many, with deliciously dark fruits, wrapped and polished, with hints of black olive, charcoal and toast notes, all set in a seamless and highly polished palate, yet underpinned with brilliant structure. A super Giscours here, from a property which has really moved up a notch in recent vintages. One for the cellar, preferably mine. Tasted twice. The alcohol on the label is a mere 13.5%, modest for Margaux in this vintage.

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2059

date of review 06/2025

96/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2022 Giscours is a brilliant wine. It has a cornucopia of aromas on the nose that has the audacity to shade both the 2019 and 2020: blackberry, blueberry, crushed stone, violet and peony, all blossoming with aeration. The palate is supremely well balanced with enormous substance and grip, powerful and maybe not quite as satin-like in texture as it showed in barrel. Very mineral-driven and quite structured, this 2022 demands long-term cellaring.

DRINKING WINDOW 2032 - 2070

date of review 04/2025

95/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

Has energy and lift, brambled hedgerow, good tension and controlled power, slate, crayon, sage, liquorice, crushed rocks, highly successful Giscours. Axel Marchal consultant, Alexander Van Beek director, 50% new oak for ageing.

DRINKING WINDOW 2028 - 2042

date of review 03/2025

94-96/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

With the 2022 Giscours, this estate takes another step up, delivering a deep and characterful wine redolent of cherries, dark berries, violets, peony and forest floor. Medium to full-bodied, broad shouldered and layered, it's deep and elegantly muscular, with impressive concentration, abundant but refined tannins and a structural authority reminiscent of the great Giscours vintages of the 1970s. Why is it so good? There are many reasons, but one is the high proportion of old vinesalmost 60% of the blend deriving from vines that are over 50 years oldin a vintage that favored vines with deep, well-established root systems. Another is the increasing precision of harvesting at this address: Giscours's old vines are frequently co-planted with younger replacements that have filled any gaps in the ranks over the years; so, blocks are now picked in two or three passages instead of all at once, with the younger vines picked first.

date of review 04/2023