Château Giscours, 3eme Cru Classé, Margaux
    Château Giscours

    Château Giscours, 3eme Cru Classé, Margaux, 2023

    95/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    93-95/100
    The Wine Independent
    92-94/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    En primeur
    1. 2023

      6x75cl

      EP

      £246.00

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    After a very successful 2022 it's back to reality at Giscours. This feels stringy and meagre with dry, granular tannins. Margaux is often the most challenging appellation to taste when young. This needs to put on some flesh and resolve its angular tannins to warrant a recommendation.

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    Critic Reviews

    92-94/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2023 Giscours was still in barrel when I re-tasted it at the château a few months after primeur. Very pure in style, this is less reserved than it seemed back then. It's not as complex as the '22, but it has gained in terms of presence and personality. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and just a little more density and power. Sapid and spicy through the finish, the 2023 has developed more elegance, and I've raised my banded score accordingly.
    drinking window 2030 - 2050
    date of review 04/2025
    93-95/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2023 Giscours flies out of the glass with vibrant notes of blackcurrant jelly, kirsch, and black raspberries giving way to hints of lilacs, pencil lead, and mossy tree bark. The medium-bodied palate is super soft and silky, with a well-knit line of soft acidity framing the bright, vibrant, and elegantly styled red and black fruit layers, finishing long and perfumed. This is a very alluring Giscours! The blend is 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, and 6% Cabernet Franc, yield 34 hl/ha, aging in oak barrels, 50% new.
    drinking window 2028 - 2042
    date of review 05/2024
    95/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    Inky, expertly constructed, fleshy blackberry, pomegranate and cassis fruits, black pepper, sage, rosemary and smoked cumin spice, with lift, nuance and momentum through the palate, clearly an excellent vintage at Giscours, although relatively low 31hl/ha yields.
    drinking window 2030 - 2050
    date of review 05/2024

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Margaux
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    abv:
    13%

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