Château Giscours, 3eme Cru Classé, Margaux, 2023

Name: Château Giscours, 3eme Cru Classé, Margaux
Brand: Château Giscours
Price: 246 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2008 2015 2023 2024

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.

critic reviews

92-94/100Neal 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

93-95/100Lisa 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

95/100Jane 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

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

The 2023 Giscours is one of the real successes of the vintage, unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark berries, cherries and red fruits mingled with hints of undergrowth, violets and licorice. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, it's seamless and concentrated, with a fleshy core of fruit framed by ripe, powdery tannins and succulent acids, concluding with a long, broad finish. It's a blend of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc.

date of review 04/2024