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Giscours 2015

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > Margaux
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyCabernet Sauvignon/Merlot

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Tasting Notes

Plenty of violets and dark berries on offer here. This has a striking sense of purity as well as an energetic, regal palate. The structure is impressively groomed with effortless depth and length. A standout wine. Try from 2022.

96
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, February 2018

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. 2019 - 2039

94+
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate (Interim Fe), February 2018

Tasted blind. Warm, stewed-fruit nose. Some currants. Pinched on the end.
Drink 2024-2037

16
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, February 2019

Generous and rich on the nose the start of the palate lighter perfumed with bilberry and bramble. Depth in the middle fleshy, silky and rich the ripe fruit backed by fine tannins. The back palate has depth and generosity yet the finish is lighter quite firm with mineral freshness.

89/92
Derek Smedley MW, DerekSmedleyMW.co.uk, April 2016
89
Tim Atkin MW, timatkin.com, April 2016

This is a pretty, blushing Giscours with delicate floral notes and an attractive scent. I am very impressed because the
segue between the alluring perfume and the deeper thrum of fruit is very well-judged. At the back of the palate there is
a luxurious, oak-soaked black cherry compote and this makes it a very successful wine from this oft-confusing property.

17.5+
Matthew Jukes, Matthew Jukes' Blog, April 2016
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The 2015 Giscours is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. That is in stark comparison to older vintages, for example the 2000 Giscours that was 50/50 Cabernet and Merlot. This vintage is matured in 50% new oak. Winemaker Alexandre Van Beek told me that the 2015 "...reflects the true terroir at Giscours that created the great wines of the 1960s and 1970s." That is something to live up to with fresh memories of the 1961 in my brain. The bouquet is very intense and almost "untamed" at first, but it calms down in the glass, revealing attractive scents of blackberry, raspberry, cedar and graphite. This is a Giscours determined to make a good impression...and it does. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, very pure, a little spicier than recent vintages, adorned with a gentle crescendo in the mouth towards a really quite fantastic, tensile, complex and compelling finish. Having tasted the 1961 and 1970 Giscours just a few months ago, I wager that the 2015 will be the best since the 1961. Time to fall back in love with this great Margaux property. Drink 2025-2060.

94/96
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate (224), April 2016

This sets a new level for Giscours with blackberry, black truffle and blueberry. So much walnut and cedar. Full body, dense and incredibly long and powerful. Clearly the best Giscours since 1970 and 1975.

96/97
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, March 2016

Perfumed, seductive nose. Rather salty and salivatory. A little bit chunky and earthbound but lots of pleasure is available here. A nice typical wine that expresses the charm of the vintage well.
Drink 2023-2035

17
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, November 2017

Dark crimson. Relatively light nose. Very luscious sweet fruit on the palate - a very winning wine with a medium charge of tannin. Just a little inky on the finish. But good and appetising.
Drink 2023-2035

17
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, April 2016
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