Appellations

Giscours 2015

Margaux, Third Growth

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Tasting Notes

The 2015 Giscours has a beautiful, clean, pure bouquet of generous ripe black cherry, raspberry and crushed violet aromas that could only come from Margaux. The medium-bodied palate is quite dense but wonderfully poised, offering sappy red fruit and very fine tannin and delivering impressive detail on the bay leaf and tea leaf finish. Alexandre van Beek oversaw one of the best Giscours in recent years. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting.

Score: 95 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Date: 01 July 2019

The 2015 Giscours showed magnificently when I tasted it from barrel and I made allusions to the legendary 1961, which I have been fortunate to taste two or three times. I have no reason to change this view. It has a very refined bouquet that is almost understated at first, but then blossoms in the glass with copious blackberry, raspberry, flint and graphite aromas. The palate is very well balanced with great depth and real vibrancy. There is a slight chalkiness to the texture, extraordinarily fresh with superb mineral tension on the long finish. This is a great Giscours that will age beautifully over many years.

Score: 95 Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2022-2060 Date: 01 February 2018

Polished and rounded in feel, with a solid core of plum and blackberry compote flavors, lined with light hints of charcoal, tobacco and violet. Nice perfumy tobacco and warm tar notes show on the finish. Very well-integrated, making this approachable now, but there's no rush. Best from 2020 through 2035.

Score: 93 James Molesworth, Wine Spectator Maturity: 2020-2035 Date: 31 March 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.

Score: 94 Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2019-2039 Date: 21 February 2018

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.

Score: 96 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Maturity: 2022+ Date: 02 February 2018

The 2015 Giscours is every bit as compelling from bottle as it was from barrel. Deep, powerful and virile in style, the 2015 has a lot to say. There is a purity to the aromas and flavors in the 2015 that I don't recall seeing in the past. Ripe and ample, with terrific freshness and nuance, the 2015 is compelling in every way. In 2015, the blend is 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, with no Cabernet Franc.

Score: 94 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com Maturity: 2022-2040 Date: 01 February 2018

Attractively perfumed ripe black cherry fruit and floral notes. Delicacy versus the robustness of 2014 but with a very polished texture to the fruit. Full-bodied and long.

Score: 91 - 94 Albany Vintners, - Date: 27 April 2016