Appellations

Giscours 2021

Margaux, Third Growth

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Tasting Notes

Enticing vibrant ruby red in colour, medium intensity. The fruit is savoury and lean, liqourice and rose petals, raspberry leaf, finessed and sculpted, Margaux typicity, carefully extracted and handled but more austere than recent vintages of Giscours. Alexander van Beek director, Thomas Duclos wine consultant. 38hl/h yield. Blend different from En Primeur (my mistake, as it added up to 105%!). Tasted twice.

Score: 93 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2028-2042 Date: 02 April 2024

The 2021 Giscours is not quite as showy as some recent vintages, but all the ingredients are there. Aromatic, deep and layered, with tremendous balance, the 2021 has so much to offer. Rose petal, mint, spice, orange peel and dried herbs are some of the notes that build. The 2021 is a wine of exquisite precision—bright and driving, with notable tension. It is seriously impressive at this stage.

Score: 95 Antonio Galloni, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2028-2041 Date: 27 February 2024

The 2021 Giscours has a powerful bouquet, more-so than many of its Margaux peers: blackberry, blueberry and raspberry fruit, hints of iris flower and cedar. This is a Margaux that wants to make its presence felt despite the limitations of the season. The palate is medium-bodied with a strong marine/seaweed influence on the entry, sapid and almost briny (which I like), demonstrating fine cohesion and plenty of freshness toward the finish. It lacks a bit of sustain, but otherwise, this is a commendable showing.

Score: 91 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2026-2050 Date: 22 February 2024

Very dark purplish crimson. One of the first 2021s I have encountered that could be described as heady. Then has masses of both fruit and freshness on the palate with no excesses even if clear delineation. Very clean and brisk without being austere. Quite a success! This wine seems to have made a virtue out of the freshness of 2021.

Score: 16+ Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2026-2040 Date: 11 May 2022

Very precise and focused with tight, sleek yet firm tannins, framing a fresh core of black fruit, gravel and tobacco. Crushed stones and tea leaves, too. Savory and medium-bodied. Driven and linear. Lots of cabernet character. Chewy tannins. Rather muscular. But polished texture. 65% cabernet sauvignon, 32% merlot and 3% petit verdot.

Score: 94 - 95 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Date: 01 May 2022

The 2021 Giscours is immensely promising and shows just how far this important estate has come in the last few years. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of cassis, dark berries, cigar wrapper, violets, sweet forest floor and burning embers, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with terrific depth at the core, ripe tannins, lively acids and a long, penetrating finish. With wines like this, we're back to a level of quality that Giscours hasn't routinely attained since the 1970s! The blend is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot; and even if by the standards of the last decade, that isn't a particularly elevated percentage of Cabernet, this is nonetheless a very Cabernet-driven wine in style. Tasted six times.

Score: 93 - 95 William Kelley, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Date: 29 April 2022

Tasted on multiple occasions, the 2021 Château Giscours is another pretty, floral, more red and black fruited effort that has medium-bodied richness, wonderful tannins, no hard edges, and outstanding length. Based on 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot, it shows the pretty, finesse oriented, elegant style of the vintage.

Score: 91 - 94 Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com Date: 06 February 2022