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Giscours 2009

Margaux, Third Growth

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Tasting Notes

The finest Giscours in my professional career (I said the same thing from barrel), this dense purple wine has a stunning nose of burning embers, charcoal, creme de cassis, new saddle leather and damp, forest floor notes. It is full-bodied, with exceptionally sweet, well-integrated tannins and a multi-dimensional, almost skyscraper-like mid-palate and finish. With its low acidity and remarkable substance and depth, this gorgeous wine should age beautifully for 20-30 years.

Score: 94

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2012-2042 01 March 2012

This is the finest Giscours I have tasted in my professional career. Succulent and sexy with an inky/purple color, it offers sweet aromas of subtle barbecue smoke, graphite, blackberries, blueberries, and spring flowers. The tannins are remarkably sweet, substantial, and well-integrated, and the wine is full-bodied as well as voluptuously textured. It is a head-turning, exuberant, flashy effort that should drink well for 20-25 years. Bravo! (Tasted three times.)

Score: 91 - 93

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2010-35 01 April 2010

Aromas of blueberries, blackberries and flowers. Very beautiful. Full body, with a solid core of fruit and firm tannins. Balanced and refined. This is ultra-refined. Best wine from here since 1970. One of the great values of the vintage. Best after 2018.

Score: 95

James Suckling, - Maturity: 2018+ 15 February 2012

Subtle and pretty on the nose, with blueberry, blackberry and hints of flowers. Full and very fine, showing a beautiful texture of polished tannins. Wonderfully long and balanced. 53 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 7 percent Cabernet Franc, and the rest is Merlot

Score: 92 - 95

James Suckling, Wine Spectator 01 April 2010

After some disappointing wines in the eighties, Giscours has been on a roll recently with steady improvements since the mid-nineties when Dutchman Eric Albada took over the reins. Intense nose of smoky earth and cool black fruit. Full-bodied with impressive concentration and solid core of sweet fruit supported by grippy tannins and a dry finish. Big and bold.

Score: 90 - 93

Albany Vintners, - 01 April 2010

Fine black red, very expressive black fruits with the elegant lift from Cabernet, fine density of fruit, very good natural middle sweetness and lots of depth and vineyard character, a very good wine. Drink 2015-25. (18 points)

Score: 18

Decanter, Decanter.com Maturity: 2015-2025 01 April 2010

Tasted at the chateau, at a negociant and at the Margaux UGC. The harvest began on 22nd September with the Merlots and finished on 13th October for some parcels of the Cabernet, a blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc and 40% Merlot using 50% new oak from seven suppliers. This is taut on the nose, very tight, introspective and slightly earthy. The palate is full-bodied with grainy tannins, deep broody dark berried fruits, touches of coca and a hint of cracked black pepper. Quite toasty towards the finish, moderate length, just a little attenuated towards the finish although the sample at the UGC was much more “strident”, containing the chutzpah that it was missing before. Like the du Tertre, I think this will show better in a couple of months. The second sample at the negociant was a better sample with some pleasant coffee notes on the aftertaste. Difficult to discern at the moment but I remain optimistic. Tasted March 2010.

Score: 90 - 93

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 31 March 2010

Very dark and lustrous. Odd herbal note. Very sweet start on the palate. Rather drying tannins but some Margaux polish and not too hot until the very end. A little drying and exaggerated on the finish.

Score: 16

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2016-2026 31 March 2010