Giscours 2010

Margaux, Third Growth

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Tasting Notes
Tasted at the Château Giscours vertical, the 2010 Château Giscours is a blend of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon and 29% Merlot picked between September 27 and October 14. I contrasted this directly against the superb 2009, but I still maintain that this has the upper hand, albeit in a different style. The aromatics are very focused with black fruit, violets, fig and mineral scents that are very well defined. But you need patience - this is not as immediate as the previous vintage. The palate delivers, delivers and delivers brilliant delineation and poise, more freshness than it knows what to do with, an intensity that is supremely well focused and length in the mouth. There is even a dab of mint chocolate making a surprise appearance on the aftertaste. This is a very impressive Giscours. Tasted June 2015. Score: 93 Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2018-2040 01 July 2016
This could turn out to be one of the finest wines from this great Margaux estate in recent years. The Giscours 2010 has a lifted, generous bouquet with blackberry, boysenberry, mineral and just a touch of violets, all with superb definition and focus. The palate is medium-bodied with a little oak on the entry still to be subsumed. It is very well balanced with a keen thread of acidity. I like the tension here, the way it sashays towards the finish. Primal and brimming over with energy and animation, this Giscours should age with style. Score: 94 Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 March 2013
Tasted twice at the chateau and the UGC, a blend of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon (the highest ever) and 29% Merlot that cropped at 25-27hl/ha. It has a pH of 3.6 and 13.7% alcohol. I must say, I really love the purity on this nose as dark cherries, cassis and crushed flower soar from the glass. Very fine delineation here. The palate is medium-bodied with very silky smooth tannins, almost Burgundian in texture. Lovely poise and focus, long in the mouth, this is the finest Giscours in a long time. Tasted April 2011. Score: 92 - 94 Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 19 April 2011
Aromas of mint and currants with hints of fresh herbs. Then turns to plum jam. Full body, with well-integrated tannins and pretty fruit. Long and caressing. This is really outstanding. Better in 2017. Score: 95 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Maturity: 2017+ 04 February 2013
I thought this could be even more spectacular than it is, given the way the 2010 from Giscours performed from the barrel, but it is certainly outstanding. A beautiful wine, stunningly opulent, accessible and almost atypically forward, it is plump and delicious already, and in that sense, it is almost reminiscent of the 2009. Deep ruby/plum/purple, with juicy black raspberry and black currant fruit as well as hints of cedar, licorice, forest floor and underbrush, the 2010 is medium to full-bodied, layered, round and impossible to resist already. It should drink beautifully for 20-25 years. Score: 91 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2013-2038 01 February 2013
It is a little unsettling to realize that 2009 and 2010 may be the greatest back to back Bordeaux vintages produced in the history of the region. The over-achieving Giscours has turned in a great performance in 2010, which possesses an opaque purple color as well as notes of licorice, black truffles, sweet blackberry and cassis fruit, flowers and soil undertones. It is very full-bodied and exceptionally opulent, fat and round, but the vintage’s acids, precision, high glycerin, alcohol and extract are all present. Give it 2-3 years of cellaring and drink it over the following 25-30 years Score: 92 - 95 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 04 May 2011
Delicate perfume of pure fresh cassis but with a mineral freshness to avert any sweetness. Amazingly silky already. Lively and fresh. Score: 17 Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2018-2028 10 April 2012
Blackish crimson. Quite complex and complete. Just beautifully balanced. This is ripe claret. The sort that Edmund Penning-Rowsell never encountered. Nothing forced nor self conscious. Just great balance and confidence. Fresh finish. Real Margaux. Appetising and subtle. But no blockbuster. Even a little sinewy on the finish. Score: 17 - 18 Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2020-2034 18 April 2011
Very good depth of fruit, perfect Cabernet ripeness, fragrance and smoothness of texture to see a very good future. Score: 17 - 18 Decanter, Decanter.com Maturity: 2017-2030 01 April 2011
Polished, with lots of alluring mocha and licorice notes leading the way, followed by creamy blueberry, blackberry and black cherry fruit. The finish is long and creamy. Score: 91 - 94 James Molesworth, Wine Spectator 31 March 2011
A lovely nose - perfumed with pure red fruits and lifted notes. Then in the mouth, medium bodied and creamy smooth. Toasty and nicely balanced on the finish. Score: 92 - 94 Albany Vintners, - 01 January 1900

Tasting Notes

Tasted at the Château Giscours vertical, the 2010 Château Giscours is a blend of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon and 29% Merlot picked between September 27 and October 14. I contrasted this directly against the superb 2009, but I still maintain that this has the upper hand, albeit in a different style. The aromatics are very focused with black fruit, violets, fig and mineral scents that are very well defined. But you need patience - this is not as immediate as the previous vintage. The palate delivers, delivers and delivers brilliant delineation and poise, more freshness than it knows what to do with, an intensity that is supremely well focused and length in the mouth. There is even a dab of mint chocolate making a surprise appearance on the aftertaste. This is a very impressive Giscours. Tasted June 2015.

Score: 93

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2018-2040 01 July 2016

This could turn out to be one of the finest wines from this great Margaux estate in recent years. The Giscours 2010 has a lifted, generous bouquet with blackberry, boysenberry, mineral and just a touch of violets, all with superb definition and focus. The palate is medium-bodied with a little oak on the entry still to be subsumed. It is very well balanced with a keen thread of acidity. I like the tension here, the way it sashays towards the finish. Primal and brimming over with energy and animation, this Giscours should age with style.

Score: 94

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 March 2013

Tasted twice at the chateau and the UGC, a blend of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon (the highest ever) and 29% Merlot that cropped at 25-27hl/ha. It has a pH of 3.6 and 13.7% alcohol. I must say, I really love the purity on this nose as dark cherries, cassis and crushed flower soar from the glass. Very fine delineation here. The palate is medium-bodied with very silky smooth tannins, almost Burgundian in texture. Lovely poise and focus, long in the mouth, this is the finest Giscours in a long time. Tasted April 2011.

Score: 92 - 94

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 19 April 2011

Aromas of mint and currants with hints of fresh herbs. Then turns to plum jam. Full body, with well-integrated tannins and pretty fruit. Long and caressing. This is really outstanding. Better in 2017.

Score: 95

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Maturity: 2017+ 04 February 2013

I thought this could be even more spectacular than it is, given the way the 2010 from Giscours performed from the barrel, but it is certainly outstanding. A beautiful wine, stunningly opulent, accessible and almost atypically forward, it is plump and delicious already, and in that sense, it is almost reminiscent of the 2009. Deep ruby/plum/purple, with juicy black raspberry and black currant fruit as well as hints of cedar, licorice, forest floor and underbrush, the 2010 is medium to full-bodied, layered, round and impossible to resist already. It should drink beautifully for 20-25 years.

Score: 91

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2013-2038 01 February 2013

It is a little unsettling to realize that 2009 and 2010 may be the greatest back to back Bordeaux vintages produced in the history of the region. The over-achieving Giscours has turned in a great performance in 2010, which possesses an opaque purple color as well as notes of licorice, black truffles, sweet blackberry and cassis fruit, flowers and soil undertones. It is very full-bodied and exceptionally opulent, fat and round, but the vintage’s acids, precision, high glycerin, alcohol and extract are all present. Give it 2-3 years of cellaring and drink it over the following 25-30 years

Score: 92 - 95

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 04 May 2011

Delicate perfume of pure fresh cassis but with a mineral freshness to avert any sweetness. Amazingly silky already. Lively and fresh.

Score: 17

Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2018-2028 10 April 2012

Blackish crimson. Quite complex and complete. Just beautifully balanced. This is ripe claret. The sort that Edmund Penning-Rowsell never encountered. Nothing forced nor self conscious. Just great balance and confidence. Fresh finish. Real Margaux. Appetising and subtle. But no blockbuster. Even a little sinewy on the finish.

Score: 17 - 18

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2020-2034 18 April 2011

Very good depth of fruit, perfect Cabernet ripeness, fragrance and smoothness of texture to see a very good future.

Score: 17 - 18

Decanter, Decanter.com Maturity: 2017-2030 01 April 2011

Polished, with lots of alluring mocha and licorice notes leading the way, followed by creamy blueberry, blackberry and black cherry fruit. The finish is long and creamy.

Score: 91 - 94

James Molesworth, Wine Spectator 31 March 2011

A lovely nose - perfumed with pure red fruits and lifted notes. Then in the mouth, medium bodied and creamy smooth. Toasty and nicely balanced on the finish.

Score: 92 - 94

Albany Vintners, - 01 January 1900

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