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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.9 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 25 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by vincentnip on 5/18/2024 & rated 90 points: 深紅，皮革，微丹寧 (292 views) | | | Tasted by ThinkerDrinker? on 2/18/2023 & rated 86 points: Off year indeed. Expected much more from this house based on past experiences. I wouldn't buy this again even at $20 a bottle especially with so many good BDX options available under $35 these days. Will benefit from more age but disjointed and a bit harsh at the moment. No thank you. (3177 views) | | | Tasted by MattMauldin on 12/30/2022 & rated 92 points: From 375ml. Double decanted. Deep black-garnet color with bright tones and clear ruby edges. Aromas of cassis & blackberry, with leather, cedar, clove & black tea - nice but somewhat reserved at this stage. Refined and harmonious on the palate, lifted black fruit with secondary notes of dried red hibiscus, tea leaf, crushed stone and five spice. Medium bodied, with plush density and rounded edges, well-framed acidity and thick billowy tannins. Finishes with nice length of zesty black fruit and a touch of bitter oak. (2668 views) | | | Tasted by levicn on 12/13/2022 & rated 92 points: 醒酒两个小时不到，深宝石红偏紫色，闻香有香草奶油和巧克力，森林地表，湿树叶，醋栗，黑果和淡淡草本气息，入口酸度中等，单宁细腻如粉，雪松混合着明显的石墨气息，黑醋栗的味道，还有些新鲜红黑果和水果糖的香气，酒的结构不大，香气活泼，余味是橡木桶带来的香草奶油味。醒酒状态非常棒，香气华丽，表现开放，细节精致，酒液丝滑，口感愉悦，可以早饮的一款酒。 (2743 views) | | | Tasted by CarpeDiem! on 6/2/2022 & rated 86 points: Part of a verticale organised by the château. Another red Bdx vintage I skipped in my cellar. Mineral and herbal (even some rhubarb!), lacking charm and complexity, this wine thins out rapidly into acidity. (3477 views) | | | Tasted by levicn on 4/25/2022 & rated 88 points: 醒酒一个半小时，闻香有石墨和青椒味，入口酸度高，单宁紧致，酒液咸，口中回甜，又酸又甜的口感，青椒，黑果和石墨气息，后段香草奶油。喝起来酒体有点水，酸度略有点突兀，缺乏足够的香气复杂度支撑。 (3845 views) | | | Tasted by Zves on 11/7/2021 & rated 90 points: 기존먹어본 신대륙까쇼와는다름
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마고쪽 특유인지 (3178 views) | | | Tasted by Rouyi on 4/18/2021 & rated 92 points: Nice acidity. Will last long decanting. (3666 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 1/26/2021 & rated 95 points: Upon inhaling the perfume and after taking the first sip, the first thought that came to me was: Everything Margaux should be. My three day experience with this classic offering bore out the veracity of this assessment.
Lighter in color than might be expected for the 71 percent Cabernet Sauvignon that anchors the blend. The red plum, pomegranate, blackcurrant, blackberry, meadow flower perfume uplifts the senses. Perfect, high-quality oak treatment harmonizes strikingly with the fruit and floral perfume, and accentuates the pepper garden, graphite, cut tobacco, and mined precious stone minerality that underpin it. (To this avowed non-timber loving palate, an exceptional use of oak.)
As with the color, light in body, even for Margaux. As with the bouquet, the palate offers equal parts red and purple fruit. This sublime elixir hearkens to traditional Left Bank styles, delivering knee-weakening suavity throughout. Inflection-changing textural weight commands attention, attack to finish. Medium plus or higher acid, inline with lovely powdery tannin, create deceptively powerful structure. Make no mistake; this wine will go the distance!
Pure, complete, beautiful! (5109 views) | | | Tasted by Andre Brattland on 11/22/2020 & rated 92 points: Relatively broad, but really seductive aromas with more juicy plums that lie above the western side fruit blackberries and blackcurrants along with cask spices and leather. Good full-bodied, fresh and juicy wine with a good dark mouthfeel on the fruit together with cask spices, leather and licorice. Nice acidity and tannins that create just such a smacking mouthfeel. (4086 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 5/14/2020 & rated 93 points: Beautiful, elegant, fresh, refined and silky, this medium-bodied effort shows off its floral character, energetic, ripe, red fruit character with ease. This will age quite nicely. (5525 views) | | | Tasted by Gabriel Geller on 3/13/2020 & rated 93 points: Château Giscours, Margaux, 2017: Tasted and drunk after 4 after hours of decanting. Dark, inky garnet towards royal purple. On the nose, freshly picked blackberries, raspberries, green foliage, cuban cigar as well as hints of wet earth. Medium to full-bodied, medium-plus intensity, elegant, with a silky texture. On the palate, while very raw this is more approachable than anticipated, with well-polished tannins. On first attack, notes of juicy raspberries, black currants and blackberries, graphite, umami notes of shitaki mushrooms, dutch cocoa, rich cigar tobacco, as well as hints of fennel. Medium-plus acidity here with elegant, fine-grained tannins highlighting notes of tar and dark chocolate on a long, mouth-filling finish. This wine really shows what sets apart Grands Crus from other wines in general, and other Bordeaux wines in particular. Each and every element of this wine shows full harmony, balance and class, reflecting the amazing quality of the fruit and terroir, as well as hundreds of years of savoir-faire transmitted from one winemaker and grower to the next. While it isn't fully at the same level of concentration and compexity of the 2015-16 vintages, this 2017 is quite remarkable nonetheless! 13% Abv. Drink 2026-2040. 93-94 (6983 views) | | | Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 2/17/2020 & rated 91 points: Amsterdam UGCB Tasting and Winemakers' Dinner (Beurs van Berlage / Eden Hotel): Trade tasting, brief note. Like the Du Tertre juicy and supple and relatively easy, with a touch of liquorice, light structure and weight, light finish. (3539 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 1/25/2020 & rated 90 points: The raspberry nose is nice on the 2017 Giscours, but it doesn’t escape being a bit chunky with a fullish, loamy quality. This is similarly true on the palate. (3279 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 1/24/2020 & rated 91 points: 2017 UGC Des Bordeaux, San Francisco, nose of sweet berry fruit, medium/big to big body, good acid, needs 3 years to peak, lovely fruit, rich fruit, tasty, rough/angular fruit, medium mount of soft tannins, and a long finish, my experience suggests it will soften and merit a higher score in 5 years. (2193 views) | | | Tasted by Roger Patterson on 1/23/2020 & rated 90 points: Good intensity with moderately full blackberry aromas and smoky barrel notes balanced well. A little heavy on alcohol and tannins for now though. LA UGC tasting. (1613 views) | | | Tasted by Winning_Wines on 1/23/2020 & rated 92 points: Union des Grand Cru de Bordeaux: Seattle: Mild nose that had some oak and dark fruits. However, I was blown away with what it delivered on the palate. It was GORGEOUS! Powerful, bright, fruity, and silky. This was a winning wine, especially for this vintage. (1988 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 1/22/2020: UGC Bordeaux (Drake Hotel - Chicago IL): Walk around tasting. Bright fruit for the good vintage with good weight and noteworthy balance (again, for the vintage). Expanding finish. Good 89-91 point potential. (2336 views) | | | Tasted by Eric Guido on 1/20/2020 & rated 88 points: The nose was a display of earthy animal tones with crushed ripe raspberry, leather, moist-dark minerality and hints of brown spice. On the palate, silky textures gave way to ripe plum and blackberry with saline-minerality, yet the ‘17 Giscours seemed to quickly taper off, showing light tannins with hints of dark fruit through the medium-length finish. (2648 views) | | | Tasted by Alexander Smith on 1/18/2020 & rated 92 points: Bordeaux 2017 En Primeur - In Bottle Tasting (Montreal): Remembering the vintage Chateau Gisours did a good job with the structure of this wine, core fruit along with black pepper, floral and spice components, but for me, it felt held together, this is clearly not natural structure and a lot of work had to be done however overall a decent effort. Medium+ tannins and a good length. (2065 views) | | | Tasted by rossi.wine on 7/4/2018 & rated 92 points: Tasted after 2017 du Tertre. More structure and depth both on the nose and palate. Perfumed, red and dark fruit, spices, oak, floral notes. Very good tannic grip and length. Vibrant and elegant. 91-92+ (5633 views) | | | Tasted by Collector1855 on 6/10/2018 & rated 93 points: During a 2017 en Primeur walkabout tasting. More structure than the du Tertre but came across as a bit too soft too. I would go for the very good 2015 in bottle instead of buying this en Primeur. The price is about the same but the wine much better. (3257 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 4/26/2018 & rated 93 points:
Flowers, thyme, red fruits and just a hint of espresso arise but most of what will transpire is being held in reserve. On the palate, the energetic, red berries offer sweetness, purity and silky tannins. The finish is fruity, bright and long. The wine was produced blending 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, reaching 13.2% alcohol with a pH of 3.65. The picking took place from September 15 to October 5.
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Decanter, Médoc grand cru classé 2017: panel tasting results (2/25/2022)
(Château Giscours, Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaux, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Tom Parker MW
JancisRobinson.com (9/16/2021)
(Ch Giscours Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2017 Bordeaux – Mirror, Mirror on The Wall… (Mar 2020) (3/1/2020)
(Giscours Giscours Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, Vintage Seeks Home: Bordeaux 2017 In Bottle (Jan 2020) (2/1/2020)
(Giscours Giscours Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (12/20/2019)
(Château Giscours Margaux, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, December 2019 (12/1/2019)
(Château Giscours Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jane Anson
Decanter, Bordeaux 2017 in bottle: Margaux (11/21/2019)
(Château Giscours, Margaux, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (10/16/2019)
(Ch Giscours Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2017 Bordeaux: The Heart of the Matter (May 2018) (5/18/2018)
(Giscours Giscours Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, The F-Word: Bordeaux 2017 (May 2018) (5/18/2018)
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Winedoctor, May 2018 (5/1/2018)
(Château Giscours Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, 2017 Bordeaux: A Good Yet Irregular Vintage (4/23/2018)
(Chateau Giscours) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (4/11/2018)
(Ch Giscours Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jane Anson
Decanter, Bordeaux En Primeur 2017 Margaux (4/8/2018)
(Château Giscours, Margaux, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (4/5/2018)
(Château Giscours Margaux, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, April 2018 (4/1/2018)
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| Château Giscours Producer websiteChâteau Giscours.Red Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
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History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.Margaux Read more about Margaux and its wines As with a large part of the Bordeaux vineyards, vines first appeared in Margaux during the Gallo-Roman period.
In 1705 a text mentions Château Margaux . But we have to wait for the end of the eighteenth century and the coming of the earliest techniques in aging for the concept of wines of high quality to develop. The confirmation of this was the famous 1855 classification which recognized 21 Crus Classés in the Margaux appellation. One hundred years later, the Viticultural Federation and the Margaux appellation of controlled origin were born. The appellation, which stretches out over five communes, is actually unique in the Médoc in that it is the only one to contain all the range of wines, as rich as they are vast, from First Great Cru Classé to the Fifths, not forgetting its famous Crus Bourgeois and its Crus Artisans.
In Margaux there is a predominance of Garonne gravel on a central plateau of about 4 miles in length and one and a quarter wide. To the east-south-east, it overlooks the low lying land by the estuary. Its east side is marked by gentle, dry valleys and a succession of ridges.The layer of gravel in Margaux was spread out by a former Garonne in the early Quaternary. Rather large in size, it is mingled with shingle of average dimension and represents the finest ensemble of Günz gravel in the Haut-Médoc. It is on this ancient layer on a Tertiary terrace of limestone or clayey marl that the best Médoc crus lie. All the conditions for successful wine are present : a large amount of gravel and pebbles, poor soil which cannot retain water and deep rooted vines.
It is customary to say that Margaux wines are the "most feminine" in the Médoc, thus stressing their delicacy, suppleness and their fruity, elegant aromas. This does not affect their great propensity for aging; just the opposite, for the relatively thin terroir imparts tannins which give them long life. The other characteristic of these wines which combine an elegant vitality, subtlety and consistency, is their diversity and personality. Over and above the flavour which is their "common denominator", they present an exceptional palette of bouquets, fruity flavours which show up differently from one château to another.
Production conditions (Decree dated August 10 1954)
In order to have the right to the Margaux appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the commune of Margaux, Cantenac, Soussans, Arsac and Labarde, "excluding the land which by the nature of its soil or because of its situation, is unfit to produce wine of this appellation".
- satisfy precise production conditions: grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare).
Vins de Bordeaux:
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Petit Verdot, Merlot
Soil: Gravel and silt plateau on a layer of limestone or silt on clay
Surface Area: 1,530 ha |
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