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2016 Château Giscours

Red Bordeaux Blend

  • France
  • Bordeaux
  • Médoc
  • Margaux
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Community Tasting Notes 76

  • nickuk Likes this wine: 90 points

    March 31, 2024 - Nice young Bordeaux, showing well but still finishing with enough tannins to prompt me to leave my last three for 5 years at least.
    Cut through the fat of Easter lamb beautifully and when fully integrated will be a smooth unctuous mouthful.

    5 people found this helpful Comment
  • IlliniWine Likes this wine: 91 points

    March 17, 2024 - 1 hour slow ox followed by 2 hour decant. Not as fruit forward as I was hoping and it didn't open up much more over the 90 minutes or so that we drank. I suspect it's in a closed phase. Even so, nice floral quality and great acidity. An elegant sipper that we all enjoyed. Give another five years.

    4 people found this helpful Comment
  • Hendmo Likes this wine: 94 points

    February 21, 2024 - Still young looking with bright rich ruby colour and only the slightest hint of garnet at the very rim. The nose is complex with dark red fruits, black cherry and raspberry, brambles and hawthorne, fresh leather and a bit of barnyard but beautifully delineated and pure. If you look for it there are also violets and hint of vanilla. Very good quality indeed.

    The palate is bright and fresh, and perfectly balanced. Rich red fruits, with enough complexity and slightly seaweed nori styled finish to keep this complex and bring you back for more. This lingers for an age. Tannins are there but beautifully integrated and I was surprised at how approachable and ready to drink this was.

    A simply delightful young Bordeaux, and I wouldn’t hesitate to pull a cork, but also plenty of upside potential. I’m a buyer.

    10 people found this helpful Comment
  • Scapolite Likes this wine: 94 points

    January 30, 2024 - Colour: Deep ruby.

    Nose: Right off the bat, very floral note. Dark fruit aroma - blackberries, black currants, along with hint of leather and green spice, forest floor. Very serious and complex.

    Palate: Fresh acidity with structured tannins from the get go from the bottle. Fruit forward in the beginning with blackberries,black currants, and peppery spices, and finishes with earthy notes, mushrooms, and forest floor.

    This is a very approachable and delicious young bordeaux, and I cannot wait to try this again 5-10 years down the road. Sublime.

    8 people found this helpful Comment
  • BNWM Likes this wine: 94 points

    January 5, 2024 - Delightful.

    1 person found this helpful Comment
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    2016 Bordeaux…It’s All In The Bottle (Jan 2019), 1/2/2019 (link)

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    The DBs: Bordeaux 2016 In Bottle (Jan 2019), 1/1/2019 (link)

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    December 2018, 12/1/2018 (link)

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  • By Julia Harding, MW
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  • By Jane Anson
    2016 in bottle, 10/8/2018 (link)

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    2016 Bordeaux: It’s Now or Never, Baby (Apr 2017), 4/17/2017 (link)

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  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
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  • By James Suckling
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    Bordeaux En Primeur 2016 Margaux, 4/2/2017 (link)

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  • By Chris Kissack
    April 2017, 4/1/2017 (link)

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Wine Definition

  • Vintage 2016
  • Type Red
  • Producer Château Giscours
  • Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
  • Designation n/a
  • Vineyard n/a
  • Country France
  • Region Bordeaux
  • SubRegion Médoc
  • Appellation Margaux
  • UPC Codes 087752025666, 088156029830, 3364420082495, 3430430004038, 3430430007497, 3700274187236, 607921027835, 639737586596, 701115152130, 7070292739837, 7071115152130, 870292001456

Community Holdings

  • Pending Delivery 606 (9%)
  • In Cellars 5,629 (83%)
  • Consumed 576 (8%)

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Community Recommendations

agnello da latte di Pauillac, Anatra ripiena di foie gras, carré di vitello con spugnole, Served with Guinness Stout Irish Stew

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