A deep and sound colour, a whiff of iodine, a tad sweet, the ripeness of the vintage, red fruit, noticeable wood; more power than you normally expect in the appellation Margaux; maybe a bit rough, but lots of fun in your glass.
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This example of the 1990 Giscours is not impressive, showing a rustic, red apple nose marred by volatile acidity. If anything, this underscores the point as to how far Giscours has come over the past few decades as the wines are now clean and very good. I heard that the bottle across the table was better.
Very good wine still. Not as wonderful as I remember my last tasting 3 years ago, but still drinking well. Very balanced, with a nice hit of fruit and acidity on the finish. Would drink these up.
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Well stored bottle with a pristine label. Popped and poured at a wine bar. Ready from the get go. Silken mouthfeel and wonderful ripeness of fruit despite its age. Ready to drink but can hold for five more years. Outstanding!
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DnP. Beautiful brick red, yellow tinged, 4.5. Delicious very mature complex bouquet, very tertiary. Tannins totally resolved, elegant finish but hampered by too much volatile acidity. Drink NOW
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Fully mature, very kind and soft for a Bordeaux, plums and prunes, cigarbox and with a medium finish. Lacking more Margaux nose and elegance. And more bones and structure to balance the sweetness and softness.
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Cedar chest, tobacco, forest floor, menthol, and cassis aromas show a wine that is fully mature. This medium bodied wine ends with a short kirsch finish. Drink up as this is already starting to gently decline.
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Very disappointing. The cork was perfect: tight and only very bottom was wet, could have been 5 years old. Ullage was into neck. However the wine was not very good: overpowering acidity and a raisiny, stewed nose, cooked or just dead. This surely was some kind if bottle variation. It improved a little after an hour or so but still not great.
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A little disappointing. Nose was great and good mouthfeel but the finish was very short. This doesn't seem to be consistent with other notes, so perhaps bottle variation.
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Just a hint of funk on the nose, otherwise cigar box and graphite with sweet red fruit, and a hint of florals in behind. We were all impressed with how lively and fresh tasting the wine was, certainly hard to guess its age. Good acidity and tannin... but waning red fruit. Not flabby or tired in anyway, just disappearing. I did not detect any of the raisiny character that others have noted, but this bottled has been stored in France and moved little. For its age 93, but straight up 89.
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Earthy. forest floor, tobacco, cassis and green olive tapenade scents are easy to find. Medium bodied, with cassis and hints of green flavors, this is fully mature and should be drunk up.
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3/24/2023 - FransS wrote: 94 Points
A deep and sound colour, a whiff of iodine, a tad sweet, the ripeness of the vintage, red fruit, noticeable wood; more power than you normally expect in the appellation Margaux; maybe a bit rough, but lots of fun in your glass.
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3/5/2023 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points
Académie des Cinquante Tasting and Dinner with the Académie du Vin de Bordeaux (Restaurant Entrepot, Amsterdam, NL): Double Magnum. Extremely delicate even in this grand format, fragrant, almost Burgundian, supple amd sweet, fully resolved tannins, hint of spice, long and gravelly finish.
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9/25/2022 - englishman's claret wrote:
This example of the 1990 Giscours is not impressive, showing a rustic, red apple nose marred by volatile acidity. If anything, this underscores the point as to how far Giscours has come over the past few decades as the wines are now clean and very good. I heard that the bottle across the table was better.
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10/25/2021 - SonnyChiba wrote: 93 Points
Very good wine still. Not as wonderful as I remember my last tasting 3 years ago, but still drinking well. Very balanced, with a nice hit of fruit and acidity on the finish. Would drink these up.
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10/25/2021 - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Likes this wine: 94 Points
Well stored bottle with a pristine label. Popped and poured at a wine bar. Ready from the get go. Silken mouthfeel and wonderful ripeness of fruit despite its age. Ready to drink but can hold for five more years. Outstanding!
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7/3/2021 - S-C-S Likes this wine: 92 Points
Pop and pour. Needs 15min in the glass to develop. Mature and balanced Bordeaux.
Drink now.
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6/13/2021 - porkandsalmon wrote:
A decent mature claret with prominent acidity, however found it a bit one-dimensional
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12/4/2020 - asgerG Likes this wine: 89 Points
DnP. Beautiful brick red, yellow tinged, 4.5. Delicious very mature complex bouquet, very tertiary. Tannins totally resolved, elegant finish but hampered by too much volatile acidity. Drink NOW
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2/22/2020 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
A note of freshness here. Awesomely complex in a leather way. Thatd great.
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10/29/2019 - burgund Likes this wine: 90 Points
Fully mature, very kind and soft for a Bordeaux, plums and prunes, cigarbox and with a medium finish. Lacking more Margaux nose and elegance. And more bones and structure to balance the sweetness and softness.
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11/7/2018 - SonnyChiba wrote: 94 Points
Drinking splendid! Elegant and balanced on the palate, very clean. More youthful than expected.
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1/23/2017 - Sean Tay wrote:
The wine looks garnet colored. It smells like blackberry, blueberry, toast, black pepper and forest floor.
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8/3/2014 - Jeff Leve wrote: 88 Points
Cedar chest, tobacco, forest floor, menthol, and cassis aromas show a wine that is fully mature. This medium bodied wine ends with a short kirsch finish. Drink up as this is already starting to gently decline.
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8/18/2013 - alanh13 Does not like this wine:
Very disappointing. The cork was perfect: tight and only very bottom was wet, could have been 5 years old. Ullage was into neck. However the wine was not very good: overpowering acidity and a raisiny, stewed nose, cooked or just dead. This surely was some kind if bottle variation.
It improved a little after an hour or so but still not great.
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4/28/2013 - alanh13 wrote: 86 Points
A little disappointing. Nose was great and good mouthfeel but the finish was very short. This doesn't seem to be consistent with other notes, so perhaps bottle variation.
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4/28/2012 - Winekrupt wrote: 89 Points
Just a hint of funk on the nose, otherwise cigar box and graphite with sweet red fruit, and a hint of florals in behind. We were all impressed with how lively and fresh tasting the wine was, certainly hard to guess its age. Good acidity and tannin... but waning red fruit. Not flabby or tired in anyway, just disappearing. I did not detect any of the raisiny character that others have noted, but this bottled has been stored in France and moved little. For its age 93, but straight up 89.
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5/15/2011 - Jeff Leve wrote: 88 Points
Earthy. forest floor, tobacco, cassis and green olive tapenade scents are easy to find. Medium bodied, with cassis and hints of green flavors, this is fully mature and should be drunk up.
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