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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.7 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 19 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by FransS on 3/24/2023 & rated 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. (1157 views) | | | Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 3/5/2023 & rated 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. (2377 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 9/25/2022: 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. (2445 views) | | | Tasted by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy on 10/25/2021 & rated 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! (1855 views) | | | Tasted by SonnyChiba on 10/25/2021 & rated 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. (1939 views) | | | Tasted by S-C-S on 7/3/2021 & rated 92 points: Pop and pour. Needs 15min in the glass to develop. Mature and balanced Bordeaux.
Drink now. (1413 views) | | | Tasted by porkandsalmon on 6/13/2021: A decent mature claret with prominent acidity, however found it a bit one-dimensional (1425 views) | | | Tasted by asgerG on 12/4/2020 & rated 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 (1631 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 2/22/2020: A note of freshness here. Awesomely complex in a leather way. Thatd great. (2094 views) | | | Tasted by burgund on 10/29/2019 & rated 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. (1922 views) | | | Tasted by SonnyChiba on 11/7/2018 & rated 94 points: Drinking splendid! Elegant and balanced on the palate, very clean. More youthful than expected. (2483 views) | | | Tasted by Sean Tay on 1/23/2017: The wine looks garnet colored. It smells like blackberry, blueberry, toast, black pepper and forest floor. (279 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 8/3/2014 & rated 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. (8791 views) | | | Tasted by alanh13 on 8/18/2013: 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. (7363 views) | | | Tasted by alanh13 on 4/28/2013 & rated 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. (6558 views) | | | Tasted by Winekrupt on 4/28/2012 & rated 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. (7215 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 5/15/2011 & rated 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. (7423 views) |
| 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
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
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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