- Colour Red
- Producer Château Giscours
- Region Margaux
- Grape Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot / Cabernet Franc
- Drinking 2014 - 2028
- Case size 12x75cl
- Available Now
2008 - Ch Giscours 3ème Cru Margaux - 12x75cl
- Colour Red
- Producer Château Giscours
- Region Margaux
- Grape Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot / Cabernet Franc
- Drinking 2014 - 2028
- Case size 12x75cl
- Available Now
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Goedhuis, April 2009, Score: 88-90
Giscours produced a big 2008 that is full-throttle in its personality offering a serious palate of rich bramble fruit, velvety yet notable tannins and lots of freshness.
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Robert Parker, May 2011, Score: 90
Dark plum/garnet, this elegant, medium to full-bodied, beguiling, seductive 2008 is a sleeper of the vintage. Round and silky-smooth with lovely black cherry and black currant fruit imbued with touches of smoke, herbs and earth, this relatively evolved effort is best consumed over the next 15-17 years. Drink: 2011 - 2028
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Robert Parker, April 2009, Score: 88-90
Giscours, made by the same winemaking team that makes Du Tertre (which did not show well in my tastings), reveals sweet tannins and overall far superior quality, which makes me think Du Tertre will improve with time in barrel. The sexy, opulent 2008 Giscours exhibits plenty of dark fruit, forest floor, and earthy notes, sweet, velvety tannin, and good fresh acids. This medium to full-bodied effort should prove to be outstanding with more time.
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Jancis Robinson, April 2009, Score: 17
Healthy crimson. Already quite complex, seductive aromas. Fresh start with real spring in its step - energetic and lively and very well balanced yet with real intrigue still to be revealed. Good wine. Neat finish. Tightly packed. Limpid - wonderful confidence!
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Wine Spectator, April 2009, Score: 87-90
Blackberry and milk chocolate aromas follow through to a medium body, with good fruit, delicate tannins and a fresh finish.
Producer
Château Giscours
A diamond in the rough, for many years Château Giscours was an inconsistent performer. In 1995,the estate was sold to Eric Albada Jelgersma, who purchased Château du Tertre two years later. Hisarrival has had a significant impact in terms of quality. As Robert Parker has noted in Bordeaux (2003) his 2001, 2000 and 1999 vintages are "the finest Giscours trilogy to date."
Region
Margaux
Plump, silky and seductive are the words often used to describe wines from Margaux. Because of their style, they tend to be user friendly and more approachable when young. This is in part due to its terroir which is comprised of the thinnest soil as well as the highest proportion of chunky gravel in all of the Médoc. It drains well but also is it more susceptible to vintage variation. Margaux wines tend to have the highest proportions of Merlot within the core of the Médoc further adding to their ample roundness and openness. Margaux is home to the largest number of classified growths including its namesake first growth, Château Margaux, as well as third growths, Palmer and d'Issan.