Chateau Giscours Margaux 3. Cru Classé 2015 MAGNUM i trækasse

"97 points. Concentrated and elegant..." - Wine Enthusiast
"96 points. A striking sense of purity... energetic, regal palate" - James Suckling
"96 points. Shows extraordinary aromatic quality... wonderful wine." - Vinum
"96 point. Smelter nærmest på tungen..." - Houlberg

Det grandiøse Château Giscours er beliggende i Labarde-kommunen, i det sydlige Margaux. Slottet råder over 102 hektar med grusaflejringer, som i dybde varierer fra 2 til 8 meter. Den hollandske ejer Eric Albada Jelgersma har over de seneste to årtier har givet sine to Margaux-slotte, hhv. Giscours og du Tertre, tiltrængte indsprøjtninger af dynamik og kapital.

Efter seriøse genplantninger, omlægning til markpløjning samt grundig restaurering af produktionsfaciliteterne begynder resultaterne nu for alvor at vise sig. De internationale ratings har siden årtusindeskiftet fået et gevaldigt løft, og Giscours lever nu igen fuldt op til sin 1855-klassificering som 3. Cru Classé.

Anmeldelser af Château Giscours Margaux 3. Cru Classé 2015 

97/100 Wine Enthusiast
"This firm wine shows the tannic side of the vintage. Those tannins are dusty, enriched with black-currant fruits and a dense backdrop. The wine is concentrated and elegant, very ageworthy and not likely to be ready before 2025."

96/100 James Suckling
"Plenty of violets and dark berries on offer here. This has a striking sense of purity as well as an energetic, regal palate. The structure is impressively groomed with effortless depth and length. A standout wine. Try from 2022."

96/100 Tastingbook.com

96/100 Vinum Magazin
"Shows extraordinary aromatic quality, wonderful tannins full of class, endless race, length, tension and freshness, wonderful wine."

96/100 Jeff Leve, The Winecellar Insider
"Packed with notes of flowers, sweet, red fruits, tobacco leaf, cherries, and plums, this gorgeous wine is rich, lush, fresh, round, and complex. Yes, it is still a baby. But there is so much going on here, that it is impossible not to finish the bottle with dinner, even at this early stage of development."

96/100 Houlberg
"6 Thumbs Up. Det er umiddelbart en rank duft ... med en lidt bitterhed i frugten, der mest er sorte kirsebær, tranebær, hindbær, har en tør friskhed, noget tobak, laurbærblade, sort te og nogle krydrede noter, men virker utroligt balanceret og intens på en lys og fin måde. Hvor smager den også godt ... smelter nærmest på tungen og omgående bemærker man den næsten perfekte doserig af alle elementerne. Smagen er fast, tæt og frugtrig, der er modne sorte blommer, solbær og tætte koncentrerede tanniner. Der er lidt toast og ristede noter, har lidt krop, frodighed og fylde ... poleret og imponerende. 96 point."

95/100 Vinous - Neal Martin
"The 2015 Giscours has a beautiful, clean, pure bouquet of generous ripe black cherry, raspberry and crushed violet aromas that could only come from Margaux. The medium-bodied palate is quite dense but wonderfully poised, offering sappy red fruit and very fine tannin and delivering impressive detail on the bay leaf and tea leaf finish. Alexandre van Beek oversaw one of the best Giscours in recent years. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting."

95/100 Decanter
"Deep, plush fruit which is hard to push through at first - it resists rather than giving way. There are layers of muscular fruit on the palate with some gorgeous touches of tobacco and charcoal. This is one to age - and to double-decant if you're thinking about opening it up in the next decade. 50% new oak."

95/100 Wine Enthusiast
"Barrel Sample. This wine is firm and rich, with ripe black-plum flavors and dense tannins. Firm and concentrated, this is an impressive wine that will age well." 

95/100 Markus Del Monego MW

93-95/100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
"With a dark, ruby color, the violet aromas really get you going, that is until you get hit with the sweet, black, juicy plums, cocoa, black cherry and thyme. Full-bodied, plush and polished with more concentration, structure and opulence than you normally find at Giscours. The finish is all about the freshness and focused vibrant, spicy, sweet, ripe, dark, red berries. This wine was produced from a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, reaching 13.7% alcohol and a 3.6 pH. The picking ranged from September 10 to October 9 and the Grand Vin represents 68% of the harvest."

94+/100 Robert Parker
"Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Giscours opens with expressive cassis, blackberry and red currants on the nose with touches of cedar chest, roses and pencil lead. Medium to full-bodied with a good core of muscular fruit and firm, grainy tannins, it finishes long."

94/100 Vinous - Antonio Galloni
"The 2015 Giscours is every bit as compelling from bottle as it was from barrel. Deep, powerful and virile in style, the 2015 has a lot to say. There is a purity to the aromas and flavors in the 2015 that I don't recall seeing in the past. Ripe and ample, with terrific freshness and nuance, the 2015 is compelling in every way. In 2015, the blend is 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, with no Cabernet Franc."

94/100 Vert de Vin Magazine
"The nose is fine, racy, mineral, silky, gourmand and offers a nice grain, a beautiful elegance as well as depthness. It reveals fine notes of blackberry, cassis, wild strawberry and wild / fresh raspberry combined with hints of graphite, chocolate, slight hints of liquorice as well as very discreet hints of Cuben pepper (background). The palate is fruity, well-balanced, juicy, silky, aerial, slightly powerful and offers a nice definition, a nice grain, suavity, a nice acid frame as well as finesse. On the palate this wine expresses notes of black cherry and blackberry associated with slight notes of raspberry, redcurrant, touches of colas, liquorice stick as well as subtle touches of caramelized oak, chocolate / tonka bean and subtle touches of tea / vanilla. Good length."

94/100 Falstaff

94/100 Jeannie Cho Lee MW

Om Château Giscours

Grand Vin: Château Giscours, Margaux 3. Cru Classé (1855 Médoc & Graves) 
2. Vin: Sirene de Giscours, Margaux
Beliggenhed: Labarde, AOP Margaux
Beplantet areal: 94 ha
Plantede druesorter: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot
Fadmodning: 15-18 mdr. 50% ny barrique