Chateau Giscours Margaux 3. Cru Classé 2015 i trækasse

"96 points.  A standout wine." - James Suckling
"96 points.  Splendid." - Vinum
"94-96 points. Firm and concentrated, this is an impressive wine that will age well." - Wine Enthusiast
"94-96 points. I wager that the 2015 will be the best since the 1961. Time to fall back in love with this great Margaux property." - Neal Martin

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 2016 

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 Vinum
Has even gained in density and class without jeopardizing its unique balance and its aromatic class and tension, immensely seductive finale of red berries. Splendid.

94-96/100 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 points

94-96/100 Neal Martin
The 2015 Giscours is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. That is in stark comparison to older vintages, for example the 2000 Giscours that was 50/50 Cabernet and Merlot. This vintage is matured in 50% new oak. Winemaker Alexandre Van Beek told me that the 2015 "...reflects the true terroir at Giscours that created the great wines of the 1960s and 1970s." That is something to live up to with fresh memories of the 1961 in my brain. The bouquet is very intense and almost "untamed" at first, but it calms down in the glass, revealing attractive scents of blackberry, raspberry, cedar and graphite. This is a Giscours determined to make a good impression...and it does. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, very pure, a little spicier than recent vintages, adorned with a gentle crescendo in the mouth towards a really quite fantastic, tensile, complex and compelling finish. Having tasted the 1961 and 1970 Giscours just a few months ago, I wager that the 2015 will be the best since the 1961. Time to fall back in love with this great Margaux property.

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 Robert Parker
The 2015 Giscours showed magnificently when I tasted it from barrel and I made allusions to the legendary 1961, which I have been fortunate to taste two or three times. I have no reason to change this view. It has a very refined bouquet that is almost understated at first, but then blossoms in the glass with copious blackberry, raspberry, flint and graphite aromas. The palate is very well balanced with great depth and real vibrancy. There is a slight chalkiness to the texture, extraordinarily fresh with superb mineral tension on the long finish. This is a great Giscours that will age beautifully over many years. Anticipated maturity: 2022 - 2060. 

93-95/100 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 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 VertdeVin
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.

93/100 Wine Spectator
Polished and rounded in feel, with a solid core of plum and blackberry compote flavors, lined with light hints of charcoal, tobacco and violet. Nice perfumy tobacco and warm tar notes show on the finish. Very well-integrated, making this approachable now, but there's no rush. Best from 2020 through 2035. 23,333 cases made.

17,5/20 Bettane & Desseauve

18/20 Rene Gabriel