2021 Chateau Giscours - 3eme Cru Margaux

Decanter.com – 93 pts – GH: *Rich but so delicate, generous but refined, this has a lovely grip of fruit in the mouth - cooling blueberries and black cherries and plums with a soft mouth-watering effect. The tannins are textured and fill the mouth with a minerality and salinity - slate, liquorice, ash, tobacco and cinnamon. The overall motion is excellent and I love the acidity and the bite of the flavours. A very dynamic wine and one that will give a lot of enjoyment.* - 04/2022

Falstaff Magazin – 92 pts – PM: *Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Reife Pflaumenfrucht, schwarze Kirschen, ein Hauch von Feigen und Edelholz. Saftig, süße Beerenfrucht, gut integrierte Tannine, mineralisch, ein Hauch von Nougat im Abgang, hat Potenzial.* - 05/2022

Vinum Magazin – 18/20 pts: *Besitzt einmal mehr besondere Klasse, Schmiss und Rasse und ausgesprochene Länge; kein Techno-Wein, sondern das getreue Abbild eines besonderen Terroirs.*

WeinWisser – 18/20pts – GL, TW: *65 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 32 % Merlot, 3 % Petit Verdot. Bezauberndes Bouquet, reife Alpenheidelbeere, verführerische Veilchen, Lakritze und erkalteter Earl-Grey Tee. Am energiegeladenen Gaumen seidige Textur, reife Extraktfülle, tiefgründig, engmaschiges Tanningerüst und durchtrainierter Körper. Im geradlinigen Finale schwarzbeerige Konturen, dunkles Graphit und fein körnige Adstringenz.* – 04/2022

JancisRobinson.com – 16,5/20pts – JR: *65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot. Cask sample. Very dark purplish crimson. One of the first 2021s I have encountered that could be described as heady. Then has masses of both fruit and freshness on the palate with no excesses even if clear delineation. Very clean and brisk without being austere. Quite a success! This wine seems to have made a virtue out of the freshness of 2021.* - 04/2022

Vinous.com – (94-96) pts – AG: *The 2021 Giscours is fabulous. In fact, the 2021 is one of the best Giscours in recent memory. Silky and impeccable in its balance, the 2012 possesses magnificent elegance that brings out its pedigreed personality. Rose petal, lavender, spice, gravel and black cherry all come together, framed by silky tannins that wrap it all up. The 2021 is less aromatic than most recent vintages, but the depth here is considerable, as is the potential. Taste two times.* - 04/2022

Vinous.com – (91-93) pts – NM: *The 2021 Giscours is matured in 50% new oak from nine cooperages. It has a very well-defined bouquet of blackberry, briar, graphite and light tobacco aromas, plus a touch of lavender in the background. Very pretty. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins. Not a deep or powerful Giscours, but elegant and poised with a long tail on the finish. It doesn't try too hard and the result is a delicious, refined Margaux wine. A great success in a tricky year.* - 04/2022

Thewinecellarinsider.com – (92-94) pts – JL: *Violets, spice-tinged cherries and currants create the nose. On the palate, the wine exudes a sweetness to its core of red berries, along with elegance and refinement. Balance and freshness are the hallmarks of this wine, which finishes with layers of sweet, finesse styled red fruits and tannins. The wine is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot, 13.5% ABV, pH 3.8, the harvest took place September 27 - October 13. Yields were 38 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2026-204.* - 05/2022