Chateau Giscours 2018 Margaux

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Chateau Giscours 2018 Margaux

James Suckling

Wine Enthusiast

Wine Spectator

Decanter Magazine

Jeb Dunnuck

97 Point Classified and Highly Allocated Margaux!

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97 Points!
Neighbor of Chateau Margaux!
3rd Growth Grand Cru Classe
'Powerful and chewy yet very polished and beautiful'
Limited and Allocated!

About Chateau Giscours 2018 Margaux

Château Giscours has constantly reinvented itself to survive the centuries. Pierre de Lhomme, Marc Promis, Jean-Pierre Pescatore, Edouard Cruse, Nicolas Tari and now the Albada Jelgersma family – all ambitious and visionary estate owners who were passionate about pulling together the estate’s land and giving this vineyard, named a Third Grand Cru Classé in 1855, a reputation for excellence.

Split into various spaces, the Giscours Winery has two vat houses devoted to winemaking – one for wines under the Margaux appellation and another for the Haut-Médoc appellation. It also plays host to wine maturation, as there are more than 1,500 barrels in the vast cellar. They work with some ten different coopers, who supply the winery with French oak barrels every year.

Winemaker Notes This Classified Growth in 1855 is the first label of Château Giscours. It is of great finesse and elegance. Delicacy and power are combined in this flask to bring you the elegance expected of a great Margaux wine. The aging potential of this great wine is between 8 and 20 years or even more for the most exceptional vintages.

97 Points James Suckling

Black currant, dried-blueberry, oyster-shell, black-olive, black truffle, and bitter-chocolate aromas. It’s full-bodied with firm, fine-grained tannins and fresh acidity. Savory and mineral layers interplay with the black fruit. Powerful and chewy yet very polished and beautiful.. Try from 2024.

96 Points Wine Enthusiast

Always a significant wine, this latest release with powerful while also stylish black fruits fits into a well-regarded tradition. The density and broad fruitiness of the wine make fine foils for each other. It is firmly structured and set for aging. Drink this wine from 2027. Cellar Selection

95 Points Wine Spectator

Very expressive, with violet and lilac notes followed by creamed plum and mulled blackberry and black currant fruit flavors. Subtle anise, juniper and sanguine notes thread the very long finish. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Best from 2024 through 2036.

93 Points Decanter

Brushed damson, fine but firm tannins, lots of dark deep fruits and powerful oak that slightly detracts from appellation typicity. This is confident and good-quality but needs a lot of time in bottle. Drinking Window 2026 - 2042

93 Points Jeb Dunnuck

Lots of ripe black cherry and cassis fruits as well as graphite, lead pencil, and scorched earth notes emerge from the 2018 Château Giscours, a medium-bodied Margaux that has a fresh, focused texture, plenty of underlying structure, and the purity of fruit that's the hallmark of the vintage. This beautiful Margaux builds nicely with time in the glass, and while it plays in the more elegant side of the spectrum, it has terrific mid-palate depth, stunning balance, and outstanding length. I think the 2019 might ultimately surpass it, but it's certainly in the same ballpark as the 2016. Give bottles 3-5 years and enjoy over the following 20 years or more.

Wine Details

Alcohol % 14.0%
Bottle Size 750 ml
Wine Type Red
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Margaux

Chateau Giscours 2018 Margaux

Chateau Giscours 2018 Margaux

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