1966 Giscours
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The 1966 Giscours is a wine I have drunk twice or three times before, though never from magnum. This was a golden age for the estate. It has a classic nose for a 1966 Left Bank: black fruit, freshly rolled tobacco, antique bureau and maybe just a hint of curry leaf. Still fresh and unashamedly conservative in style, the palate is beautifully balanced with fine weight and density. It has lost its florality, perhaps now a little more delicate than I recall, yet tremendous in terms of length with veins of blue fruit toward the finish. Utterly divine. Tasted at 67 Pall Mall for The Complete Bordeaux Vintage Guide dinner.
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Since the last time I tasted this wine in 1984 it has nearly collapsed. The dark ruby/amber at the edge has changed to medium ruby with plenty of rust. The wine's nose has begun to dry out, displaying old barrel and herbaceous, musty, fruit flavors. In the mouth, the wine is high in acidity and tannins, and has lost nearly all of its fruit. This was once a wonderfully supple, big, tasty, corpulent wine, but it has now gone into serious decline. Last tasted, 1/91.
Since the last time I tasted this wine in 1984 it has nearly collapsed. The dark ruby/amber at the edge has changed to medium ruby with plenty of rust. The wine's nose has begun to dry out, displaying old barrel and herbaceous, musty, fruit flavors. In the mouth, the wine is high in acidity and tannins, and has lost nearly all of its fruit. This was once a wonderfully supple, big, tasty, corpulent wine, but it has now gone into serious decline. Last tasted, 1/91. Jan 1998, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
Ch. Giscours is a Third Growth estate situated in the Médoc appellation of Margaux. With a long and somewhat chequered history, the estate has seen an impressive rise in quality since the early 2000s and is only getting better.