2018 Giscours
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Tasting notes
The 2018 Giscours has a very Burgundian bouquet with pure red cherries, cassis and violet scents, well defined and less ostentatious than some of its peers. The palate is quite voluminous and powerful, with thickly layered black fruit, black pepper and mint. It's missing the grace of the '16 but has impressive length. This will be fascinating to observe as it matures in bottle.
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James Suckling
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
More reviews and scores
Clear from the depth of colour and rich texture that this was a hot year, and you find a goumet expression of Giscours, with black chocolate, blueberry, damson, pomegranate, great quality, still young with muscular tannins, and needs a few more years in bottle. Loved this En Primeur and happy to check in on it now. Harvest spread over a full month, from 12 September to 12 October. Aged in 50% new oak, Valerie Lavigne and Axel Marchal consultants, Didier Foret technical director.
The 2018 Giscours was tasted alongside the 2019 for comparison. This is more extravagant on the nose, delivering slightly more red fruit, black pepper and touches of graphite. This has opened since I last tasted it. The palate is medium-bodied with bold tannins, very smooth and more sensual than the 2019, and more flamboyant, though perhaps without the same precision. Still, this is very fine.
Tasted blind. Interesting savoury nose. Layers and glossy, juicy fruit that almost distracts from the drying tannins. (JR)
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.