2010 Giscours
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Tasting Notes
71CS 29M Weedy blackcurrant. Pure, rich, concentrated and firmly tannic. Round and creamy with a note of smoky oak and a big hit of mineral. Fruity and upfront. Certainly not in the subtle style of Ch. Margaux but hugely likable.
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Jeannie Cho Lee MW
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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The deep ruby 2010 Giscours offers notes of ripe blackberries, plums, blackberries, cedar and violets, with delicate flavours and good depth of fruit in the mid palate. This is a fairly light, restrained expression of the Margaux appellation for 2010.asianpalate.com
Giscours Produced from a blend of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon and 29% Merlot, this is the highest concentration of Cabernet Sauvignon in the history of the chateau! The harvest produced yields that were slightly lower than they produced in 2009. That combination created a deep ruby colored wine offering floral, cassis, boysenberry and smoky aromas. Round tannins, supple textures and more muscle than usual led the way for a long, fresh, pure, ripe, cassis. According to Alexandre Van Beek, he's happy with the masculine edge to the wines style in this vintage. He graciously stated, credit goes to their consultant Denis Dubordieu, who began working with Giscours and du Tertre starting with the vintage. winecellarinsider.com
This is very structured and muscular with a lots of toasty new wood showing now but if you dig deep you see a rich and beautiful fruit and velvety tannin structure. Is this the new 1970? Very sexy. jamessuckling.com
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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.