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Colour
Red
Vintage
2010
Producer
Chateau Giscours
Country
France
Region
Bordeaux
Sub Region
Margaux
Product code
23GIS1B2010
Grape Variety
Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot
Tasting Notes
Robert Parker
Score: 92-95 / 100 Robert Parker2010: It is a little unsettling to realize that 2009 and 2010 may be the greatest back to back Bordeaux vintages produced in the history of the region. The over-achieving Giscours has turned in a great performance in 2010, which possesses an opaque purple color as well as notes of licorice, black truffles, sweet blackberry and cassis fruit, flowers and soil undertones. It is very full-bodied and exceptionally opulent, fat and round, but the vintage's acids, precision, high glycerin, alcohol and extract are all present. Give it 2-3 years of cellaring and drink it over the following 25-30 years.
Jancis Robinson
Score: 17.5 / 20Blackish crimson. Quite complex and complete. Just beautifully balanced. This is ripe claret. The sort that Edmund Penning-Rowsell never encountered. Nothing forced nor self conscious. Just great balance and confidence. Fresh finish. Real Margaux. Appetising and subtle. But no blockbuster. Even a little sinewy on the finish.
Wine Spectator
Score: 91-94 / 100Polished, with lots of alluring mocha and licorice notes leading the way, followed by creamy blueberry, blackberry and black cherry fruit. The finish is long and creamy.
Bibendum
Score: 17 / 20One of the stars of the Margaux UGC - floral, open and very attractive on the nose. The palate is layered and complex with juicy bramble fruit, ultra-fine tannins and a very long finish. Top kit.
James Suckling
Score: 94-95 / 100This 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.
