Château GISCOURS 2019 magnum 150 cl

Description

Jean-Marc Quarin 94 points www.quarin.com
Ma meilleure note donnée à ce cru en Primeur. Couleur sombre, intense, belle, aux reflets sombres. Nez intense, fin, au fruité pur, mûr et subtil. Caressant à l’attaque, très, très fruité en milieu de bouche, doté d’un beau toucher et d’un corps à la fois velouté et tendu, le vin évolue complexe dans ses saveurs, long, sur des tannins fins. Voici la plus belle stimulation ressentie en primeur dans ce cru qui a entrepris de faire bouger les lignes. Assemblage : 65 % cabernet sauvignon, 35 % merlot. Degré d’alcool : 13°9 – pH : 3,75. Rendement : 45 hl/ha.

Yves Beck 94-95 points www.yvesbeck.wine
Pourpre aux reflets violets. Quel superbe nez, qui affiche d’entrée beaucoup de précision, de définition et une motivation manifeste de créer la symbiose entre fraîcheur, maturité, intensité fruitée et élevage. Invitante nuances de baies rouges, d’épices et de fèves de cacao. En bouche le vin reste dans cette logique d’association étroite entre tous les éléments. Aucun d’entre eux ne cherche à prendre le dessus, la priorité est clairement l’harmonie, avant la puissance. Cette dernière est évidemment présente, au travers des tannins, mais elle est de pair avec la race de la structure. Ce Giscours a beaucoup de temps devant lui et ce qu’il affiche aujourd’hui est brillant ; il a des perspectives de garde prometteuses, mais communique déjà sur son aptitude à être savouré dans sa jeunesse. Un Giscours qui revient aux sources et qui revendique de la fraîcheur, du fruit, de l’équilibre et de la persistance, avec du muscle et de la délicatesse.  2025-2049

Lisa Perrotti-Brown 93-95+ points www.robertparker.com
garnet-purple in color, the 2019 Giscours opens with notes of baked blackcurrants, plum preserves, tar and bouquet garni plus suggestions of moss-covered tree bark and chargrill. Medium to full-bodied, the palate delivers tons of black fruit preserves flavors, supported with a slightly chewy texture and just enough freshness, finishing long and savory. This is an impressive Giscours that seems to be holding its cards close to its chest right now—let’s just see if it comes up trumps at bottling.

Antonio Galloni 94-96 points www.vinous.com
Quite simply, Giscours is magnificent in 2019, and also one of the rising stars of Margaux today. Pliant, supple and creamy, the 2019 races out of the glass with striking dimension. Ripe red cherry, red plum, blood orange, spice and new leather all flesh out in a radiant, finessed Giscours that hits all the right notes. The 2019 is fabulous – that’s all there is to it. Tasted two times.

My tasting with General Manager Alexander Van Beek and Estate Manager Lorenzo Pasquini was one of the highlights of several weeks of the Zoom calls all of us will remember from this very particular campaign. According to Van Beek and Pasquini, 2019 was one of the longest harvests on record. The Merlot was picked early, to preserve freshness, while the Cabernet needed several additional weeks to achieve full physiological ripeness. Cuvaisons were long, 35 days on average, but pumpovers were stopped earlier in order to avoid overextraction. This new approach, along with the input of super-talented consulting oenologist Thomas Duclos, yielded two superb 2019s that continue Giscours’ ascendency in Margaux and Bordeaux.

Neal Martin 94-96 points www.vinous.com
The 2019 Giscours is ripe and extrovert on the nose with exuberant black cherries, blueberry and crushed violets bursting from the glass. This is very seductive. The palate is medium-bodied with a tang of seaweed infusing the black fruit on the entry, segueing into more tarry notes toward the well structured finish. This articulates a sense of completeness that I appreciate. The persistency is impressive. This is a superb, potentially long-term Giscours that may well end up at the top of my banded score.

Jane Anson 94 points  www.decanter.com (at Bordeaux, 20 May 2020)
This is a serious Giscours, with medium intensity violet-edged ruby colour. High aromatics on the nose with cumin and cloves, followed by black cherry and cassis fruits that do a good job of filling the palate, and a cooling menthol finish as the tannins close in. Enjoyable overall, succulent yet with precision. Harvest lasted for an entire month, from September 11 to October 12, the longest ever at the estate and a reflection of more precise plot-by-plot work, with vines separated according to age and terroir. Thomas Duclos is consultant here as of the 2019 vintage. A yield of 44hl/ha. Drinking Window 2028 – 2044