Chateau Giscours 3eme Cru Classe, Margaux 2010

Name: 2010 Chateau Giscours 3eme Cru Classe, Margaux
Brand: Château Giscours
SKU: 101056920100600750-IB
Price: 750.0 USD
Availability: InStock

3eme Cru Classe

Château Giscours

96Jane Anson

95James Suckling

92-94Vinous

+5 more

$750.00

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Bonded provenance

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Drinking window

2024 · opens 2029–2036 · peak 2044

now +18 yrs

Ready - at best · best from 2029 · will keep to 2044.

Tasting notes

Jane Anson · Decanter · 96

High levels of Cabernet Sauvignon, a reflection of how well this grape did in the 2016 vintage as well as replanting in the vineyards, and you start to see the Giscours of today. Beautiful, this for me is hugely better than the 2009, with creaminess to the texture, and plenty of dark ripe fruit character, paired with grip and understated power, opening through to bitter chocolate, sage, liquorice and campfire smoke. Great quality, full of energy and saline kick. Second year with Denis Dubourdieu as consultant, 50% new oak. Simonit and Sirch began to work on the pruning in the vineyards also at this point. Harvest September 27 to October 14.

James Suckling · James Suckling · 95

Aromas of mint and currants with hints of fresh herbs. Then turns to plum jam. Full body, with well-integrated tannins and pretty fruit. Long and caressing. This is really outstanding.

Better in 2017

Vinous · Vinous · 92-94

Fully saturated ruby-purple with inky highlights. Captivating nose of cassis, violet, gunflint and aromatic herbs; this struck me as being very dominated by its cabernet component. Fresh, rich and dense, with palate-staining flavors of dark berries, coffee and cocoa complicated by ink and graphite. Very complex and long, this vintage appears to be a major achievement for Giscours and one of the best wines from this estate in years.

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW · Wine Advocate · 92+

Deep garnet in color, the 2010 Giscours slips seductively out of the glass with notions of baked black cherries, mulberries and plum preserves plus hints of cassis, pencil lead and dried Provence herbs. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is toting a fair amount of oak with a sturdy frame of chewy tannins, coming through with a long, fruity finish.

Robert Parker · Wine Advocate · 92-95

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 turned in a great performance in 2010, which possessed an opaque purple colour as well as notes of liquorice, 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.

Drink 2013 - 2043

Jeb Dunnuck · Jeb Dunnuck · 91

The blend is 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.

The 2010 Château Giscours is beautiful stuff and has classic Margaux elegance and complexity as well as notable richness and depth. Offering notes of ripe black fruits, smoked earth, freshly sharpened pencils, and tobacco leaf, it’s not massive, but it’s medium to full-bodied and has a focused, balanced mouthfeel, integrated oak, and outstanding length. It’s a quintessential Bordeaux to enjoy any time over the coming 15 years.

Drink 2024 - 2039

Stephen Tanzer · Vinous · 90+

Bright ruby-red. Cassis, blackberry and licorice pastille on the nose. Then sweet, juicy and energetic in the mouth, with complex flavors of plum, currant, cedar, tobacco and spices along with a gamey nuance. Firmly built but not hard. Finishes with serious but fine-grained tannins and a note of licorice. Still a bit strict today, this wine has the structure to repay aging.

Ian D'Agata · Vinous · 87-90

(a blend of 79% cabernet sauvignon and 21% merlot; 13.7% alcohol) Fully saturated ruby-purple. Inviting nose offers smoky black cherry and dark cocoa complicated by a floral nuance. Fairly rich, large-scaled Margaux with flavors similar to the aromas. Finishes moderately long and creamy, with substantial oak tannins and a balsamic chocolatey flavor. Perhaps a bit disorganized and chunky today, but it ought to come around in time.

Catalog details

Appellation3eme Cru Classe

RegionBordeaux

Vintage2010

ColorRed

Top Score96 · Jane Anson

Format750 ml

SourceMerchant

StorageBonded warehouse