2022 Chateau Giscours

98 POINTS

James Suckling

Stunning aromas of blackcurrants, dark mushrooms and black cherries with forest-floor notes. Full body that fills your mouth with fine, caressing tannins and dark, flavorful fruit. The tannins are very intense and structural, spreading across the palate in layers and giving intensity and energy. Plenty of energy and verve here. This has gravity, too. 64% cabernet sauvignon, 30% merlot, 3% petit verdot and 3% cabernet franc. Best after 2029.

97 POINTS

James Suckling

This is a big move forward for Giscours. Full-bodied yet agile and fresh with tannins that are precise and integrated, with great beauty and length. Well-structured and vivid. Extremely fine yet defined tannins, and then it opens like a butterfly. Points: 97-98

96 POINTS

Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast

This great estate, with its mix of park, woods and vines, is reliably producing a very fine wine. Ripe, succulent, with powerful tannins cushioned by solid fruit, the wine's toast and spice aroma and firm structure are impressive. Drink from 2029.

96 POINTS

Peter Moser - Falstaff

Deep dark ruby in colour with an opaque core, purple reflections, and subtle brightening on the rim. On the nose, delicate tobacco aromas combine with fine herbal spices, hints of cassis and cherry, mineral notes, and a touch of crystallised violets in the background. The full-bodied palate is elegant with integrated, sleek tannins, fresh and persistent with notes of black cherry, blackberry and a delicate sweetness on the finish. The wine shows the full potential of the Giscours terroir.

96 POINTS

Peter Moser - Falstaff

Deep dark ruby in colour with an opaque core, purple reflections, and subtle brightening on the rim. On the nose, delicate tobacco aromas combine with fine herbal spices, hints of cassis and cherry, mineral notes, and a touch of crystallised violets in the background. The full-bodied palate is elegant with integrated, sleek tannins, fresh and persistent with notes of black cherry, blackberry and a delicate sweetness on the finish. The wine shows the full potential of the Giscours terroir.

96 POINTS

Georgina Hindle - Decanter

A seriously impressive and beguiling Giscous in 2022 and one of the most elegant. A remarkable wine with gorgeous clarity and purity and just the most gentle seduction, even more so because it really doesn't feel as if it's trying too hard yet still delivering depth and complexity. Fresh and lifted, fragrant and so juicy but with textured tannins that give both the weight, structure and density to the quite bright, tangy, vibrant fruit. Nicely composed, feels quite powerful yet restrained and finessed offering lots of immediate drinking appeal but with a serious backbone that suggests long ageing too. Elegant, fineseed, subtle confidence with such cool minerality that gives freshness all the way through. It's not the most dense, or fleshy, but so refined. A compelling wine. Possible upscore in bottle. 3% Cabernet Franc completes the blend. 3.70pH. A yield of 27hl/ha, the lowest ever. No Sirene de Giscours this year. 100% grand vin. Ageing 17 months, 50% new oak. 10-15% press wine. Tasted twice.