Giscours

Specification

Producer

Giscours

Region

Bordeaux

Where

Labarde, Margaux, Bordeaux

Classification

Third Growth (1855)

Grapes

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot

Vintage

1988

Case

12 x 75cl OWC

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

GISCOU8812X75

About this wine

The grand vin of Château Giscours is a Margaux based on Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with a little Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. It is fuller and more generous than many Margaux, with dark fruit, floral perfume and ripe tannin. It drinks well from around eight to ten years and good vintages keep for twenty or more.

About Giscours

Château Giscours is a Third Growth of the Margaux appellation, ranked in the 1855 Classification and located in the commune of Labarde, in the south of the appellation. It is one of the largest estates in the Médoc, with vineyards on gravel ridges surrounded by woods and parkland.

The estate was bought in 1995 by a group led by the Dutch businessman Eric Albada Jelgersma, whose family continues to own it. Major investment in the vineyard and cellar since then has restored its quality, and Giscours is now valued for a generous and fragrant style of Margaux.