Château Giscours 2022

Wineadvocate

With the 2022 Giscours, this estate takes another step up, delivering a deep and characterful wine redolent of cherries, dark berries, violets, peony and forest floor. Medium to full-bodied, broad shouldered and layered, it's deep and elegantly muscular, with impressive concentration, abundant but refined tannins and a structural authority reminiscent of the great Giscours vintages of the 1970s. Why is it so good? There are many reasons, but one is the high proportion of old vines—almost 60% of the blend deriving from vines that are over 50 years old—in a vintage that favored vines with deep, well-established root systems. Another is the increasing precision of harvesting at this address: Giscours's old vines are frequently co-planted with younger replacements that have filled any gaps in the ranks over the years; so, blocks are now picked in two or three passages instead of all at once, with the younger vines picked first. - WK 04/2023

Vinous

The 2022 Giscours was picked between 1 and 29 September, one of the earliest ever, with no SO2 added until blending and using bio-protection (yeasts) to protect the must. It has a delightful and sensual bouquet with lifted, violet and peony-scented blueberry and black cherry fruit. This is very well-defined and perhaps the purest I have encountered from barrel. The palate is medium-bodied with a disarming silky texture, harmonious and focused. It's mineral-driven with a poised and pixelated finish. Certainly, this represents one of the best wines from this Margaux estate in recent years, echoing their golden period of the 60s and early 70s. Tasted twice with consistent notes. - NM 04/2023

Beck

Comme à son habitude, Giscours crée un lien exceptionnel entre des notes de baies noires et la fraîcheur liée à la menthe et à l'eucalyptus. Le bouquet s'en retrouve éclatant, invitant, frais. Friand et juteux, le vin a du corps et de l'élégance. Ses tannins sont imposants, puissants. Ils se révèlent en crescendo et devront être quelque peu amadoués afin que leur côté austère puisse être emballé, mais à vrai dire ce n'est pas vraiment un souci ; au contraire, ces fins amers contribuent à étirer la finale. On retrouve les notes fruitées et la fraîcheur annoncées par le bouquet dans cette finale. Elle non seulement juteuse et saline mais également persistante. Un Giscours de caractère qui se positionne avec sérénité et détermination. - 04/2023

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. - 04/2023

Dunnuck

Clearly one of the finest vintages from this château, the 2022 Château Giscours reveals a dense purple hue to go with beautiful Cabernet-driven aromatics of smoky blue fruits, iron, lead pencil, and spring flowers, as well as an almost marine-like character developing with time in the glass. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, it has silky, perfectly integrated tannins, a great mid-palate, and outstanding length. It's a serious, age-worthy, incredibly impressive wine in the making. - 05/2023