2008 | Château Giscours | Margaux (Magnum) Supply

2008 | Château Giscours | Margaux (Magnum)

Red Wine: 2008 | Château Giscours | Margaux (Magnum)

A solid, wood and fruit balanced wine, foursquare and chunky. It has a firm backbone of tannins, and the dark plum and fig fruits match well with final lift of acidity.

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Producer: Château Giscours

Ratings: WA | 91  WE | 94

Vintage: 2008

Size: 1.5L

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: France, Bordeaux

Detailed Description

A solid, wood and fruit balanced wine, foursquare and chunky. It has a firm backbone of tannins, and the dark plum and fig fruits match well with final lift of acidity.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Tasted at the Château Giscours vertical, the 2008 Château Giscours is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot picked between September 30 and October 1. The bouquet is very well defined with ebullient red berry fruit mixed with orange peel and cedar aromas. There is something that distantly echoes a Côte de Beaune! Perhaps the purity on offer here? The palate is very well balanced with a keen line of acidity, very fine tannins and ample freshness. I loved this Giscours from barrel and it is now living up to my expectations. The terroir shines through on this wine – true Margaux. This is an excellent wine from winemaker Alexandre Van Beek. Tasted June 2015.

• Wine Enthusiast: A solid, wood and fruit balanced wine, foursquare and chunky. It has a firm backbone of tannins, and the dark plum and fig fruits match well with final lift of acidity.

Producer Information

Château Giscours is a well-regarded wine estate in the Margaux appellation of the Haut-Médoc region just north of Bordeaux city. It was rated as a third growth in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification and, since the 1990s, it has moved from being a Merlot-dominant wine to a more long-lived blend, typically of 75 percent Cabernet Sauvignon and 25 percent Merlot. The Giscours vineyard is one of the largest on the Left Bank with 165 hectares (407 acres) in total. Of this, 102 hectares (252 acres) falls within the Margaux appellation. This vineyard is planted 60 percent to Cabernet Sauvignon with 32 percent Merlot, 5 percent Cabernet Franc and 3 percent Petit Verdot. The second wine, La Sirène de Giscours, comes from a selection of fruit from the youngest vines. Additionally, a 63-hectare (156-acre) plot, adjacent to Giscours but outside the Margaux boundary, provides the fruit for Le Haut Médoc de Giscours. Château Duthil is a made from a selection of the best Haut-Médoc plots and also vinified at Giscours. The range is completed by Le Rosé de Giscours. Total production across the range is around 350,000 bottles a year. Scandal hit the property in 1998, when a former employee accused management and the new owner, the Dutch businessman Eric Albada-Jelgersma, of blending Haut-Médoc fruit into the 1995 La Sirène to increase its volume, and adding various illegal additives including fruit acids and milk. Legal proceedings dragged on to 2008, but the result of the trial was never made public. In 2018, the estate again made headlines after it was fined for an illegal sugar addition (chaptalization) to a batch of Merlot at the winery, despite receiving (erroneous) local assurances the chaptalization was allowed. Although representatives for the estate said after the ruling they would appeal the fine, no further developments have been made public. Nonetheless, throughout the recent twenty years many improvements in techniques and facilities were made. Château Giscours dates back to 1552, when a wealthy Bordeaux draper named Pierre de Lhomme bought a house called Guyscoutz, extended the lands and planted the first vines. The current neoclassical form of the large château dates from the 19th Century. It is also the home ground of Bordeaux-Giscours Cricket Club, one of the top teams in France.