Chateau Giscours2005
RED WINE
- Producer Chateau Giscours
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Blend
62% Cabernet Sauvignon
38% Merlot - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Margaux
- UPC 0 15643 72499 2
Reviews
Wine Spectator 93
Displays blackberry, cherry and hints of sweet tobacco. Full-bodied, with soft, velvety tannins and a long, caressing finish. Very pretty and solid. This is structured and chewy. Needs time.
by JS, Wine Spectator , 2008
James Suckling 95
This is a beautiful Giscours with tension and finesse. It's full-bodied and shows plenty of berry and spice character, not to mention a long, silky-textured finish. It seduces you with each sip. Why wait?
by JS, James Suckling , 2015
Vinous Media 93
The 2005 Giscours captures all the natural radiance of the year in its stylish, racy personality. Sweet tannins wrap around a core of sweet red berry fruit, kirsch, rose petal, mint, spice and blood orange. Soft, curvy and sensual, Giscours is a winner in 2005. It doesn't quite offer the grandeur of the very finest Left Bank 2005s, but it has plenty of that richness.
by AG, Vinous Media , 2021
Wine Enthusiast 95
This chateau gets better and better. The wine has power, but it is harnessed by the intense fruits, the blackberry flavors, the density and the wood. With the power, though, comes elegance, resulting in a wine that is ready to develop over many years.
by RV, Wine Enthusiast , 2008
Wine Advocate 92
Tasted at the Chateau Giscours vertical, the 2005 Chateau Giscours is a blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon and 38% Merlot picked between September 22 and October 6. Conspicuously deep in color, both the aromatics and palate replicate the strong performance from earlier this year. The bouquet offers very fine intensity with blackberry and cedar, here a tinge of cassis that becomes accentuated with time. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, slightly grainy tannin. It is very well balanced and almost Saint Julien in style. It is clearly very focused with a sustained, mineral-rich finish that (as I said before) contains real energy.
by NM, Wine Advocate , 2016