Descripción

Este vino es un valor seguro de la añada 2019 en Margaux (Médoc), una de las denominaciones bordelesas más importantes. El viñedo del que proceden sus uvas está clasificado troixième cru desde 1855. El crítico James Suckling comparó esta cosecha con la excelente de 1975. En suma, un gran tinto, que mantiene el estilo de la casa basado en una amplia paleta aromática y la finura de los taninos.

 

 

 

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Château Giscours
Tipo
Tinto
Añada
2019
Grado
13.0% vol.
Variedad
65% Cabernet sauvignon, 35% Merlot
Origen
Margaux

Cata

Temperatura de servicio
Se recomienda servir a 16 °C.

Viñedo y elaboración

Superficie
95 hectares.
Suelo
Gravas garonesas y arenas de gravas.
Rendimiento
44 hectolitros por hectárea.
Cosecha
Vendimia manual efectuada del 11 de septiembre al 12 de octubre.
Vinificación
Clasificación manual y óptica. Fermentación en tanques de hormigón y acero inoxidable. 35 días de maceración a 28 °C.
Envejecimiento
17 meses de crianza en barricas de roble francés, el 50% nuevas.

Opinión de los críticos

James Suckling:

A ripe and layered red with lots of currant and chocolate character, as well as some walnut and cocoa powder. Crushed stones, too. It’s full and layered with round tannins and a juicy and plush texture. Crushed velvet that turns to silk. Very cool and long. Plenty going on here. Give it three to four years to come together. But will age beautifully for years to come. A blend of 65% cabernet sauvignon and 35% merlot. Try after 2026.

Decanter:

Gorgeous floral aromatics, so perfumed and pretty, really leaping out the glass with an amazingly vibrant pink/purple colour too. Such an excellent delivery of flavour on the palate, you have shiny, bright fruit and well-expressed terroir with smooth and supportive tannins. It shows the heat of the vintage in the density and deep core of spice-edged red and black fruit but also has a juicy, bright acidity that underpins the fruit and keeps things refreshing. Full of elegance, precision and confidence - all the elements in harmony with consistency and persistence. A wonderful wine. 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot.

The Wine Advocate:

The 2019 Giscours has turned out very well in bottle, wafting from the glass with aromas of sweet berries, cherries, burning embers, lilac and violets framed by a discreet patina of new oak. Full-bodied, layered and concentrated, it's polished and perfumed, with a velvety, seamless profile and bright animating acids, concluding with a long, resonant finish. Alexandre Van Beek and his team are taking this estate to heights it hasn't hit since the 1970s, and this is another of the great bargains of the 2019 en primeur campaign.

Jeb Dunnuck:

Checking in as a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot, the 2019 Château Giscours is one heck of an impressive Margaux. Deep purple-hued, with a great nose of both black and blue fruits as well as sappy herbs, tobacco, and flowers, it has nicely integrated oak, medium to full body, ripe yet certainly present tannins, and a great finish. It's beautifully done. Hide bottles for 4-6 years and enjoy over the following two decades or so.