Voorlopig nog discreet in de neus, maar je voelt als het ware de intensiteit met de top van je neus. Initieel herinnert de zachte mond aan kleine broer du Tertre, maar dan met méér intensiteit. De matière en milieu de bouche is fenomenaal en verblozend. De aroma’s zijn in essentie floraal en heerlijk; ze combineren moeiteloos met het onderliggende fruit. Giscours kan moeilijk beter zijn. De massa’s tannine geven het geheel een majestueuze presence tot in de lange, bestendige finale met zwarte kersen.
Giscours 2015 is ware luxe. De kwaliteit is overduidelijk voor iedereen die hem proeven mag. Er is geen twijfel: ook de pers beschrijft uitvoerig het parallelisme met de grote Giscours van 1975, 1970 en zelfs 1961! Dit is een top-Margaux in een top-Margauxjaar. “2015, le millésime margalais!” Zoek niet verder…
70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot en 5% Petit Verdot. Geplukt tussen 15 september en 2 oktober 2015.
IN DE PERS
95 Neal Martin - vinous.com (Juli 2019)
The 2015 Giscours has a beautiful, clean, pure bouquet of generous ripe black cherry, raspberry and crushed violet aromas that could only come from Margaux. The medium-bodied palate is quite dense but wonderfully poised, offering sappy red fruit and very fine tannin and delivering impressive detail on the bay leaf and tea leaf finish. Alexandre van Beek oversaw one of the best Giscours in recent years. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting.
95 Neal Martin - The Wine Advocate - robertparker.com (Maart 2018)
The 2015 Giscours showed magnificently when I tasted it from barrel and I made allusions to the legendary 1961, which I have been fortunate to taste two or three times. I have no reason to change this view. It has a very refined bouquet that is almost understated at first, but then blossoms in the glass with copious blackberry, raspberry, flint and graphite aromas. The palate is very well balanced with great depth and real vibrancy. There is a slight chalkiness to the texture, extraordinarily fresh with superb mineral tension on the long finish. This is a great Giscours that will age beautifully over many years. Anticipated maturity: 2022 - 2060.
94-96 Neal Martin – The Wine Advocate Issue #224 – erobertparker.com (April 2016)
The 2015 Giscours is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. That is in stark comparison to older vintages, for example the 2000 Giscours that was 50/50 Cabernet and Merlot. This vintage is matured in 50% new oak. Winemaker Alexandre Van Beek told me that the 2015 "...reflects the true terroir at Giscours that created the great wines of the 1960s and 1970s." That is something to live up to with fresh memories of the 1961 in my brain. The bouquet is very intense and almost "untamed" at first, but it calms down in the glass, revealing attractive scents of blackberry, raspberry, cedar and graphite. This is a Giscours determined to make a good impression...and it does. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, very pure, a little spicier than recent vintages, adorned with a gentle crescendo in the mouth towards a really quite fantastic, tensile, complex and compelling finish. Having tasted the 1961 and 1970 Giscours just a few months ago, I wager that the 2015 will be the best since the 1961. Time to fall back in love with this great Margaux property. Drink: 2025-2060.
96-97 James Suckling – jamessuckling.com (Maart 2016)
This sets a new level for Giscours with blackberry, black truffle and blackberry. So much walnut and cedar. Full body, dense and incredibly long and powerful. Clearly the best Giscour since 1970 and 1975.
94+ Antonio Galloni - vinous.com (Februari 2018)
The 2015 Giscours is every bit as compelling from bottle as it was from barrel. Deep, powerful and virile in style, the 2015 has a lot to say. There is a purity to the aromas and flavors in the 2015 that I don't recall seeing in the past. Ripe and ample, with terrific freshness and nuance, the 2015 is compelling in every way. In 2015, the blend is 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, with no Cabernet Franc. Drink 2022-2040.
91-94 Antonio Galloni – Vinous - vinous.com (April 2016)
The 2015 Giscours is terrific. In fact, this may be one of the very best recent vintages I have tasted here. Ample and quite broad in its first impression, the 2015 possesses magnificent depth from start to finish. Even with all of its intensity, the 2015 retains striking freshness and delineation. Succulent dark cherry, plum, blood orange and sweet spice notes all flesh out in the glass. Creamy, silky tannins add to the wine's considerable appeal. The purity of the fruit here is striking. The blend is 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, with no Cabernet Franc this year. The 2015 is a terrific Giscours.
94+ Lisa Perrotti-Brown - The Wine Advocate - robertparker.com (Februari 2018)
Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Giscours opens with expressive cassis, blackberry and red currants on the nose with touches of cedar chest, roses and pencil lead. Medium to full-bodied with a good core of muscular fruit and firm, grainy tannins, it finishes long. Drink 2019-2039.
17/20 Jancis Robinson – jancisrobinson.com (April 2016)
Dark crimson. Relatively light nose. Very luscious sweet fruit on the palate - a very winning wine with a medium charge of tannin. Just a little inky on the finish. But good and appetising. Drink: 2023-2035.
92-95 James Molesworth - Wine Spectator – winespectator.com (Maart 2016)
Solid, with warm plum, fig and blackberry reduction notes, inlaid with a lovely alder accent. Flows beautifully through the long, velvety finish.
95 Markus del Monego - tastingbook (April 2016)
92 Steven Spurrier - Decanter Magazine – decanter.com (April 2016)
Slightly smoky cassis nose then good florality and fine depth of Cabernet fruit and fine tannins. Has the classic Giscours charm with more weight than usual; will show very well. Drink: 2021-2035.
18/20 René Gabriel – Wein Wisser (April 2016)
94-96 Wine Enthusiast (April 2016)
17,5/20 Bettane & Desseauve (April 2016)
16,5-17/20 Revue des Vins de France (April 2016)
16,5/20 Jacques Dupont - Le Point (April 2016)
16,75/20 Jean-Marc Quarin – quarin.com (April 2016)
93-95 Jeff Leve – The Wine Cellar Insider – thewinecellarinsider.com (April 2016)
89 Tim Atkin – timatkin.com (April 2016)
GiscoursGiscours is een domein van 300 hectare in de appellatie Margaux, waarvan er 83 beplant zijn met wijngaarden. In 1855 werd Giscours geklasseerd als Troisième Grand Cru Classé, acht jaar nadat het Château werd gebouwd door le Comte de Pescatore. In het park van Château Giscours zien we een "oversized" bril, nabij de vijver en gericht op het Château. Het is een knipoog naar de Nederlander Eric Albada Jergersma die in 1995 de exploitatie overnam. Dennis, Derek en Valérie volgen hun overleden vader op. Ze verkochten het Château du Tertre die hun vader gekocht had in 1997. De plannen voor Giscours omvatten binnenkort verbouwingswerken en de opening van een "locavore" restaurant, gericht op locale producten. Alexander van Beek is de manager. Giscours biedt klassevolle en intense wijnen met bewaarpotentieel.
Van BeekAlexander van Beek is verantwoordelijk voor Giscours in Margaux in naam van een Nederlandse familie. Hij is tevens de echtgenoot van Véronique Sanders die de dagelijkse leiding heeft over Haut Bailly.
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