Descrição

Este vinho é um valor seguro da vindima de 2019 em Margaux (Médoc), uma das mais importantes denominações bordalesas. A vinha de onde provêm as uvas está classificada como troixième cru desde 1855. O crítico James Suckling comparou esta colheita com a excelente de 1975. Em suma, um grande tinto, que mantém o estilo da casa baseado numa ampla gama aromática e em taninos finos.

Informações de produto

A adega
Château Giscours
Tipo
Tinto
Colheita
2019
Álcool
13.0% vol.
Variedade
65% Cabernet sauvignon, 35% Merlot
Origem
Margaux

Prova

Temperatura de servir
É recomendado servi-lo a 16 ºC.

Vinha e preparação

Solo
Cascalho garonês e areias de cascalho.
Rendimento
44 hectolitros por hectare.
Colheita
Vindima manual de 11 de Setembro a 12 de Outubro.
Vinificação
Classificação manual e visual. Fermentação em cubas de betão e aço inoxidável. 35 dias de maceração a 28 °C.
Envelhecimento
17 meses de estágio em barricas de carvalho francês, 50% novas.

Avaliação dos peritos

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.