Château Giscours 2025
Margaux 3ème Grand Cru Classé
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£252.00
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Arriving: Mid 2028
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 13.2% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2034 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2055 |
| Grapes: 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc | |
Critic scores
94-96 RP, 94-96 NM, 95-97+ AG, 97-98 JS, 94-97 JD, 94-96 LPB, 96 JA, 96 DC, 96-98 JL, 95-97 DB, 94 GM
Critic reviews
"The 2025 Giscours is another brilliant wine from this resurgent property, unwinding in the glass with aromas of wild berries, violets, rose petals and pencil shavings. Medium- to full-bodied, deep and perfumed, it's suave and seamless, with ultra-refined tannins, vibrant acids and a long, perfumed finish. This classy and precise blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc was produced in Giscour's functional temporary winery, which makes temperature control easier than in the estate's old facilities."
William Kelley, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2025 Giscours was picked at around 31 hl/ha, just above the average for the Margaux appellation, and matured in around 50% new oak for a planned 16 or 17 months from nine cooperages. This has a quintessential Margaux nose, floral in style, violets and iris flower that infuse the quite lush but well defined mixture of black and blueberry fruit. The oak is very well integrated here. The palate is medium-bodied with velvety tannins on the entry matched by a keen thread of acidity. There is a touch of graphite on the back palate, a pleasing crescendo that leads to quite a structured and saline finish. This is one of the finest Giscours in recent years but it will deserve five or six years in bottle to show its mettle and it may well settle at the top of my banded score. 13.3% alcohol."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Giscours is another magnificent wine for a château that has made giant steps in the last handful of years. Plush and succulent in the glass, with silky, exceptionally polished tannins and stunning mid-palate richness, the Giscours is pure and total sensuality. Dark red-toned fruit, pomegranate, spice, new leather, incense and dried flowers all race across the palate. The purity of the flavors is just remarkable. Tasted two times."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"Excellent depth on the aromatics here, plenty of energy, plum and cassis bud, savoury with edge, great depths to the fruit, cocoa bean and incense adds a gourmet smile and a slow build, with oak adding structure and weight. Such good work being done at Giscours over the last few years, with director Alexander van Beek on a roll. Not easy when you've been heading up an estate for so long to make such a transformation but there is undoubtedly a sense of renewal at this estate right now, and this is one to watch. Tasted twice."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"A fabulous Giscours this year really showcasing the effort and work that's been going on at this estate. Deep and dark nose with blackcurrant leaf, dark chocolate, violets, purple flowers, a medicinal herbal element, mint and cinnamon - but so delicate and precise. Really refined aromatics. So sleek and silky with perfectly balanced tannins that give support but don't overwhelm. Amazing depth and layering here, so well balanced and executed with plenty of concentration but dark and brooding, not heavy or sunny – cool and calm but focused and determined too. Extremely Margaux without any extremes. This really represents the personality of the vintage with Bordeaux energy, tension, focus, juiciness, freshness, ripe and structured ripeness carried by acidity. 3.68pH. A yield of 30hl/ha."
Georgina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Margaux; 60% Cabernet Sauvignon; 38% Merlot; 1% Cabernet Franc; 1% Petit Verdot; 13% alcohol; aging in French oak barrels, around 50% of them new; Thomas Duclos is the consultant here; tasted at Giscours with Jerome Poisson after also tasting at the UGCB press tasting at the Cité du Vin). Delicate, poised, a little introvert and, like some of its neighbours, subtle yet authentic in its florality - iris, peony and some rose petals. This opens beautifully. Soft and intensely layered, ample and generous, with gracious cashmere tannins, this is a very strong showing from Giscours. The fruit is pixilated in its detail and covers a broad spectral range, from bright, crisp redcurrant all the way to mulberry and black cherry. Exciting in its energy and dynamism over the palate and very long on the finish. There's a delightful cool mirrorpool feel to this that I really love. Succulent more than opulent, gentle yet authoritative."
Colin Hay, April 2026, DrinksBusiness.com
William Kelley, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2025 Giscours was picked at around 31 hl/ha, just above the average for the Margaux appellation, and matured in around 50% new oak for a planned 16 or 17 months from nine cooperages. This has a quintessential Margaux nose, floral in style, violets and iris flower that infuse the quite lush but well defined mixture of black and blueberry fruit. The oak is very well integrated here. The palate is medium-bodied with velvety tannins on the entry matched by a keen thread of acidity. There is a touch of graphite on the back palate, a pleasing crescendo that leads to quite a structured and saline finish. This is one of the finest Giscours in recent years but it will deserve five or six years in bottle to show its mettle and it may well settle at the top of my banded score. 13.3% alcohol."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Giscours is another magnificent wine for a château that has made giant steps in the last handful of years. Plush and succulent in the glass, with silky, exceptionally polished tannins and stunning mid-palate richness, the Giscours is pure and total sensuality. Dark red-toned fruit, pomegranate, spice, new leather, incense and dried flowers all race across the palate. The purity of the flavors is just remarkable. Tasted two times."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"Excellent depth on the aromatics here, plenty of energy, plum and cassis bud, savoury with edge, great depths to the fruit, cocoa bean and incense adds a gourmet smile and a slow build, with oak adding structure and weight. Such good work being done at Giscours over the last few years, with director Alexander van Beek on a roll. Not easy when you've been heading up an estate for so long to make such a transformation but there is undoubtedly a sense of renewal at this estate right now, and this is one to watch. Tasted twice."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"A fabulous Giscours this year really showcasing the effort and work that's been going on at this estate. Deep and dark nose with blackcurrant leaf, dark chocolate, violets, purple flowers, a medicinal herbal element, mint and cinnamon - but so delicate and precise. Really refined aromatics. So sleek and silky with perfectly balanced tannins that give support but don't overwhelm. Amazing depth and layering here, so well balanced and executed with plenty of concentration but dark and brooding, not heavy or sunny – cool and calm but focused and determined too. Extremely Margaux without any extremes. This really represents the personality of the vintage with Bordeaux energy, tension, focus, juiciness, freshness, ripe and structured ripeness carried by acidity. 3.68pH. A yield of 30hl/ha."
Georgina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Margaux; 60% Cabernet Sauvignon; 38% Merlot; 1% Cabernet Franc; 1% Petit Verdot; 13% alcohol; aging in French oak barrels, around 50% of them new; Thomas Duclos is the consultant here; tasted at Giscours with Jerome Poisson after also tasting at the UGCB press tasting at the Cité du Vin). Delicate, poised, a little introvert and, like some of its neighbours, subtle yet authentic in its florality - iris, peony and some rose petals. This opens beautifully. Soft and intensely layered, ample and generous, with gracious cashmere tannins, this is a very strong showing from Giscours. The fruit is pixilated in its detail and covers a broad spectral range, from bright, crisp redcurrant all the way to mulberry and black cherry. Exciting in its energy and dynamism over the palate and very long on the finish. There's a delightful cool mirrorpool feel to this that I really love. Succulent more than opulent, gentle yet authoritative."
Colin Hay, April 2026, DrinksBusiness.com