Château Giscours 2022

97-98/100

This is a big move forward for Giscours. Full-bodied yet agile and fresh with tannins that are precise and integrated, with great beauty and length. Well-structured and vivid. Extremely fine yet defined tannins, and then it opens like a butterfly.

95-96/100

2022 restera ici comme le millésime des records, à commencer par celui du plus faible rendement. Le vin est d’une concentration inédite aussi, mais avec un côté très vibrant et lumineux dans le fruit. Sans apport de soufre durant la vinification, il est très pur et expressif. Le cru a élaboré 100 % de grand vin.

94-96/100

With the 2022 Giscours, this estate takes another step up, delivering a deep and characterful wine redolent of cherries, dark berries, violets, peony and forest floor. Medium to full-bodied, broad shouldered and layered, it's deep and elegantly muscular, with impressive concentration, abundant but refined tannins and a structural authority reminiscent of the great Giscours vintages of the 1970s. Why is it so good? There are many reasons, but one is the high proportion of old vines—almost 60% of the blend deriving from vines that are over 50 years old—in a vintage that favored vines with deep, well-established root systems. Another is the increasing precision of harvesting at this address: Giscours's old vines are frequently co-planted with younger replacements that have filled any gaps in the ranks over the years; so, blocks are now picked in two or three passages instead of all at once, with the younger vines picked first.

96/100

A seriously impressive and beguiling Giscours in 2022 and one of the most elegant.

95-97/100

Certainly, this represents one of the best wines from this Margaux estate in recent years

95-97/100

Over the last few years Giscours has been one of the most improved properties in the Médoc. The 2022 is another step in that direction. Sublime.

96-98/100

Un Giscours de caractère qui se positionne avec sérénité et détermination.