Chateau Giscours 2025

James Suckling: Such a balanced and harmonious red with control, texture and length. It has aromas of red berries, cedar, pebbles and baking spices. Medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins. Velvety and attractive, with a long, flavorful, precise finish. A blend of 64% cabernet sauvignon, 31% merlot and 5% cabernet franc."

The Wine Cellar Insider: Vibrant, and silky in the mouth, the wine delivers its multiple layers of sweet, lifted, black cherries, dark cocoa, refreshing mint, spice, and strawberries. There is elegance, and length, with a fruit-filled, refined, energetic finish. Give it a year or two in the bottle, and the wine will be even better. The wine is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot. 13% ABV, pH 3.71. Harvesting took place September 18 - October 11. Drink from 2030-2060."

Jane Anson: 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."

Decanter: 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."

Falstaff: Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Attraktive, frische Herzkirschen, Nuancen von Cassis, feines Waldbeerkonfit, florale Nuancen, kandierte Orangenzesten unterlegt. Saftig, elegant, angenehme Fruchtsüße, frischer Säurebogen, sehr präziser Wein, tragende, seidige Tannine, Kirschen im Abgang, sehr gute Länge, sicheres Reifepotenzial."

Jeb Dunnuck: As to the Grand Vin, red, blue, and black fruits, intermixed with spring flowers, iris, graphite, and sappy tobacco, all define the 2025 Château Giscours, giving it a beautiful Cabernet-driven style. Based on 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc that's resting in 50% new oak, it's medium to full-bodied on the palate, with a focused, pure, precise mouthfeel, beautiful yet building tannins, and nicely integrated acidity. It checks in at 13.2% alcohol with a pH of 3.68."

Wine Advocate: 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."

Vinum: Dieser Wein zeigt wie oft, doch in diesem Jahr noch deutlicher seinen Duft nach Himbeeren, dahinter subtile Röstnoten, auch Veilchenblüten; im Auftakt fast harmlos, packt dann zu, der Wein zeigt Biss, eine ungemein knackige Frucht und seidenweiches, jedoch reichlich vorhandenes Tannin, umgarnt die Frucht, gradlinig, saftig, langanhaltend und von ausgezeichneter Balance im Abgang. Sehr Giscours, sehr Margaux."

Lisa Perrotti-Brown: Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2025 Giscours erupts from the glass with an intense perfume of kirsch, raspberry coulis, and fresh blueberries, followed by hints of rose bud tea, lavender, wild thyme, and graphite. The light- to medium-bodied palate is wonderfully elegant and refreshing with soft, silky tannins and a long, perfumed finish. Impressive!"