2007 Giscours
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The 2007 Giscours has a slightly herbal bouquet with cough candy infusing the red fruit, though it does not have the amplitude of the previous two vintages. The palate is medium-bodied with "chunky" tannins and firm grip, quite muscular with an austere, rather blunt finish. It's a bit of a comedown after the '06.
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Raspberry, mandarin, oyster shell, this is lovely, well worn tannins, good lift through the finish, a soft landing but totally charming. This is ready to drink, no need to wait. Harvest September 24 to October 11. 50% new oak for ageing. Didier Forêt technical director and Jacques Boissenot consultant.
Tasted at BI Wine & Spirits' 10-Years-On tasting, the 2007 Giscours has a pleasant mulberry, strawberry and orange blossom-scented bouquet, with the Merlot component quite expressive and lending a Right Bank-like veneer. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannin, plenty of truffle-infused black fruit with a vein of pencil lead on the finish. This bottle showed better than previous examples, including the one shown at the Giscours vertical in 2015, since it came across less austere. Tasted February 2017.
Bricky red. Very herbaceous and lots of undergrowth. Pretty mature and rather lean on the finish. (JH)
About the producer
Ch. Giscours is a Third Growth estate situated in the Médoc appellation of Margaux. With a long and somewhat chequered history, the estate has seen an impressive rise in quality since the early 2000s and is only getting better.