1963 Giscours
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Score 82/100 · Drink 2024-2028, Neal Martin, Oct 2024
The 1963 Giscours comes from a vintage that you very rarely see. It's curiously pleasurable on the nose, which I did not anticipate. Red cherries, desiccated orange peels and molasses—I wonder how much of this derives from chaptalization at the time? The palate is dry and a bit scrawny on the entry, somewhat hollow with too much bitterness for my liking. The 1963 is loaded with VA on the finish but undeniably palatable, which is more than I would have ever expected.
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82/100
Neal Martin
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Giscours
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.