2022 Chateau Giscours Margaux
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- #1 Top 100 Wines of 2025 ~ Wine Spectator
- #8 Top 100 Wines of 2025 ~ James Suckling
- #62 Top 100 Wines of 2025 ~Antonio Galloni
- "Plenty of Energy and Verve" ~98 JS
- "A Serious, Age-Worthy Giscours". ~97+ JD
- "A New Paradigm for Bordeaux" ~ 95 Point Vintage WS
- Estate Dates Back Nearly 700 Years!
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2022 Chateau Giscours Margaux
- #1 Top 100 Wines of 2025 ~ Wine Spectator
- #8 Top 100 Wines of 2025 ~ James Suckling
- #62 Top 100 Wines of 2025 ~Antonio Galloni
- "Plenty of Energy and Verve" ~98 JS
- "A Serious, Age-Worthy Giscours". ~97+ JD
- "A New Paradigm for Bordeaux" ~ 95 Point Vintage WS
- Estate Dates Back Nearly 700 Years!
- Free Shipping on 12 or More Bottles
About the Wine
"At Giscours, a wine does not live by itself. It is a reflection of the place, its environment, and the people who make it."
Just over 3 miles away from world-renowned Château Margaux, is located Château Giscours a 3rd Growth Classified Châteaux. The history of this estate dates back nearly 700 years. This is one of the premier estates in Margaux.
It was seized in the French Revolution and sold to Americans before the turn of the 19th century. It then changed hands many times while slowly falling into disrepair. It wasn’t until Nicolas Tari purchased the estate in 1954 that it started to make an upward trend. The real step toward living up to its classification is when Alexander van Beek took over as the managing director. He replanted much of the vineyard with Cabernet Sauvignon and even moved the harvesting back to hand picking. Around the 2000 vintage, this estate really started producing top-tier wines.
Chateau Giscours's terroir is impressive, as you could have imagined, being located in one of the finest terroirs in the Bordeaux region. Its dry and meager gravel soils result in charming and delicate wines like the 2020 Chateau Giscours Margaux.
Claiming the #5 position in James Suckling’s Top 100 French Wines of 2025, the 2022 Giscours stands among the most acclaimed releases of the year, a clear signal of its stature within Margaux and Bordeaux at large.
If you want to taste the real power and elegance of Bordeaux, this wine is for you. Collectors would be fortunate to have this wine in their cellar.
2022 was an extraordinary vintage for Bordeaux; it was blessed with a 95 pt review by Wine Spectator, who said: "A new paradigm for Bordeaux. Very aromatic and sleek, fresh and pure in feel, with all major varietals performing well; far more consistent than the 2018-2020 trio."
Critical Reviews
~ #1 Top 100 Wines of 2025 ~ Wine Spectator
~ #8 Top 100 Wines of 2025 by James Suckling
The deeply colored and glass-staining 2022 Château Giscours is packed with cassis, black cherries, violets, and graphite-like aromatics. Medium to full-bodied, it’s concentrated and intense, with beautifully ripe tannins, a pure, graceful mouthfeel, and a long, structured finish. There’s serious depth here, and while it already shows remarkable balance, I suspect it will shut down for a period before emerging as a classic Margaux a decade or so after the vintage. This beauty is going to be long-lived, and you can expect at least 30-40 years of prime drinking. Based on 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and equal parts Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc, it’s a serious, age-worthy Giscours. Tasted multiple times with consistent results. ~97+ Jeb Dunnuck
The 2022 Giscours is compelling, just as it was en primeur. Deep, layered and inviting, the 2022 possesses notable textural richness and intensity. Yields were down about 25%, and drought starting in May produced tiny berries with thick skins. The 2022 is a very rich Giscours, one that will need a number of years to shed some baby fat. But even with all of that obvious richness, the 2022 clocks in at 13.5% alcohol. This is such a classy wine. Tasted three times. ~96 Vinous Media
The 2022 Giscours has realized all the potential it showed en primeur, wafting from the glass with a deep bouquet of sweet berries, mint, rose petals and pencil shavings. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, it's textural and enveloping, built around lively acids and sweet powdery tannins, concluding with a long, resonant finish. As I pondered two years ago, why is the 2022 so good? There are many reasons, but one is the high proportion of old vines—almost 60% of the blend derives 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. The team also adapted hedging practices to limit hydric stress, which helps to explain the sweetness of the tannins. ~96 Wine Advocate
Food Pairing
Grilled Meat
Meat
Grilled
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