Château Giscours
Château Giscours

Château Giscours

Château Giscours is a Bordeaux wine estate located in Labarde in the Gironde department that produces wines under the Margaux appellation. It is among the Third Growth in the official 1855 Bordeaux wine classification, and it is one of the largest estates in the Médoc.

The vineyard extends over nearly 80 hectares on a 300-hectare property. In 1900, the Mermaid symbol appeared on the grand vin label. This mermaid present on the labels of the grand vin, Château Giscours, has now become the emblem of the estate. It gave its name to the Château's second wine, 'La Sirène de Giscours'.

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Château Giscours, is a renowned estate in the Margaux appellation located in the village of Labarde in the Médoc. Located in the heart of a 300-hectare property, the vineyard which extends over 86 hectares of vines in the Margaux appellation is one of the largest on the Left Bank of the Gironde.

  

The Château produces a refined red wine recognized worldwide. In the famous 1855 Bordeaux wine classification, Château Giscours is classified as a Third Growth.

>> Read our blog article "Bordeaux Classified Growths, official 1855 classification"

  

The history of Château Giscours

The Giscours estate has been known since the 14th century when it was just a fortified property in the middle of hostile nature. It was two hundred years later that wine production on the property began, when in 1552 Pierre de Lhomme, a wealthy Bordeaux draper, bought the noble house of "Guyscoutz", and decided to expand the vineyard to plant the very first vines.

 

It was in the 19th century that the Château transformed into a neoclassical palace: park with rare species, immense farm buildings and modernization of production tools. This transformation was the work of several owners including industrialist and merchant Marc Promis who restored the vineyard, then Jean-Pierre Pescatore, an aesthete financier, who brought great renown to Château Giscours thanks to the quality of its red wine, and finally Edouard Cruse who modernized the estate and created a magnificent park.

 

After belonging to the Tari family who revived the estate after World War II, Château Giscours is now owned by the heirs of Eric Albada Jelgersma, a perfectionist who contributed to the restructuring and modernization of the vineyard.

 

As a side note, the grounds of Château Giscours are also home to the Bordeaux-Giscours Cricket Club, one of France's best Cricket teams.

 

What are the characteristics of Château Giscours wines?

 

The vines of Château Giscours are planted on an extraordinary terroir giving its wines a unique identity and worldwide reputation.

The 80-hectare vineyard benefits from different soil types including the famous Garonne gravels allowing drainage of excess rainwater. The main red grape varieties of the Bordeaux wine region can be found, distributed as follows: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot.

 

The uniqueness of Château Giscours lies in the vinification of powerful and fleshy wines, with aromatic vibrancy and delicate tannins thanks to a slow extraction of tannins contained in the grape skins.

 

The Classified Growth produced by Château Giscours is characterized as a rich and elegant red wine, with aromas of black fruits and smoky notes. It stands out for its fine and silky tannins giving it a beautiful structure. It's a wine that evolves beautifully over the years, known for being a wine for ageing.

 

Château Giscours produces a red second wine "La Sirène de Giscours" from grapes from the youngest vines in the vineyard. It also produces two other wines outside the Margaux appellation, the red wine "Haut Médoc de Giscours" and "Le Rosé x Giscours".

 

The best vintages of Château Giscours

  

Château Giscours produced its best vintages in: Château Giscours 1928, 1929, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1975, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2015 and 2016, 2019.

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