Château Giscours
Margaux, Médoc, Left Bank, Bordeaux, France
A wine of great finesse and elegance. A classified growth in 1855, chateau Giscours is located in the Margaux appellation, in the communes of Labarde and Arsac, Giscours exceptional terroir presents all the qualities required to produce a great wine. The soil components are ideal: Themagnificent gravel hilltops deposited by the Garonne at the beginning the Quaternary era are one of the key features. The gravel plays a vitally important role, reflecting the sun’s rays and maintaining a stable temperature during the night, there- by providing ideal conditions for the ripening of the grapes.
The topography is equally important: an altitude of twenty metres for the hilltops of Petit and Grand Poujeau, and seventeen meters for that ofCantelaude, whose slopes reach down to the château itself, in an east-westerly direction. The gentle climate is another beneficial factor. This subtlebalance gives the terroir its undeniable finesse and elegance, combined with delicacy and power as expected of a great Margaux wine. The aging potential of this great wine is between 8 and 20 years or even more for the most exceptional vintages.
