Margaux · vintage 2021
Why this vintage
- 96/100 from Wine Enthusiastand 5 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2021 vintage in MargauxFrost, mildew, then a cool summer brought back Bordeaux of old: taut, vibrant wines, shorter but elegant.
Critic scores
- Wine Enthusiast96
- Vinous95
- Wine Advocate94
- James Suckling94
- Decanter93
- Jeb Dunnuck92
The 2021 vintage in Margaux
Vintage benchmark: 86/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: Frost, mildew, then a cool summer brought back Bordeaux of old: taut, vibrant wines, shorter but elegant.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Margaux. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Tasting
Un vin lumineux, qui possède tout l’éclat aromatique et la finesse des tannins que nous recherchons à Giscours. Une jolie trame, équilibrée, portée par une certaine brillance et une grande fraîcheur
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Blend of the 2021 vintage
- 65 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 32 % Merlot
- 3 % Cabernet franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2021 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, petit verdot — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Winemaking
Tris manuel et optique. Cuves béton et inox. Macération 35 jours à 28°C
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Ageing
Barriques de chêne français 50% bois neuf. 17 mois d’élevage en barrique
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Terroir
Located within the Margaux appellation, the exceptional terroir of Giscours has all the qualities required to produce a very great wine. Three magnificent gravel rises deposited by the Garonne at the beginning of the Quaternary era are its secret. The gravels that make them up play a crucial role, reflecting the sun’s rays and maintaining a certain temperature at night: ideal conditions for the perfect ripening of the grapes. The topography is just as important: an altitude of some twenty metres for the Petit and Grand Poujeau rises, 17 metres for that of Cantelaude, which stretches its flanks right up to the château itself, with an east-west orientation.
An offer on Château Giscours 2021
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Texts and documents 2021
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Visuals
For this vintage, the media library contains: packshots, labels, lifestyle photos. High-definition packshots, labels, back labels and lifestyle photos are reserved for clients and partners, on the Compagnie Médocaine’s VinCod media library.
Sheet checked on September 21, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.