Château Giscours 2017 – Margaux Cru Classé

The nose is fresh, racy, mineral, aromatic, powerful and offers elegance, a fine intensity as well as deepness. It reveals notes of blackberry, strawberry and small red berries associated with small notes of lilac/lily as well as fine/discreet touches of toasted almond, gray pepper and racy minerality. The palate is fresh, fruity, well-balanced, elegant, racy, very discretly tight anc offers a good definition, a fine acid frame, juiciness, a small tension, a beautiful freshness, a racy minerality, a fine straightness, dynamism, a beautiful suavity, precision as well as crunchiness. On the palate this wine expresses notes of crunchy red berries, fleshy raspberry and more slightly cherry, juicy cassis associated with discreet touches of flower, a very discreet hint of juicy blueberry as well as subtle hints of sweet spices, a very discreet hint of toasted/cola and ripe almond. Tannins are fine and slightly chewy. There is a very discreet hint of toastes bread and an imperceptible hint of tonka bean on the persistence.