The 2004 Château Giscours is a smooth, elegant Margaux with notes of dark berries, chocolate, and a touch of earthiness. It’s medium-bodied, nicely balanced, and drinking beautifully now—refined, not flashy, with just enough grip to keep things interesting. Great choice if you’re after a classic Bordeaux with some age and finesse.

The Wine Advocate | RP 91
Published: Jul 29, 2016
Drink: 2015-2030

Tasted at the Château Giscours vertical, the 2004 Château Giscours is a blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon and 42% Merlot picked between September 30 and October 16. It has a very pleasant bouquet with ripe blackcurrant, raspberry coulis, mineral and light violet scents that blossom nicely in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin. This is not a complex Giscours, more conservative and a little austere. Yet you have to commend the freshness and the finesse towards the finish, as it delivers delicate tarry notes on the aftertaste. Drinking perfectly now, you could cellar this for the next 10-15 years. Tasted June 2015.

Jamessuckling.com | JS 91
Published: Jun 30, 2013

This is very fresh and firm with really beautiful chocolate, walnut and berry character on the nose and palate. Full body with chewy yet polished tannins and a flavorful finish. Subtle and fine. Drink or hold.

Decanter | D 90
Published: Mar 22, 2024
Drink: 2024-2045

This blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon and 42% Merlot was aged in 50% new casks for a year under the watchful gaze of consulting oenologist Jacques Boissenot to produce a wine with an earthy dark fruit and notes of plum and mulberry. The wine appealed to many of the tasters at a recent tasting, although I felt it lacks focus. The tannic structure was supple and approachable, and the wine was beginning to open now, suggesting limited potential for further ageing. 
Closure: Cork
Body: Medium
Alcohol: 13.00%
Grapes: 58% Cabernet Sauvignon 42% Merlot

Giscours.com

Château Giscours, a Grand Cru Classé in 1855, is a wine with a big personality that expresses the expertise of our teams and the full wealth of our terroir in the Margaux appellation.

Château Giscours is an elegant, well-structured wine with magnificently bright aromas. It is a wine that develops wonderfully over time, the enjoyment of which is passed down from generation to generation.

Château Giscours 2004 benefited from the year's beautiful conditions: mild oceanic climate and Indian summer. The result is a very balanced wine with beautiful complexity that has retained its freshness.

After these years, it is a wine that has retained notes of red fruits, a nice length in the mouth and a certain structure.

A wine full of energy, vigor and elegance.

Breeding
Harvest
from September 11 to 30

Vinification
Manual and optical sorting
Concrete and stainless steel vats
Maceration 35 days at 28°C

Aging
French oak barrels
50% new wood
12-15 months of barrel aging

Grape varieties
58% Cabernet Sauvignon
42% Merlot