Château Giscours 1979 MS
Château Giscours 1979 is a red wine from the Margaux appellation in Bordeaux, crafted by Château Giscours and classified as a 3rd Grand Cru Classé in 1855. Its blend comprises 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc. The Wine Advocate awards it 90/100, indicating a drinking window of 1995 to 2025. The publication describes a wine with notes of cassis, ripe berries, cedar, black truffle, and spices, supported by a supple, fleshy, and wonderfully ample palate.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Mid Shoulder
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Margaux
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château Giscours
- Millésime
- 1979
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc
Château Giscours
Château Giscours is a wine estate situated in Labarde, within the Margaux appellation, on the left bank of Bordeaux. Classified as a Third Grand Cru in the 1855 classification, it cultivates 95 hectares of vines on deep gravel soils of Garonne origin. The estate has been owned by the Albada Jelgersma family since 1995.
- Owner
- Famille Albada Jelgersma
- Maître de chais
- Denis Uteau
- Surface (ha)
- 95.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 250 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The oldest records relating to Giscours date back to the 16th century. Between 1552 and 1571, Pierre de Lhomme, a wealthy cloth merchant from Bordeaux, developed the vineyard by planting vines on land that was then uncultivated; the first documented grape harvest took place in 1571. Jean-Pierre Pescatore acquired the estate in 1847 and hired Pierre Skawinski, who oversaw major work on the vineyard and the buildings. Château Giscours was classified as a third grand cru in the 1855 classification. Between 1875 and 1890, Édouard Cruse modernised the estate, commissioned the creation of the landscaped park and built the Suzanne farmhouse. After the Second World War, Nicolas Tari took over the estate and reorganised its 300 hectares of land. A wine produced from historic plots within the Haut-Médoc appellation was launched in 1992. In 1995, Éric Albada Jelgersma took over the Société d’Exploitation du Château Giscours and embarked on a restructuring of the vineyard and a renovation of the cellars. Following his death, his children Dennis, Derk and Valérie Albada Jelgersma took over in 2018, with Alexander van Beek as managing director. Didier Foret is technical director and Denis Uteau is cellar master.
