Tasted at the Chateau Giscours vertical, the 2005 Chateau Giscours is a blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon and 38% Merlot picked between September 22 and October 6. Conspicuously deep in color, both the aromatics and palate replicate the strong performance from earlier this year. The bouquet offers very fine intensity with blackberry and cedar, here a tinge of cassis that becomes accentuated with time. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, slightly grainy tannin. It is very well balanced and almost Saint Julien in style. It is clearly very focused with a sustained, mineral-rich finish that (as I said before) contains real energy. This is an excellent Giscours that will age nicely over the next 20-25 years. Tasted June 2015.

This forward-styled 2005 possesses a dense ruby/purple color in addition to a big, sweet bouquet of roasted herbs, fudge, espresso, figs, and cherry jam. Opulent, even decadent, with low acidity, but high glycerin and fruit extract as well as a flamboyant fleshiness, this is a stunningly impressive, hedonistic, savory Margaux to enjoy between 2010-2025.

這款酒充滿了黑莓和櫻桃的芳香，其中夾雜著絲絲甜蜜的煙草香。其酒體飽滿，單寧如天鵝絨般柔順，余味柔和持久。它是一款非常精妙和緊致的美酒，很有結構和嚼勁，最好在2013年之后飲用。

Sweet, ripe, very pure, perfumed cassis. Dense, flavoursome, big but balance is good. Quite chewy tannins, needs time.