Chateau Giscours, Margaux, 2001 SHEMISCOUNT The blanco is handcrafted using

The blanco is handcrafted using 100% Blue Weber agave grown in Amatitan

Those Mediterranean grapes plus that unusual granitic soil give a white that's textured and savory rather than simply crisp

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documented since the 1600s

Chateau Giscours, Margaux, 2001 SHEMISCOUNT The blanco is handcrafted usingA 3rd Growth Margaux at full maturity. Giscours, in the southern Margaux commune of Labarde, was under the careful Eric Albada Jelgersma stewardship in 2001 (the family had owned it since 1995, alongside du Tertre) a period that brought the estate back to top form after decades of variable performance. The 2001 vintage itself is one of those classical structured Bordeaux years that has aged with grace: less heralded than 2000 or 2005, but firmly built