La Sirène de Giscours 2006 - 2nd Wine of Château Giscours Margaux (3ème Grand Cru Classé)

TASTING NOTES:
This cabernet has deep and intense red colour. Elegant nose dominated by very charming mint flavours allied to floral scent. Nicely balanced wine offering an elegant style of tannins with a complete spicy palate.

FOOD TO MATCH:
Best with rib of beef with marrow and duck cutlet.

WINE INFORMATION:
Located in the Margaux appellation, in the communes of Labarde and Arsac, Giscours exceptional terroir presents all the quantities required to produce a great wine. The soil components are ideal. Three magnificent gravel hilltops deposited by the Garonne at the beginning of the Quaternary era are one of the key features.
The gravel plays a vitally important role, reflecting the sun’s rays and maintaining a stable temperature during the night, thereby providing ideal conditions for the ripening of the grapes.
The topography is equally important: an altitude of twenty meters for the hilltops of Petit and Grand Poujeau, and seventeen meters for that of Cantelaude, whose slopes reach down to the château itself, in an east-westerly direction. The gentle climate is another beneficial factor. This subtle balance gives the terroir its undeniable finesse…

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