IronGate Fine Wine Auction
Tue, Sep 17, 2024 10:00AM EDT - Tue, Sep 24, 2024 08:00PM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 51
1970 Chateau Giscours Margaux - 1 bottle(s)-750ml
Estimate: CAD$280 - CAD$400
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| CAD$0 | CAD$20 |
| CAD$500 | CAD$50 |
| CAD$1,000 | CAD$100 |
| CAD$2,000 | CAD$200 |
| CAD$3,000 | CAD$250 |
| CAD$5,000 | CAD$500 |
| CAD$10,000 | CAD$1,000 |
| CAD$20,000 | CAD$2,000 |
| CAD$50,000 | CAD$5,000 |
| CAD$100,000 | CAD$10,000 |
This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 1970 Chateau Giscours Margaux - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $280 - $400 with a reserve of $200. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11489.
Please note the following condition/s on 1970 Chateau Giscours Margaux Base of Neck and Stained Label.
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This consignor was raised by parents who always opened a bottle of wine with dinner, and he fondly remembers Gruaud-Larose. His early interest developed into a passion in 1993. Around that time, he was in Bordeaux and had heard of Chateau Margaux, so he went there, climbed the steps and rang the bell, and they granted him a visit. He started collecting that day and purchased 1990 Chateau Margaux in the village for $80 a bottle. He then started buying more wine, participated in wine events, traveled to several wine producing regions on many occasions and even got married at Château Smith Haut-Laffite. He purchased mainly from SAQ, LCBO but also from Berry Bros and Rudd, Hi-Time Wine Cellars in Costa Mesa and directly from importers for certain rare wines. He has also managed to get allocations directly from some producers including Harlan, Sine qua non, Kosta Browne and Williams Selyem. The bottles were all stored in a temperature-controlled cellar prior to auction.
The tasting note for 1970 Chateau Giscours Margaux is from John Gilman and the score is 93 - I have probably drunk more bottles of the 1970 Giscours over the years than any other example of the vintage on the Left Bank, and the wine never fails to disappoint. This hails from the era when Giscours was one of the very finest wines in the Médoc, offering a typically black fruity, slightly meaty and smoky example of Margaux, and this is certainly the personality of the outstanding 1970. The bouquet wafts from the glass in a mix of sweet blackberries, cassis, cigar smoke, gravelly soil tones, a touch of meatiness and a topnote of violet. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and nicely plush on the attack, with a fine core of black fruit, good soil signature and grip, still a touch of backend tannin and a long, complex and beautifully balanced finish. Fine juice
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