This is so beautiful now. It's full-bodied with tight and compressed tannins and fruit. Long and intentional. Savory and juicy finish. Drink or hold – jamessuckling.com, Nov 2015

Offers a solid core of violet, plum, red licorice, currant paste and sanguine notes that fill out steadily through the fleshy finish. A mesquite hint lurks in the background and should emerge more with cellaring, as there's ample stuffing in reserve here. Best from 2016 through 2027. – James Molesworth (WineSpectator.com, March 2014)

Tasted at the Château Giscours vertical, the 2011 Château Giscours is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, picked between September 8 and October 1. It offers more fruit intensity than the 2012 and I find more Margaux florality here. It would benefit from more delineation, but there is decent delineation here. The palate is medium-bodied with supple ripe tannin on the entry, red cherry and raspberry fruit intermingling with cedar and tobacco notes. It feels a little conservative on the finish and needs more finesse, but it is a commendable contribution to the vintage. Tasted June 2015. – eRobertParker.com, July 2016

[75CS/20M/5PV] Scented, minerally nose; nicely balanced in a fresh style with a fine textured but very firm tannin; refined, mineral backed, crisply ripe fruit in flavour, elegant, quite classy, well defined and with good aromatic length; Margaux finesse and scent, but a firm, quite long term texture. 2022-30+ [M.Schuster, Bordeaux Mar/Apr 2012]

A dense ruby/purple color is accompanied by juicy black cherry and black currant fruit notes, a velvety texture and a supple-styled Margaux that consumers will enjoy. It is not a big, powerful, concentrated wine, but it is well-balanced and cleanly as well as correctly executed. This is a stylish, sensual Margaux to drink over the next 10-12 years.

Robert Parker (Wine Advocate #212, Apr 2014)

Inviting roasted-coffee note. Dark and brooding with some dark chocolate on the palate. Chewy, big-boned tannins but plenty of potential once is softens up. Drink 2018-2030 – jancisrobinson.com, Jan 2015