The wine of the vintage? There are only 10000 cases of this extraordinarily rich dense 2002 ...It is dark ruby/purple to the rim with notes of English walnuts crushed rocks black currants and forest floor dense...

Very pretty aromas of blackberries spices and milk chocolate. Medium- to full-bodied with a solid core of fruit and a silky mouthfeel. Still tight but refined and long. Just as I remember.--Non-blind Château Montrose...

...one of the finest wines of the vintage this dense purple-colored 2002 reveals wonderfully sweet notes of charcoal fresh mushrooms smoke earth leather cassis and cedar. Full-bodied highly extracted broodingly backward...

Blackberry and tobacco aromas follow through to a full, round and fruity palate with velvety tannins and a long finish. Very well done for the vintage. Serious terroir with solid winemaking. Best after 2007. 3,000 cases...

Tasted at the Château Giscours vertical, the 2002 Château Giscours is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot picked between October 1 and 15. There remains that almost Pomerol-like personality on the nose, quite...

Elegant, refined, charming and displaying more ripeness than you'd expect from the vintage, after a 2 hour decant, the wine opened with cassis, cigar box, blackberry, cedar wood, earth, stone and forest floor aromatics...