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Château Kirwan
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2023
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Flowers, espresso, mint, black cherries, and spice nuances are easy to spot. Medium-bodied, fresh, elegant, and refined, with a silky-edge to the finish, the fruits, chocolate accents, and a lifted, sweet endnote. Drink from 2028-2045. 91-93 Pts. 2,161 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
2022
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Flowers, currants, spice, and espresso form the core of this medium-bodied, fresh, currant-filled fine. The touch of spice at the end adds a nice fresh note in the finish. Drink from 2026-2045. 90-92 Pts. 2,298 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
2021
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Soft, supple, round, forward, medium-bodied, and floral, you also find with little effort, sweet, red cherries, espresso, and a delicate hint of spice in the nose and on the rounded, lighter-styled, fresh palate. You can enjoy this almost on release. Drink from 2025-2040. 842 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024Medium-bodied, fresh, forward, fruity, with a currant packed, mid-palate and lingering cherry oriented finish. You can enjoy this on release. Drink from 2023-2039. 88-90 1,510 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
2020
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Wet earth, cocoa, mint, flowers, and spicy red fruits open the nose. On the palate, the wine is round, soft and polished with layers of sweet, lush cherries, black currants and plums. Fresh and polished, this will drink well young, yet age for decades. Drink from 2024-2050. 2,370 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023With a gorgeous depth of color, licorice, tobacco leaf, boysenberry, black plum, espresso and floral nuances come to the surface easily. Silky, refined, sweet and vibrant, the fruit lingers on the palate all the way through to the earth, spice and cocoa packed finish. This is already quite expressive and should be just great with 6 years or so of aging. 92-94 Pts 2,580 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
2019
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
It is the strong, initial floral notes that grab your attention before you find the ripe, red cherries, plums and currants. Medium-bodied, soft, polished, fresh and refined, leaving you with loads of sweet, juicy, elegant, red fruits in the finish. The end note comes with a little touch of spicy cocoa and minty herbs that adds a nice touch to the wine. This is such a pleasure to drink now, but hold off for a year or two for more complexity and nuance. Drink from 2024-2045. 1,752 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022Flowers and sweet cherries with licorice and coffee notes on the nose start off nicely. On the palate, the wine is soft, silky, medium-bodied and fresh with a fresh, juicy, dark cherry and cassis finish. 90-92 Pts 4,358 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
2018
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Medium bodied, with layers of silky, soft, sweet, red fruits, licorice and tobacco leaf, the wine is charming, refined and fresh. Give it 4-5 years in the cellar and enjoy over the following 15-20 years after that. 2,493 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021Medium bodied, with sweet red fruits, coffee bean, flowers and herbs in the nose, the wine is fresh, bright and juicy in the finish. 90-92 Pts 5,927 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
2017
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
With its floral notes and spicy red fruits, the wine is medium bodied, sweet and fresh with an upright cherry core, creating a lighter style and an early drinking vintage. The wine was produced from blending 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. The harvest took place September 14 to September 28. 4,573 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
2016
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Tobacco, flowers, earth and red fruits come alive in this medium bodied, fresh, juicy, ripe, soft textured gem. Give it a few years in the bottle before pulling a cork. 4,478 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019The nose of wet earth, flowers, thyme, and fresh, bright cherry is just great. The palate is about the soft, bright fresh red fruits with a hint of licorice and polished tannins. 3,151 Views Tasted Feb 10, 2019Lilies, oak, smoke and black cherry form the character of this medium-bodied wine. With round polish to the tannins, this is the first vintage produced in the new cellars of Kirwan and it should be ready to drink after a few years of aging. 4,342 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
2015
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
The past few years have added additional flesh and nuance to this wine. Now, you find a perfumed wine filled with flowers, espresso, black raspberries, thyme, plums, and a touch of chocolate. The creamy-textured finish delivers sweet, ripe, fleshy, dark red fruits. Drink from 2024-2040. 3,249 Views Tasted Nov 14, 2023Opulent, lush, forward style of Margaux with good florality, sweet, ripe, round red fruits, a touch of smoke, cocoa and tobacco leaf, plush, polished tannins and a soft, silky finish. Still young, without much secondary development, give it at least 5 more years, or maybe a bit longer. 5,112 Views Tasted May 3, 2020Violets, lilacs, sweet cherries, wet earth and just a hint of tobacco. On the palate, the wine is lush, soft, silky and loaded with sweet, dark red fruits. There is sweetness, elegance and purity in the finesse driven finish. 5,410 Views Tasted May 21, 2018Showing much better from bottle than it did in barrel, the full bodied, nuanced wine offers lush, soft textures, silky, ripe, sweet, dark red fruits and a polish in the finish that stands out in a crowd. This will be even better with age. There is a lot of charm here, making this without doubt, the best wine Kirwan has ever produced. 4,139 Views Tasted Mar 12, 2018Nice wine here. Supple textured and with a refined, elegant, silky quality to the tannins. The fruit is ripe, fresh sweet and juicy. There is good concentration, energy, length and enough complexity to keep you interested. This should age and develop nicely. 4,379 Views Tasted Sep 29, 2017Medium-bodied with a forest floor and cassis character, this wine is elegant, soft and polished with sweet, fresh, dark, red fruits in the finish. 89 - 91 Pts 3,585 Views Tasted Apr 21, 2016 |
2014
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Flowers, earth, espresso and plum notes get the wine going. Medium bodied, bright and focused on its red fruits and almost crisp finish, this needs some time to better come together. 3,322 Views Tasted Feb 4, 2017Ripe dark berries with hints of cassis, thyme, espresso and earth lead to a round, soft, fresh wine with a black cherry inspired finish. 89-91 Pts 4,110 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2015 |
2013
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Focused on red berries, flowers and oak, this forward styled, medium bodied, elegant, soft textured, early drinking wine is ready to go. 2,076 Views Tasted Feb 11, 2016 |
2012
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Forward, and already easy drink, the black cherry, smoke, coffee and earthy notes show up with little effort. Soft, smooth and easy to drink, this medium bodied wine is already quite charming. A few more years will add more to the wine, but it's going to be an early drinker. This bottle was popped and poured. 3,882 Views Tasted Aug 4, 2016Blending 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot, the wine shows floral, espresso bean, sweet, black cherry and earthy notes. The polished tannins need a few years to soften, while the wine adds complexity. The wine has improved quite a bit from barrel to bottle. 3,846 Views Tasted Mar 11, 2015 |
2011
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Medium bodied, short, sweet and tart red berries, spice and earth are found in this wine. From a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 9% Petit Verdot, some green, drying notes appear in the bright, red berry finish. 2,719 Views Tasted Feb 17, 2014From 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 9% Petit Verdot, reaching 13.4% ABV, the wine will see aging in 45% new oak. Coffee, black cherry, and licorice with medium body and fresh, ripe cherry, coffee and bitter chocolate in the finish. 89-90 Pts 2,971 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2012 |
2010
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Coffee bean, flowers, oak, smoke and black cherry notes are the best part of the wine. While sweet, round and well made from a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc and 6% Petit Verdot, in the end, the wine lacks that extra special something. 6,325 Views Tasted Feb 13, 2013 |
2009
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
This is really developed nicely. With a floral edge, the fresh cherries, smoke, espresso and tobacco notes are right out in front. Soft, polished, round, easy to like and easy to drink, with a bit of air, this is drinking quite well. 4,066 Views Tasted Sep 20, 2019Lushly textured, round, supple, and already expressive. Very ripe on the nose, with richness on the palate. 5,453 Views Tasted Sep 29, 2017Smoke, incense, truffle, blackberry, barbecue and floral notes create the aromatic profile. With an hour of air, the wine softened, filled out and served up a lush, textured, dusty, earthy, dark chocolate and black cherry profile. While quite tasty now, even though it's young, this should be even better with another 5 years of age. 4,985 Views Tasted Aug 12, 2016The blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot and equal parts Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc produced a wine that opens with licorice, cocoa, smoke and aromas of fresh dark berries. The medium/full bodied, wine ends with chocolate covered, black raspberries. 5,995 Views Tasted Feb 1, 2012 |
2008
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
This wine opens with floral cassis, earth and spice aromatics. The elegant, already open Margaux, combines cassis and cherry flavors in the finish. 5,397 Views Tasted Jan 28, 201108 Château Kirwan sported a lot of color and body; but while the wine was certainly well made, it lacked the level of complexity found in the 05. 86-89 Pts 5,400 Views Tasted Aug 31, 2009 |
2007
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
A melange of red fruits, made from cherries, black raspberries and plums, the wine is elegant, refined soft and charming. Medium bodied, with all its tannin melted away, this is quite nice for the vintage. 2,740 Views Tasted Sep 2, 2017 |
2006
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Medium bodied, soft textured and showing ripe, sweet, dark, red fruits, earth, hints of flowers, black cherries and thyme on the nose. You can drink this now, or age it for up to another decade. The wine was made from blending 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot and 8% Cabernet Franc. 4,075 Views Tasted May 25, 2016Developing nicely, with a nose of dark red fruits, flowers, wet earth and tobacco, the medium bodied, soft textured wine finishes with fresh, sweet black raspberries. 3,371 Views Tasted Sep 5, 2015 |
2005
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Still deeply colored with licorice, espresso, cassis, blackberries and earthy scents, this round textured, flashy, Margaux wine needs at least another 5 years before it moves into its prime time drinking stage. 10,440 Views Tasted Jul 25, 2011 |
2004
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Mature, with a secondary nose of tobacco, earth, smoke, lead pencil and blackberries, the wine is soft, easy to drink and finishes with spicy, earthy, black cherries. From a blend of 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 10% Petit Verdot. There is no reason to hold this any longer. 3,627 Views Tasted Jan 4, 2015Coffee, licorice, spicy black cherry jam and earthy scents open up the wine. Tannic and sturdy in nature, the wine needs at least a few more years before it beings to soften and open up. 5,892 Views Tasted Sep 25, 2011 |
2003
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Licorice, coffee, floral, plum, damp earth and cassis scents pop from the still deeply colored wine. With rich, fat, round textures and a sweet, ripe, licorice, chocolate and jammy plum tinged finish, this fleshy, opulent Margaux wine is already is starting to drink well. 5,554 Views Tasted Sep 20, 2013Licorice, smoke, coffee, juicy black plums and jam make up the fun perfume. Fleshy, soft and round in texture, the wine ends with a black licorice and blackberry liqueur infused finish. This is drinking well now and should continue to improve for at least another 10-15 more years. 5,562 Views Tasted Dec 7, 2011 |
2001
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Ready for prime time drinking, the wine is round, medium/full bodied, smooth textured and delivers earthy, sweet, black cherries and tobacco with a sweet plum and cocoa note in the finish. 5,449 Views Tasted Jan 29, 2016 |
2000
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Black fruit and licorice filled perfume pairs well with soft textures and reasonable concentration, but lacks excitement. 8,162 Views Tasted Mar 5, 2010 |
1996
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Medium bodied, elegant and fresh, but a bit too short and simple. More charm here, than complexity. 3,748 Views Tasted Sep 29, 2017 |
1990
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Medium-bodied and on the bright, crisp, side of the red berry fruit range, the wine is fully developed and is already starting to fade. Drink up. 4,543 Views Tasted Dec 9, 2018 |
1961
Château Kirwan (Margaux)
Hanging on to life by a thread, with effort one could find the few remaining smidgens of fruit buried deep within its earthy, tobacco filled character. 2,920 Views Tasted Nov 30, 2013 |