Description
"Château Kirwan is a wine that is produced from the best parcels of the vineyard that have mainly gravel soils, but some are also clay. The fruit is picked and sorted twice by hand, then vinified in separate batches corresponding to individual vineyard parcels. Half the oak barrels used to age the wine for eighteen months are renewed every year." - Winemaker Notes
"Attractive nose of hazelnuts, chocolate, blueberries, blackcurrants, peach pits and sandalwood. Hints of olives and mushrooms, too. Complex, layered and integrated, with a medium to full body and powdery tannins. Long and savory at the end. Drink from 2025." - 94 Points, James Suckling
"The 2020 Kirwan is quite the powerhouse, just as it was en primeur. Élevage has softened some of the contours, but Kirwan remains a bruiser. Dark fruit, scorched earth, gravel, incense, tobacco and cedar add to an impression of virile intensity. The 2020 is a good wine, but it is not exactly elegant. Even so, it does have character. There is no denying that." - 91 Points, Antonio Galloni
