Kirwan Vintage:2005

Kirwan Vintage:2005Kirwan is a Margaux classified growth that is making noticeable improvement. The 1993 possesses a dense, ruby purple color, and straightforward, clean, ripe aromas of black fruits, herbs, and new oak. With medium body, above average ripeness and concentration, this moderately tannic, well made wine requires 5 6 years of cellaring; it will age well for 15+ years. Last tasted 11 94

It is medium to full-bodied on the palate

the 2017 Alter Ego de Palmer is deep garnet-purple in color and springs from the glass with vivacious black raspberries

The wine's best asset is the intact and vibrant quality of the primary fruitso presented now

rich and enveloping medium-bodied flavors still manage to be nicely precise while delivering solid if not exceptional depth and persistence on the bitter pit fruit-inflected finish

dry and balanced finale

apt for a 30 year old Champagne – alive and kicking

This is one wine where I have encountered better bottles

This tightly wound effort is a middle weight in the context of the appellation yet it is an absolute knockout in every respect and particularly in terms of its perfect balance

the yields are so low and the vines so exposed that Bachelet says that he always harvests this parcel first)

The freshest and brightest of Le Macchiole's 2005s

red berries

Silky and taut on entry