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Chateau Kirwan, 3rd Grand Cru Classe, Margaux, 2019
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ISELOOMUSTUS
Chateau Kirwani ajalugu ulatub juba 18. sajandi algusesse. Tänapäeval on sealsete viinamarjaaedade kogupindala ligikaudu 37 hetktarit, millel kasvatatakse nelja sorti viinamarju: Cabernet Sauvignoni, Merlot, Cabernet Franci ja Petit Verdot. Keskmine viinapuude vanus on umbes 30. aastat. 2016. aastal toimus sealses veinimõisas suurem renoveerimine, mille käigus vahetati välja kõik vanad roostevabast terasest kääritusvaadid ning need asendati uute, tulbikujuliste vaatidega. Viinamarjade korjamine toimub ainult pärast parima küpsusastme saavutamist. Kõik marjad korjatakse käsitsi. Veini laagerdatakse keskmiselt 18 kuni 20 kuud tammevaatides.
AUHINNAD
James Suckling 95 Points
Blackcurrants with bark, cedar and dried flowers coming through in the nose. Full-bodied with integrated tannins and a long, linear finish. Racy and refined. Sophisticated. Try after 2024.
Neal Martin, vinous.com – 94 Points
The 2019 Kirwan has an understated, cedar and graphite-tinged bouquet, a little Pauillac-like in style, nuanced and gaining intensity with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with taut tannins, focused, tensile and linear with plenty of sapidity towards its oyster shell-tinged finish. Very precise and very sophisticated, this is the best Kirwan in many years – maybe a benchmark for the estate. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting. Drink 2026-2050.
