Château Kirwan

Charmes de Kirwan

Name: Charmes de Kirwan
Brand: Château Kirwan
Price: 1195 ZAR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 93 (1 reviews)

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Red Blend•Bordeaux•France

1 bottle750 ml•R150 delivery

R1,195

QTY

Case of 6750 ml each•Free delivery

R7,170

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Taste profile

Type

Red Blend

On the palate

This vintage 2020 Charmes de Kirwan shows a nice garnet colour which bears witness to its youth. On the nose, aromatic herbs and sweet pepper mingle with dark fruits such as blackberry and blueberry. A nice mineral touch such as paper pencil lead adds complexity. The wine develops gradually in the palate. Medium-bodied with delicate and savoury tannins bringing length. After a 2 year bottling, it will perfectly express the finesse of Margaux’s gravels. Drink 2024-2035

Herbs

Blackberry

Blueberry

Pencil Lead

Cultivar

47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, 8% Petit Verdot, 1% Carménère

Region

Bordeaux

Appellation

Margaux

Country

France

Alcohol

13.5%

Cellaring potential

Up to 15 years

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Manual picking in small 6-kg crates and double sorting in the vat room. Grape selection (according to grape variety, soil, age, plot). Filling up the tank by gravity. Selected yeast and bacteria to achieve the 2 fermentations simultaneously 7 to 15 days in 37 small-capacity, concrete tulip shaped tanks, thermo-regulated at 25/26°C. Maceration: 18 to 25 days with daily tasting tests. R’pulse system 2 or 3 times a day during fermentation. In a vertical press with a precise pressure control, straight runoff by gravity into the barrel, in order to get optimum selection and quality on the press wines.

Chateau Kirwan is located on the plateau of Cantenac with some of the finest gravelly soil in the Médoc. Kirwan is exquisitely elegant well-structured and typical of the very finest in the Margaux appellation. The vines are thinned out in order to encourage maximum concentration and ripeness in the grapes. These are hand-picked and carefully sorted before being crushed. The wine is fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats and then aged in oak barrels (35% of which are renewed every year) for 18 months. Chateau Kirwan takes its name from the Irishman Mark Kirwan who owned the estate in the mid 18th century. The Schyler family has owned Kirwan since 1925.

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