{"product_id":"chateau-kirwan-margaux-grand-cru-classe-2022-750ml","title":"Château Kirwan - Margaux (Grand Cru Classé) 2022 (750ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinemaker Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChâteau 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlend:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, 6% Petit Verdot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProfessional Ratings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e96Jeb Dunnuck\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2022 Château Kirwan is based on 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, and 6% Petit Verdot that spent 18 months in barrel. It has a classic nose of spicy oak, ripe red and black fruits, baking spices, and flowers. This carries to a medium to full-bodied Margaux with a concentrated, pure, layered mouthfeel, some nicely integrated, classy oak, polished tannins, and a great finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e94James Suckling\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlackcurrants and blueberries with violet and heather aromas follow through to a medium to full body with firm and racy tannins and a linear and persistent finish. Solid and precise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e94Decanter\u003cbr\u003e\nSleek and crunchy, the bright almost high-toned red fruit take centre stage backed by crisp, fine and firm tannins with soft blueberry elements and crushed stones. Feels relatively delicate overall despite the concentration - keeps a linear frame, everything well worked, all in its place with detail and definition. This will be very delicious and true to form. Tasted twice. Harvest 5-22 September. Yield of 27hl\/ha. 3.55pH. 6% Petit Verdot completes the blend.\u003cbr\u003e\nBarrel Sample: 94\u003cbr\u003e\n94Wine Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is flush with blackberry and mulberry reduction flavors, inlaid with violet, iris and ink notes. The inky edge adds a sense of tension through the finish, with snippets of iron, rose hip and black tea mixed in through the long, focused finish. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e92Robert Parker's Wine Advocate\u003cbr\u003e\nA blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot and the balance Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, the 2022 Kirwan exhibits aromas of dark berries, cassis, sweet spices, pencil shavings and creamy new oak, followed by a medium to full-bodied, rich and fleshy palate that's unusually lively for the vintage, checking in at a pH of 3.55, a number that it would be impressive to attain on gravel soils in this vintage without acidification.\u003cbr\u003e\nBarrel Sample: 90-92\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chateau Kirwan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48570344145120,"sku":"131289","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/files\/chateau-kirwan-margaux-grand-cru-classe_1_5fe34f11-5af5-4266-b6be-fb3f0e43cb20.jpg?v=1768948179","url":"https:\/\/yianniswinery.com\/products\/chateau-kirwan-margaux-grand-cru-classe-2022-750ml","provider":"Yiannis Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}