2003 Les Charmes de Kirwan

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 89.2 points

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  6/5/2017 - Dinamarca wrote: 91 Points

  Wow! Efter nogle flere år i kælderen har denne vin virkelig flyttet sig. Sidst jeg smagte vinen var i 2012, hvor jeg ikke fandt den specielt interessant. Det har virkelig ændret sig. I næsen fremstår vinen fortsat frugtig med solbær og lidt mørke kirsebær. Herefter tager støv, jord lidt ristede champignon over, men uden at frugten forsvinder helt. I munden er vinen dejlig blød og rund. Ikke mange tanniner tilbage, men fortsat en god del frugt. Super.

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  12/26/2015 - Ary wrote: 89 Points

  Black fruits, tar and earth notes in the nose. Medium bodied with especially mid-palate interesting tertiary notes as earth, leather and cherries.

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  12/10/2015 - Seafoam Manor wrote: 90 Points

  I didn't know I still had one of these, but this was tons better than what I thought was my last bottle, which I had about a year and a half ago, to the extent that I would now call the previous bottle closer to flawed.
  
  Still a nice medium ruby with a bit of garnet at the rim. Very good nose (medium plus intensity) provided you are a fan of tertiary notes. Leather is the dominant note, with dried roses, spice box, a bit of wet earth and mushrooms, with a presence of red currant, that is really more just "red fruit" at this point. The palate is very much in line with the nose; red currants, plums, leather, tobacco and a bit of spice. A licorice-like, slightly bitter, note accelerates towards the finish, which I think is a function of the hot year. There are still a surprising amount of tannins, which outpace the acidity, but they are totally manageable with a pop and pour. I think this could hang on for a couple of years... maybe, but I can't see any way that this really improves. This was a really pleasant surprise for a $25 second wine, from a hit or miss vintage, and it much more complex than a typical California cab. at a similar price.

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  10/7/2014 - Bo Bergmann wrote: 87 Points

  Ok, but not what I expected.

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  4/23/2013 - Seafoam Manor wrote: 87 Points

  Great nose and color, but sadly, this has a very thin mid-palate and is now a mere shadow of what was formerly a pretty good $25 bottle.

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