2000 Château Kirwan

Community Tasting Notes (136) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  3/24/2024 - jreis Likes this wine:

  Popped and poured at cellar temp. Very lovely dark purple color with just a hint of lightening at the rim. Violets, truffles and a bit of cigar on an intoxicating nose. Palate does not quite match the intensity of the nose - nice elegant structure, some black fruit and acid, but seems a bit closed down or quite restrained. Going to throw it in the decanter to see if it opens up by dinner time.

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  3/23/2024 - Romz Likes this wine: 91 Points

  230324: Celebrating DQ's Bday at Uovo Asador with immacutely curated menu & wines by bday boy himself. Bottle TB from SKT. Thought this was the most matured tonight - plenty of tertiary notes. Ripe dark fruits, forest floor, roasted bell pepper, accompanied by nuances of cedar, tobacco, & a touch of earthiness. Well integrated tannins with velvety texture & mouthfeel. My guess was a 20 yrs old pauillac, either a GPL or Clerc Milon

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  2/18/2024 - drmarclevine Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Decanted one hour. Disjointed at first but came together after about 20 minutes in the decanter. Huge bloom of cassis, cigar ash, roasted green pepper, and earthy tree bark. Got more complex over time. Medium weight in the mouth with unsweetened cherry jam, charcoal, and a menthol finish. Very good structure and depth balanced by a strong showing of fruit. Long finish. The quality of the vintage really shows here. Near peak but probably can gain a bit more complexity with a few more years of patience. Very fine.

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  12/27/2023 - Andrea1975 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Pleasant experience. Decanted 45 min. Beautiful nose of porporri and violets, musk, bramble, coffee. Tertiary emerging. Great body with good concentration of fruit, mid-palate weight, and persistence. Everything is integrated well In a nice drinking window, enjoy now. I would not wait much longer.

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  12/24/2023 - atbarbar Likes this wine: 92 Points

  A very accessible Bordeaux. Still intense color, palate of some flowers but above all horse hair the following day. Smooth tannins, this wine is open for business. Very smooth in general, very pleasant. Agreed with Andrea1975 consume, ready to go and not far from peak. One thing though, as other Bordeaux we had that night, a surprising thin body also reflected in the alcohol content of 13%. Enjoy this fine stuff before climate change will make it impossible to produce these fine wines.

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