Kirwan - 2005 (750ml) Size:750ml the taste is perfectly balanced

the taste is perfectly balanced

With the realistic pricing that remains for many 2008s

with great purity

and the tell-tale Lafite elegance

Kirwan - 2005 (750ml) Size:750ml the taste is perfectly balancedA third growth, this intense, powerful and concentrated wine should play to its strengths in a vintage such as 2005, with its enormous tannin and density. This is one of the more backward of the 2005s, quite masculine, tannic and bold, with a deep ruby purple color, lots of spice, a touch of wood and new oak as well as a medium to full bodied, rather backward, tannic mouthfeel. Its all there, and the wine certainly has plenty of concentration, but it