2008 Château Palmer
Community Tasting Note
iBurg1229 Likes this wine:
Sunday, December 10, 2023 - 13.5% ABV. Deep ruby - a little garnet emerging at the rim but still relatively youthful appearance. Initially told myself I was going to have “just 1 glass” so I used a Coravin to pour the first glass. The initial glass was so good that I apologized to my liver and proceeded to pop the bottle open for a proper decant. Really started to hum after about 2-2.5 hours in air.
Notes of cassis, blackberry, black plum, violets, anise, graphite, blackcurrant leaf, dark chocolate, tobacco, damp earth. The rich black fruits really stand out. Grainy, round tannin. Vibrant acidity gives this impeccable freshness. Elegant on the palate. Fine length of finish, yet not overly impressive. Really displays excellent complexity and tension.
This Palmer is so intoxicatingly fragrant and textbook Margaux - I could smell the nose on this all day. My one nitpick is that it was lacking a bit of mid-palate density and drive to really take this over the top. Given the vintage, still a mighty performance however. Delicious and ready to drink now, but definitely not peak drinking window yet.
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Comment posted by Juliansi:
12/10/2023 7:39:00 PM - Thanks for the really nice and detailed notes ... Saving my one and only Palmer 08 for perhaps 3-5 years!
Comment posted by iBurg1229:
12/11/2023 8:05:00 AM - @juliansi - You’ve got a good one in your cellar. Should be drinking even more beautifully by that time! Cheers!
Comment posted by Juliansi:
12/11/2023 11:13:00 PM - iBurg1229, I just realised I also have a Palmer 09 in the cellar. I am not sure which one, the 08 v 09 I wil pop first, but that's for later this decade or even early next decade!!