Bordeaux 2014, 10-years on tasted blind: Ripe and expressive nose. Coffee, toast, dark fruit, underbrush. Generous palate, round lots of stuffing, but holding back and tannins need further integration. Overall it felt still very young. Give it time till 2030. Group Rank 6/15
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Bordeaux 2014 - 10 Years On - 15 Reds: Fifteen red wines (14 left bank/1 right bank). All tasted blind. The 2014 vintage turned out to be good, but not exceptional. This vintage is characterized by a cool, classic style with an impressive expression of fresh fruit. The wines were rich in blue fruit, supported by a fine mineral backbone, without succumbing to overripeness or overbearing fruitiness. Contrary to expectations, the wines were not overly austere and showed good (excellent at the top) tannin structure, contributing to a classic Bordeaux experience. However, it's important to note that while these wines have commendable qualities, they lack the complexity and, to a lesser extent, the finesse and elegance characteristic of the most celebrated vintages. Many of the wines seemed a bit simplistic. I think they are likely to peak in the early rather than mature into 30, 40, 50-year wines as I don’t think there is enough fruit. My top three were a layered, blue-fruited Ducru Beaucaillou, a strawberry-laden, purity-driven Montrose (both rated 94pts), and an elegant Pichon Lalande (93pts), foreshadowing the great things this estate has produced in vintages since. The group winner was also the Ducru.
TN: Medium- expressive nose with lots of graphite minerality and a touch dark fruit. I noted: Very Cabernet, very Bordeaux, very Pauillac. But on the palate it revealed more Merlot and Margaux character. Quite a lot of stuffing with dark and red berries, from fresh and ripe, the whole spectrum. Lots of minerality and some herbs, and even some floral notes. Quite complete and already quite round. Very fine to drink. It opened up more and improved by the minute.
Decanting: Not decanted. This could have taken it home, would it have been decanted for 2-3 hours.
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Tasted at Chateau Palmer, wine #2. Palmer named this vintage ‘Le vin du bicentenaire’, marking 200 years since Major General Charles Palmer bought the estate. The first vintage that brought Palmer back to its roots and closer to the land, the first fully biodynamic masterpiece. Blend of 49% CS, 45% Merlot and 6% PV, 60% new oak. Bursting concentrated aroma of wet earth, mushrooms, blackberries, cassis, chocolate, tobacco, rosemary. Full body, powerful, dense and concentrated yet elegant and restrained with multifaceted ever-changing complex smoky, earthy and floral dark fruit flavours, refined yet structured chewy tannins and long hedonistic finish.
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A well-made wine, but too young. I feel a little sorry for opening this wine so early. Drinking in 4 days. It was reduced on day 1, started to open up on day 2, fully opened on day 3, and no significant change on day 3 and 4. Medium ruby. Black fruit and spices in nose. Full-bodied, concentrated, and structured. Finish with plum, spice, cheery, and candied hibiscus. At least another 3-5 years are needed.
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3 hour decant - on the PnP tastes a little and it was alive and bright; quite approachable early
Gorgeous nose of black raspberry, minerals, cassis, anise and mike chocolate.
The palate is absolutely delicious and entrancing with crazy acidity and great length, black and red berries, and cool and bright. Though almost 50 percent merlot, the palate certainly isn’t soft and is more Daft Punk than Kenny G. Tannins have only moderately evolved but the acidity and texture make this very drinkable young.
Lacks the intense depth of the top vintages but is an awesome young drinking Palmer which will be enjoyable for a long time. Fresh!
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After a few hours of air, this wine gives a great experience. Where it starts closed and with strong tannins, after 3-4 hours you will get a soft, round and drinkable wine. It is a great wine now, but please keep them for a few more years.
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This is really singing at the moment. Just needs a couple of hours in the decanter. Explosive nose. Should almost be drunken out of a burgundy glass. Drunk several of the great vintages like 05/10/15 lately, but at the moment this 2014 shows so good and makes more fun. Anyway… 2014 is an underestimated vintage, especially in Margaux and Pauillac.
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Brilliant deep purple. Heady nose of violets, black raspberry, plum, and spice with a mineral note in the background. Very floral and quite feminine. This was just lovely although we did it a disservice by not providing a longer decant - at this stage of its early life, about 3 hours in a wide-bodied decanter would have worked wonders. Terrific energy, tension and inner mouth perfume. This still has decades to run and the score will certainly move higher with the benefit of time. What a treat.
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60 years of Chateau Palmer (Torali): Excellent Palmer, which drinks very well right now. I think this is in a very good window right now. Good balance between fruit, tannins and acidity, it's a real pleasure to drink. I'm not sure how this will age but it certainly has several years ahead.
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A nice pairing with the 2015 Alter Ego, youthful, balanced, medium intensity, I agree that this vintage reminds me of the 1985, drinking nicely considering how young the wine is. Drink 2029-41.
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Heavenly scents of cassis, red berries and dried citrus peel. Tart cherries and red currants on the palate. It finishes with such subtle tannins and a great lift at the end.
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One small glass from a half bottle- enjoyed over a 4 hour period
Good deep red-purple color, when first opened more assertive than expected- with noticeable, yet velvety, tannins, over time it remained firm but the fruit opened to show a very broad and attractive mid-weight palate, mulberries, cherries, a nice undertone of earth, excellent finish, excellent balance, also- there is a certain precision here, a sort of polish, I do not say this in a negative way- in fact I think this slight change will be an enhancement when this matures and all those little details manifest themselves openly, I have long been a fan of Palmer- but in terms of elegance and finesse, this is one of the most promising vintages I have ever had, it will not be one of the bigger ones- not by a long shot- but I could see this evolving along the lines of the greatest 1985s which are still showing beautifully today. (****)+, 2025-2050+
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Denne svært anerkjente Margaux-produsenten som gjør sin gamle 3.Cru Classe klassifisering til skamme hvert eneste år har en drueblend på 49% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% merlot og med 6% Petit Verdot.
Vinen er litt rødlilla på kjernen og lys lilla på kantene.
Vinen åpner herlig floral på nesen med intense forførende blå-lilla frukter og med et spisst krydder som virkelig fanger din interesse.
Vinen har bra fylde, men blir ikke for tung. Vinen har ganske så tilgjengelige og saftige frukter med lekne bjørnebær, litt syrlig solbær og kirsebærspreg. Tydelig anis og lakrisbåt preg også. Tanninene framstår som modne og godt integrerte allerede.
En flott vin, som kanskje mangler litt trøkk og tydelighet for å klatre mye høyere opp på skalaen foreløpig. www.botti.no
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Sinds 2014 biologisch dynamisch verbouwd. Een wijn die zich kenmerkt door een uitzonderlijke balans. In de neus iets kruidnagel door het eikenhout, maar ook prachtig mineraal en verfijnd. de smaak is rond en gestructureerd met fris zwart frit en fijne tanninen, gevolgd door een lange intense afdronk. Grootse wijn!
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Espresso bean, truffle, floral, plum and earthy scents pop quickly as your nose meets the glass. A polished and elegant debutante wrapped in a gown of velvety tannins, this wine is fresh, clean and pure leaving you with a sensuous drape of lingering fruits. This wine is the first fully biodynamic vintage for the chateau. Produced from a blend of 49% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot and 6% Petit Verdot, the reached 13.5 alcohol with a pH of 3.6. It represents 55% of the harvest, which took place between September 22 and October 14. 94-95 Pts
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2/23/2024 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 Points
Bordeaux 2014, 10-years on tasted blind: Ripe and expressive nose. Coffee, toast, dark fruit, underbrush. Generous palate, round lots of stuffing, but holding back and tannins need further integration. Overall it felt still very young. Give it time till 2030. Group Rank 6/15
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2/22/2024 - Cailles wrote: 93 Points
Bordeaux 2014 - 10 Years On - 15 Reds: Fifteen red wines (14 left bank/1 right bank). All tasted blind. The 2014 vintage turned out to be good, but not exceptional. This vintage is characterized by a cool, classic style with an impressive expression of fresh fruit. The wines were rich in blue fruit, supported by a fine mineral backbone, without succumbing to overripeness or overbearing fruitiness. Contrary to expectations, the wines were not overly austere and showed good (excellent at the top) tannin structure, contributing to a classic Bordeaux experience. However, it's important to note that while these wines have commendable qualities, they lack the complexity and, to a lesser extent, the finesse and elegance characteristic of the most celebrated vintages. Many of the wines seemed a bit simplistic. I think they are likely to peak in the early rather than mature into 30, 40, 50-year wines as I don’t think there is enough fruit. My top three were a layered, blue-fruited Ducru Beaucaillou, a strawberry-laden, purity-driven Montrose (both rated 94pts), and an elegant Pichon Lalande (93pts), foreshadowing the great things this estate has produced in vintages since. The group winner was also the Ducru.
TN: Medium- expressive nose with lots of graphite minerality and a touch dark fruit. I noted: Very Cabernet, very Bordeaux, very Pauillac. But on the palate it revealed more Merlot and Margaux character. Quite a lot of stuffing with dark and red berries, from fresh and ripe, the whole spectrum. Lots of minerality and some herbs, and even some floral notes. Quite complete and already quite round. Very fine to drink. It opened up more and improved by the minute.
Decanting: Not decanted. This could have taken it home, would it have been decanted for 2-3 hours.
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8/11/2023 - Ernestas Likes this wine: 96 Points
Tasted at Chateau Palmer, wine #2. Palmer named this vintage ‘Le vin du bicentenaire’, marking 200 years since Major General Charles Palmer bought the estate. The first vintage that brought Palmer back to its roots and closer to the land, the first fully biodynamic masterpiece. Blend of 49% CS, 45% Merlot and 6% PV, 60% new oak. Bursting concentrated aroma of wet earth, mushrooms, blackberries, cassis, chocolate, tobacco, rosemary. Full body, powerful, dense and concentrated yet elegant and restrained with multifaceted ever-changing complex smoky, earthy and floral dark fruit flavours, refined yet structured chewy tannins and long hedonistic finish.
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5/18/2023 - Ohlawuly Likes this wine: 94 Points
A well-made wine, but too young. I feel a little sorry for opening this wine so early.
Drinking in 4 days. It was reduced on day 1, started to open up on day 2, fully opened on day 3, and no significant change on day 3 and 4.
Medium ruby. Black fruit and spices in nose. Full-bodied, concentrated, and structured. Finish with plum, spice, cheery, and candied hibiscus.
At least another 3-5 years are needed.
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4/8/2023 - mchern02 wrote: 94 Points
3 hour decant - on the PnP tastes a little and it was alive and bright; quite approachable early
Gorgeous nose of black raspberry, minerals, cassis, anise and mike chocolate.
The palate is absolutely delicious and entrancing with crazy acidity and great length, black and red berries, and cool and bright. Though almost 50 percent merlot, the palate certainly isn’t soft and is more Daft Punk than Kenny G. Tannins have only moderately evolved but the acidity and texture make this very drinkable young.
Lacks the intense depth of the top vintages but is an awesome young drinking Palmer which will be enjoyable for a long time. Fresh!
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2/13/2023 - Jacob Christoffer Likes this wine: 95 Points
After a few hours of air, this wine gives a great experience. Where it starts closed and with strong tannins, after 3-4 hours you will get a soft, round and drinkable wine. It is a great wine now, but please keep them for a few more years.
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7/4/2022 - jmoon Likes this wine: 94 Points
Lovely, dense, juicy, delicious. Really needed 2-3 hours of air before it sang. In a good place now, long upside as plenty of stuffing.
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5/10/2022 - MarcelloW Likes this wine: 96 Points
This is really singing at the moment. Just needs a couple of hours in the decanter. Explosive nose. Should almost be drunken out of a burgundy glass. Drunk several of the great vintages like 05/10/15 lately, but at the moment this 2014 shows so good and makes more fun. Anyway… 2014 is an underestimated vintage, especially in Margaux and Pauillac.
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11/11/2021 - hkbob Likes this wine: 94 Points
Brilliant deep purple. Heady nose of violets, black raspberry, plum, and spice with a mineral note in the background. Very floral and quite feminine. This was just lovely although we did it a disservice by not providing a longer decant - at this stage of its early life, about 3 hours in a wide-bodied decanter would have worked wonders. Terrific energy, tension and inner mouth perfume. This still has decades to run and the score will certainly move higher with the benefit of time. What a treat.
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10/8/2021 - frenchiecagowine Likes this wine: 92 Points
60 years of Chateau Palmer (Torali): Excellent Palmer, which drinks very well right now. I think this is in a very good window right now. Good balance between fruit, tannins and acidity, it's a real pleasure to drink. I'm not sure how this will age but it certainly has several years ahead.
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3/10/2020 - curtr Likes this wine: 93 Points
A nice pairing with the 2015 Alter Ego, youthful, balanced, medium intensity, I agree that this vintage reminds me of the 1985, drinking nicely considering how young the wine is. Drink 2029-41.
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1/22/2020 - Wylie_coyoti wrote: 93 Points
Heavenly scents of cassis, red berries and dried citrus peel. Tart cherries and red currants on the palate. It finishes with such subtle tannins and a great lift at the end.
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10/27/2018 - Lateva wrote: 96 Points
Slow O for 8 hours.
Wow, this is great. Stunning nose, black/blue fruit, tobacco, lead pencil. Palate is full and gorgeous. Outstanding
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4/14/2018 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:
One small glass from a half bottle- enjoyed over a 4 hour period
Good deep red-purple color, when first opened more assertive than expected- with noticeable, yet velvety, tannins, over time it remained firm but the fruit opened to show a very broad and attractive mid-weight palate, mulberries, cherries, a nice undertone of earth, excellent finish, excellent balance, also- there is a certain precision here, a sort of polish, I do not say this in a negative way- in fact I think this slight change will be an enhancement when this matures and all those little details manifest themselves openly, I have long been a fan of Palmer- but in terms of elegance and finesse, this is one of the most promising vintages I have ever had, it will not be one of the bigger ones- not by a long shot- but I could see this evolving along the lines of the greatest 1985s which are still showing beautifully today. (****)+, 2025-2050+
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11/29/2017 - Andre Brattland wrote: 94 Points
Denne svært anerkjente Margaux-produsenten som gjør sin gamle 3.Cru Classe klassifisering til skamme hvert eneste år har en drueblend på 49% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% merlot og med 6% Petit Verdot.
Vinen er litt rødlilla på kjernen og lys lilla på kantene.
Vinen åpner herlig floral på nesen med intense forførende blå-lilla frukter og med et spisst krydder som virkelig fanger din interesse.
Vinen har bra fylde, men blir ikke for tung. Vinen har ganske så tilgjengelige og saftige frukter med lekne bjørnebær, litt syrlig solbær og kirsebærspreg. Tydelig anis og lakrisbåt preg også. Tanninene framstår som modne og godt integrerte allerede.
En flott vin, som kanskje mangler litt trøkk og tydelighet for å klatre mye høyere opp på skalaen foreløpig. www.botti.no
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1/7/2017 - Mr. Parker Likes this wine: 94 Points
Sinds 2014 biologisch dynamisch verbouwd. Een wijn die zich kenmerkt door een uitzonderlijke balans. In de neus iets kruidnagel door het eikenhout, maar ook prachtig mineraal en verfijnd. de smaak is rond en gestructureerd met fris zwart frit en fijne tanninen, gevolgd door een lange intense afdronk. Grootse wijn!
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4/22/2015 - Jeff Leve wrote: 95 Points
Espresso bean, truffle, floral, plum and earthy scents pop quickly as your nose meets the glass. A polished and elegant debutante wrapped in a gown of velvety tannins, this wine is fresh, clean and pure leaving you with a sensuous drape of lingering fruits. This wine is the first fully biodynamic vintage for the chateau. Produced from a blend of 49% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot and 6% Petit Verdot, the reached 13.5 alcohol with a pH of 3.6. It represents 55% of the harvest, which took place between September 22 and October 14. 94-95 Pts
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