2005 Château Palmer

Community Tasting Notes (155) Avg Score: 95.6 points

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  4/14/2024 - Purple Tooth wrote: 97 Points

  Well....You cant spell Bordeaux better than PAL MER...Not a very French name, but a very classy producer that has made some of the greatest wines ever made. The 1961 is still on my bucket list and I have dreamt about it many a night. Always elegant, snobbish, floral and exotic, yet with that deep night flower, jasmin, twisted into fresh manure and a coffee brew. Ample fruit makes it so cute and yet sexy at the same time. I almost blush as I steal sip after sip, like my first kisses from my lady. I dont think it gets much better than this in quality, so its only more age that's holding this back. drink or HOLD_

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  2/23/2024 - iobtoel wrote: 96 Points

  Blackcurrant nose followed by whiffs of cigar, tobacco. Tiniest hint of flint in the background. Rich but beautifully balanced. Fruit still to the fore, with the tobacco notes supporting velvety smooth tannins. Deliciously long and sweet finish. Very enjoyable!

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  2/19/2024 - kr522 wrote: 94 Points

  From magnum. Very enjoyable, but this one seemed a shade overripe….the second time in the past year that I’ve sensed this after many years of loving the balance. It was still a big hit with the table and quickly consumed, but more of a crowd-pleaser/easy to drink wine, than the brilliance I’ve encountered in other bottles

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  2/15/2024 - BordeauxBoy Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Still very primary. Tasted blind with 5 other experienced winos and all of us guessed Napa. I had the vintage but all others thought younger. Well cellared. Opened 5 hrs. before tasting. No obvious Bordeaux characteristics at all at this point…not even terroir…just huge fruit. Is this a truly Parkerized wine? If I had some, would not touch it for at least 10 more years.

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  2/6/2024 - kevinleeht Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Place was too dark couldn't see colour properly. On the nose elegant with deep dark fruits and crushed violets, truffles, tobacco, i also get lots of soy sauce and dark mushrooms. On the palate also the same with dark savoury fruits that didn't seem faded at all, in fact fruits still felt vibrant and packed. Nothing is out of place and everything in perfect balance. The finish is long and still developing, felt like a baby still despite its almost 20 year age. I would say likely entering its drinking window and feels like not quite at its prime yet. I would never reject a glass of this if someone offered but I also won't be chasing this down at the current price as well.

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