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2002 Château Palmer |
| Vintage | 2002 |  Label 1 of 37   | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Château Palmer (web) | ||
| Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | ||
| Designation | n/a | ||
| Vineyard | n/a | ||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Bordeaux | ||
| SubRegion | Médoc | ||
| Appellation | Margaux |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 90.3 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 17 notes) | |
| Tasted by iobtoel on 1/20/2010: CUWS Palmer Vertical: Leather, cedar and tobacco on the nose. Smokey palate, meaty wine but perhaps a little flabby round the edges? Tannins are beginning to soften. Dark, broody wine. (420 views) | |
| Tasted by Hazeo on 1/1/2010 & rated 94 points: Excellent fragrant nose. On the palette it is rich and ripe with dark berries, chocolate, minerals, leather ... while maintaining a very supple and elegant texture. Noticeable but ripe smooth tannins on the back leading to a long finish. What a lovely margaux. (438 views) | |
| Tasted by pjaines on 11/18/2009: Farr Vintners Tasting - London; 11/17/2009-11/18/2009 (Vintners Hall - London): Now we are playing with the big boys!!! The nose on this just kicks your face off - amazingly complex - dark friuit, mushroom, cedar, woof woof!!! Very classy, very elegant. In the mouth actually drinking very well - just nudging into opening up a little bit with age so you can peep the quality that will come. Pretty damned good - another 5-8 years and this will just be getting into prime drinking territory (1051 views) | |
| Tasted by PDavisMarble on 7/15/2009 & rated 92 points: A huge wine -- still strong, sharp tannins. Fruit is there but undeveloped. Lots of earth, leather, some vegetal undertones. This should age for 10+ years. (1581 views) | |
| Tasted by loverboy on 8/12/2008 & rated 93 points: Deep red color, opened nearly 2 hours before pour. Nice aroma of cream, vanilla, leather. Showing pretty good. I was a bit surprise of the drinkability of the wine. Average finish though (2449 views) | |
| Tasted by Keith Levenberg on 3/27/2008 & rated 78 points: Château Palmer Vertical (Morton's): Nowhere near as pure as the '98, showing a heavy cloud of toasted oak and disjointed alcohol. (3440 views) | |
| Tasted by MRichman on 3/27/2008: Palmer vertical at Morton's, NYC: Burnt oak, sweet, glycerine. Rich but firm. Very young and probably not showing everything. B/B+ (3080 views) | |
| Tasted by jmd60611 on 2/5/2008 & rated 89 points: Tight dry and tannic but the brooding monster seemed to be ther for later...Hard for me to judge this wine, but based on the 95's, 96's and 99's that I've had recently, this was just not ready, but will be in 3 years or so (3524 views) | |
| Tasted by Keith Levenberg on 1/12/2008 & rated 83 points: Bought and opened to test the condition of well-priced bottles from a store not exactly known for well- (or sanely) priced bottles. Seems to be in good condition, so if anyone wants 2002 Palmer at circa-2005 prices ($75), hold your nose and head on over to Union Square Wines. That said, this is clearly a wine that doesn't want to be consumed right now. It has its moments of elegance and expressiveness but spends most of the night in a jigsaw-puzzle state of disjointedness, which is just fine with me -- kudos to the real clarets that aren't afraid to be classically austere. It opens with a fragrance of cedar and cigar-box and then quickly turns itself inside-out as some bell peppery greenness and screechingly abrupt tannin overcome the fruit. That's OK at this age but I'm a little worried about the stinging alcohol on the finish. Eventually the texture becomes more supple, strikingly so, as the fruit sweetens, fleshes out, and seems to dissolve some of the structure. At that point the easygoing mouthfeel and streamlined red-currant and apple fruit is a satisfying sipper. (3280 views) | |
| Tasted by DestinTed on 10/10/2007 & rated 93 points: (2731 views) | |
| Tasted by cos82 on 9/13/2007 & rated 92 points: Had to try one, although still a baby. Decanted for 2 hours. Dark purple with a beautiful Margaux nose of flowers, fruit and peat. Big wine with a lot, but not overwhelming tannin, as expected. Balanced but subdued flavors of plum and currant with a mineral emphasis. I think this wine will rate much higher in a few years, and particularly if the fruit comes out. I must say I still enjoyed it now. (4326 views) | |
| Tasted by snipes on 3/23/2007: Notes: Barynardy, still tight, never gave up much to really give it a fair review or score. #2 of 3 Palmer's in first flight (4839 views) | |
| Tasted by ATBridge on 12/9/2006: Briefly, a dark, opaque color. Initially a sweet Margaux perfume on the nose, but closed then closed aromatically for seveal hours. After 7 hours in the decanter, revealed a dominant inscense profile. In the mouth, the wine is tannic, but balanced, with every suggestion that time will make this wine very pleasing. Currently muted fruit with the spiciness that was on the nose. All is all, I would not have guessed this was Palmer if served blind, but this will come together nicely in several years time. Hold for now. (5194 views) | |
| Tasted by crazydervish on 12/2/2005 & rated 93 points: Vertical Tasting Strong Tannins as expected Would do well to have with some cheese perhaps to soften it up a little Too Early to tell where this wine will go but the potential is there to taste and the aroma is punget and strong Jammy to the brim and full of leather, blackcurrent and blackberry aroma's along with cigar box charactersitcs. Could also be a strong candidate for elevated status in the next 10-15 years (6420 views) | |
| Tasted by MRichman on 8/23/2005: 2002 Bordeaux Offline (Frank's Steakhouse, NYC): Red currants, a little earthier than Margaux. Some dark tar. A little rubbery mud, medicinal. B (1595 views) | |
| Tasted by DFC on 7/16/2005 & rated 94 points: 2002 Bordeaux (Garagiste, Seattle, WA): Awesome floral, peaty nose...very nice! On the palate, mouth-filling cherries and deep red fruits. Excellent structure and balance, and a long, lovely finish. My co-WOTN and (like the Pape Clement) a fantastic QPR! (7909 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 7/16/2005 & rated 92 points: Garagiste 2002 Bordeaux Tasting (Garagiste Warehouse, Seattle, WA): Mid-heavy purple. Nose full of coffee, chocolate, and some maraschino cherries. I thought for sure that this was going to be a merlot based wine and was surprised to find out that it was Palmer. The palate showed more cab dominated features with cassis and spice. My #4 of the night. (7313 views) |
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About red wine The variety Red Bordeaux Blend on CellarTracker implies any blend using any or all of the five traditional Bordeaux varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. As such, this is used worldwide, whether for wines from Bordeaux, Meritages from California and Canada, some Super-Tuscan wines etc. Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia) Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) | Simple Bordeaux primer Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines. As with a large part of the Bordeaux vineyards, vines first appeared in Margaux during the Gallo-Roman period. In 1705 a text mentions Château Margaux . But we have to wait for the end of the eighteenth century and the coming of the earliest techniques in aging for the concept of wines of high quality to develop. The confirmation of this was the famous 1855 classification which recognized 21 Crus Classés in the Margaux appellation. One hundred years later, the Viticultural Federation and the Margaux appellation of controlled origin were born. The appellation, which stretches out over five communes, is actually unique in the Médoc in that it is the only one to contain all the range of wines, as rich as they are vast, from First Great Cru Classé to the Fifths, not forgetting its famous Crus Bourgeois and its Crus Artisans. In Margaux there is a predominance of Garonne gravel on a central plateau of about 4 miles in length and one and a quarter wide. To the east-south-east, it overlooks the low lying land by the estuary. Its east side is marked by gentle, dry valleys and a succession of ridges.The layer of gravel in Margaux was spread out by a former Garonne in the early Quaternary. Rather large in size, it is mingled with shingle of average dimension and represents the finest ensemble of Günz gravel in the Haut-Médoc. It is on this ancient layer on a Tertiary terrace of limestone or clayey marl that the best Médoc crus lie. All the conditions for successful wine are present : a large amount of gravel and pebbles, poor soil which cannot retain water and deep rooted vines. It is customary to say that Margaux wines are the "most feminine" in the Médoc, thus stressing their delicacy, suppleness and their fruity, elegant aromas. This does not affect their great propensity for aging; just the opposite, for the relatively thin terroir imparts tannins which give them long life. The other characteristic of these wines which combine an elegant vitality, subtlety and consistency, is their diversity and personality. Over and above the flavour which is their "common denominator", they present an exceptional palette of bouquets, fruity flavours which show up differently from one château to another. Production conditions (Decree dated August 10 1954) In order to have the right to the Margaux appellation of controlled origin, red wines must: - come from the commune of Margaux, Cantenac, Soussans, Arsac and Labarde, "excluding the land which by the nature of its soil or because of its situation, is unfit to produce wine of this appellation". - satisfy precise production conditions: grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare). |
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