2014 Château Palmer

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 94.1 points

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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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