2019 Château Palmer

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 97.3 points

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  10/30/2023 - Geerath wrote:

  Bouquet is dark fruited, Cabernet dominated, it’s very deep and exotic but paradoxically not heavy or giving me a sense of being concentrated, maybe sultry a better word, there’s also tobacco, black cherry echoing raspberry, hint of oak with an indian spice maybe cumin. Palate is silky and sweet, medium acid. Tannins a little feminine, ever so slightly grippy, very finely rounded and integrated. Bottle says 14% alcohol. It’s all so embryonic at this stage with no offensive edges in anyway, it almost fails to be noticed, but there’s certainly an elegance to this. I’m NR just because I’m bedazzled by its profile at the moment (at gun point maybe 94-95 depends on how it shakes out over time)

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  7/29/2023 - Noremedy21 wrote: 96 Points

  Similar in many ways to my note on Alter Ego last week. This was popped out of curiosity, after how much I enjoyed the AE.
  
  In many ways this wine reflects its baby brother, beautiful perfumed aroma of violet, flowers, and raspberries / blueberries. The wine is a stunning garnet / crimson colour, with plenty of black fruit, tobacco, and mint on the palette, with a smidge of green underbrush and almost graphite in the tannins. As the evening went on the black fruit gave way to more red fruit as the tannins subsided. It has a wonderful silky mouthfeel, and a long 45+ second finish.
  
  Overall relative to the Alter Ego, this wine has more structure, power and stuffing for the long haul. It went through a few stages of being open and closed over the 5 hour drinking window in which it was consumed (post 1 hour double decant).
  
  Overall this wine has a bright future ahead of it, and if you have 4+ tucked away, it might be worth opening one just out of curiosity before this shuts down completely. Unsurprisingly I'll be cracking Alter Ego's before I come back to this again in 6-8 years time. 96+

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  4/2/2023 - elrascuache Likes this wine: 100 Points

  This is such a memorable wine. Deep, dark ruby core that stretches to its edges. Its first nose is generous with floral notes, red fruits (raspberries, strawberries, gooseberries), and herbs (mint, oregano). The palate is fresh, neat, and silky. This wine will age gracefully, though I’m impressed by its remarkable clarity at this early stage of development. The blend is 43% Merlot, 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 4% Petit Verdot.

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  3/29/2022 - Jeff Leve wrote: 98 Points

  The first thing you notice is the showy display of lilacs and roses before moving on to the currants, plums, cigar wrapper, black cherries and earthy nuances. As captivating as the perfume is, it is the sensuous, rich, silky, elegant, fresh, vibrant palate presence with its layers of perfectly ripe, black and red fruits. There is length, lift and longevity here with a vibrancy that resonates. The finish builds and expands as the fruits linger. Like all great vintages of Palmer, give this time to develop allowing the wine to gain complexity and additional nuances. This should age effortlessly for decades. Drink from 2032-2060.

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  3/16/2022 - Tudz Drkl Likes this wine:

  Bready and yeasty nose with herbs, plums and dark red fruits. Great acidity and fine grained round tannins. This ended long on pure fruit. Delicious!

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