2008 Château Palmer

Community Tasting Notes (80) Avg Score: 93.4 points

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  12/12/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 Points

  Salon Ficofi Paris walkabout tasting and dinner, no detailed tasting notes. From DMG. Soft pleasant, on the light side.

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  12/10/2023 - iBurg1229 Likes this wine: 96 Points

  13.5% ABV. Deep ruby - a little garnet emerging at the rim but still relatively youthful appearance. Initially told myself I was going to have “just 1 glass” so I used a Coravin to pour the first glass. The initial glass was so good that I apologized to my liver and proceeded to pop the bottle open for a proper decant. Really started to hum after about 2-2.5 hours in air.
  
  Notes of cassis, blackberry, black plum, violets, anise, graphite, blackcurrant leaf, dark chocolate, tobacco, damp earth. The rich black fruits really stand out. Grainy, round tannin. Vibrant acidity gives this impeccable freshness. Elegant on the palate. Fine length of finish, yet not overly impressive. Really displays excellent complexity and tension.
  
  This Palmer is so intoxicatingly fragrant and textbook Margaux - I could smell the nose on this all day. My one nitpick is that it was lacking a bit of mid-palate density and drive to really take this over the top. Given the vintage, still a mighty performance however. Delicious and ready to drink now, but definitely not peak drinking window yet.

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  11/2/2023 - KTelaak_Buffalo Likes this wine: 95 Points

  This is a bottle to be enjoyed all night. After an hour or two, it is really a delight and continues to impressively develop to the last drop 4-5 hours later. An excellent fruit forward Bordeaux with power & elegance.

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  10/19/2023 - NickA Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Château Palmer vertical (Herbert Smith Freehills, London): 51 M, 41 CS, 8 PV. Green and smoky on the nose. Piquant on the palate too, with the CS influence to the fore, then sweeter and more Merlot-esque on the finish. Nicely integrated and some savoury interest, but the finish was weak and fell off prematurely. Again, surprisingly developed, and felt on the downslope.

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  10/14/2023 - NEducatedGes Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Great wine, needs air. Decanted 2hrs before great dinner at Carbone. From past exp. 3.5 hrs 94+. Great fruit, clean and ready but no signs of fading. Sure will continue to develop.

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