2021 Alter Ego

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 92 points

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  3/9/2024 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 Points

  Crushed stones, flowers, red with black cherries and a marine influence sets the tone in the perfume. On the palate, the medium-bodied wine is soft, silky, and vibrant, making the perfect backdrop for all of the wines sweet, ripe plums, mint and spice notes in the refined finish. The wine is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot and 8% Petit Verdot, making this the highest percentage of Cabernet ever used in any vintage of Alter Ego. Drink from 2025-2040.

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  6/20/2022 - vvWine.ch wrote: 92 Points

  (91-93 vvPunkte) 60% Cabernet, der höchste Cabernet-Anteil seit Gedenken, 32% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot, 13% Alkohol (0.5% Chaptalisiert). Palmer hat 8 Hektaren Merlot, die unter dem Frost gelitten hatten, und zusammen mit dem Mehltau hat das Gut rund 20% weniger geerntet. Tiefdunkles Rubin. Die Nase ist feinduftig, schöne Cassisfrucht, feine, florale Noten. Im Gaumen klar und rein, sehr fruchtbetont, mit feiner Tanninstruktur, im mittleren Gaumen mit etwas weniger Druck als in anderen Jahren, dafür ist da eine grosse Frische, die dem Wein Trinkfluss und zusätzlich Struktur verleiht. Im Abgang von mittlerer Länge, endet auf rotfruchtige Aromen. (Verkostet "En Primeur" im April 2022. Château Palmer) vvWine.ch

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  5/20/2022 - Jeff Leve wrote: 91 Points

  Flowers and black cherries on the nose open the wine. On the palate, the medium-bodied wine is soft, juicy, fresh, clean and forward, with a polished, spicy, cocoa-dusted currant and plum finish. The wine is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot and 8% Petit Verdot, making this the highest percentage of Cabernet ever used in any vintage of Alter Ego. Drink from 2023-2038. 89-90

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  4/27/2022 - LiteItOnFire Likes this wine:

  No notes due to 400 wines EP but this may be one of the best second wines of the vintage. While not an overly complex and deep wine, the wine is very enjoyable and has a resemblance of it being in the Palmer family.

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  4/25/2022 - chatters wrote:

  En-Primeur campaign for the 2021 vintage; 4/25/2022-4/29/2022 (Bordeaux): Red plum, red berry and currant, cream, woody okay notes are polished. Medium plus intensity acidity, woody, chalky tannins, again quite red fruit on the palate, it’s a bit woody and chewy at the moment.

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