Red Wine: 2011 | Chateau Palmer | Chateau Palmer 2021 release in single OWC
A wine with currants and mineral character on the nose and palate. Its full-bodied, with silky, polished tannins and a long finish. Very tight and refined now.
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Producer: Chateau Palmer
Ratings: WA | 96 WS | 95
Vintage: 2011
Size: 750ml
ABV: 13.5%
Varietal: Bordeaux Blend, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
Country/Region: France, Bordeaux
A wine with currants and mineral character on the nose and palate. Its full-bodied, with silky, polished tannins and a long finish. Very tight and refined now. Tannic. Palmer only made 20 hectoliters of wine a hectare. Like a tightly wound ball of cashmere thread.
Reviews:
- Wine Advocate: The opaque blue/purple-colored 2011 Palmer reveals a stunning bouquet of licorice, truffles, camphor, spring flowers, black raspberries and black currants. One of the superstars of the vintage, this brilliant 2011 possesses superb concentration and purity, medium to full body, and remarkable length of close to a minute. A tour de force in winemaking, the Palmer team merits accolades for achieving this level of quality in a more challenging vintage than either 2009 or 2010. The wine of the vintage in Margaux, tiny yields of 20 hectoliters per hectare, a final blend of 55% Merlot and 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, and a severe selection (only 55% of the production made it into Palmer) are the reasons for this success.
- Wine Spectator: A wine with currants and mineral character on the nose and palate. Its full-bodied, with silky, polished tannins and a long finish. Very tight and refined now. Tannic. Palmer only made 20 hectoliters of wine a hectare. Like a tightly wound ball of cashmere thread.
Producer Information
Chteau Palmer is a wine estate located in the Margaux appellation of the Mdoc. It was ranked as a third growth in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification, although for many decades it has been consistently rated as one of the best wines in the region. Unusually for the Mdoc, Chteau Palmer usually has as much Merlot as Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend (along with a small amount of Petit Verdot), which helps give the wine a fleshy and generous structure. It can be drunk young, but will also reward long cellaring.The Palmer vineyards cover 55 hectares (136 acres) in the former Cantenac commune (now part of Margaux-Cantenac), mostly on a plateau of thin gravel on the edge of the estuary. Vines are densely planted, as is the habit in this region, to ensure competition between vines, reduce vigor and promote deeper root systems.