2006 Palmer 1500ml

95 POINTS

Huon Hooke - The Real Review

A lovely wine: deep, complex, seductive, stylish. Medium-full-bodied. Soft, powdery tannins. Elegant. Some tobacco. Finesse plus. (13% alc.)

94 POINTS

Neal Martin - Wine Advocate

Tasted at Bordeaux Index's annual 10-Year On tasting in London. The 2006 Château Palmer was wonderful out of barrel ten years ago and now in bottle, it fulfills its promise with a stunning, precise bouquet of maraschino, iodine, cassis and tobacco scents that seem a few years younger than its Margaux peers. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin that cloak its sweet core of cassis and blackcurrant fruit. However, what is so striking is the fineness of the tannin and just how well that oak is subsumed into the fabric of the wine. This is a long-term proposition: a great Margaux from Thomas Duroux. Tasted January 2016.

93 POINTS

James Suckling - Wine Spectator

Coffee, plum and spices on the nose follow through to a full body, with lovely fruit and a soft, silky-textured finish. Very balanced and beautiful, with lots of violet, new wood and richness. Long. Needs time. Best after 2015.

92 POINTS

Stephen Tanzer - Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

Good full red. Subtly perfumed aromas of plum, milk chocolate, cedar, menthol and smoke. Sweet, supple and deep, with a pungent minerality to the flavors of mulberry, currant and chocolate. Very suave and harmonious wine, offering a lovely combination of volume and energy. Duroux ultimately included 47% merlot in the blend, and this must be some of the best merlot of the Medoc in 2006. Finishes very long and perfumed, with terrific vinosity. (At a much lower price point, the estate's second wine, Alter Ego, is also unusually elegant and juicy in 2006.)

92 POINTS

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

The dense ruby/purple-hued 2006 Palmer reveals sweet aromas of melted licorice, underbrush, toast, plums, and black cherries. Outstanding density, a medium to full-bodied style, and a personality that recalls 1996, this blend of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon and 34% Merlot possesses moderately high tannins as well as plenty of aging potential. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2028.

René Gabriel - WeinWisser

2016-2035. Dunkles Granat-Purpur, rubiner Rand. Diskretes, sehr feines Bouquet, noch zurückhaltend, schöne Tiefe, schwarze Beeren, Lakritze, Teernuancen. Fester, stoffiger Gaumen, viel Fleisch im delikat süssen Extrakt zeigend, fest eingebundene Tannine und Säure, weit ausgelegt, ein beruhigender, nicht spekulativer Palmer mit viel Klasse und ebenso viel Potenzial. 18/20

Jancis Robinson MW

Brown rim. Neat, intense, introvert nose. Lots of Cabernet. Concentrated cassis fruit. Lovely texture. Real lift plus density. Quite impressively juicy then spicy and dry on the end but in a fresh, impressive way rather than dried out. Neat. Less chunky than some. Very ambitious and seductive. Quite marked acidity though and only a medium finish. Drink 2015-2028 18/20

Jacques Dupont - Le Point

Séveux, minéral, silex, bouche délicate, élégante mais tendue, un très beau fruit bien préservé et beaucoup de longueur, un vin plus en longeur qu'en largeur, de petits tanins délicats, moins explosif que 2005, mais précis et minéral. 18-18/20