2006 Chateau Palmer 1500ml

96 POINTS

Jane Anson - Decanter

44% Cabernet Sauvignon, 56% Merlot. A clear step up from the 2004, even though the vintages were not dissimilar in style. A more delicate grain of tannins is on display, perhaps because 2006 was the first vintage where they took a more rigorous approach in the vineyard. Very dark fruits: cassis and bilberry. This is gentle in its spicing, finessed and expansive through the mid-palate, mouthwatering on the finish. Opens in waves as it sits in the glass.

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

Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast

A big, brooding wine, the fruit ripe and dense. Richness surrounds structure, giving a sumptuous layer to the dusty tannins. Flavors of currants, spice and juicy berries flow through the wine, giving power and suavity. The freshness of 2006 shows on the finish of this important wine.

94 POINTS

Neal Martin - Robert Parker 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

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.

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

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