2020 Chateau Palmer 1500mL

Dark ruby garnet, purple reflections, deep core, delicate rim brightening. Fine noble wood touch, some cedar and graphite, black berries, nuances of juniper, a touch of bergamot. Juicy, fine cassis nuances, fresh black cherries, integrated tannins, freshly structured, mineral, cool style, long lasting, fine savouriness on the finish, has maturity and certain ageing potential, an elegant food companion. Peter Moser Falstaff 96 Points

"Year after year, parcel after parcel, Palmer’s wines progress towards an ever clearer expression of their terroir, this mosaic of soils whose shared hallmark are their deposits of ancient gravel, carried down from the Pyrenees and the Massif Central thousands of years ago. Rooted now for more than a decade in the principles of biodynamics, today our agricultural vision draws from still more distant sources. By returning to the common sense of our country ancestors, we’re building a new way forward, resolved to further sublimate nature in all its full depth and diversity, and to craft our wines with an eye to the long term. Over the course of 2020, this year like no other, it was as if time had been suspended, forcing us to place some of our activities on hold. But this parenthesis also gave us an opportunity to refocus our efforts on the essentials: cultivating our vines, genuinely observing and listening to our environment, and striving to live wholly in rhythm with the life pulse of a thriving vineyard. In the wake of an extraordinary 2018 and a 2019 of profound elegance, the 2020 vintage of Château Palmer, with its class and sensuality, rounds off a truly exceptional trilogy " THOMAS DUROUX - CEO OF CHÂTEAU PALMER Tasting Comment The robe is a violet-purple hue. The first nose, discreet, hints at great complexity to come. When swirled in the glass, the first wisps of black fruit rise slowly to meet us. But it is on the palate that this Château Palmer expresses itself most forcefully, with a sensual and quite simply fascinating mouthfeel, revealing powerful tannins of flesh and brilliance. A long ageing period will undoubtedly be necessary to tame this great, singular wine.