CHÂTEAU PALMER, TEN YEARS ON
BORDEAUX, FRANCE 2016
Château Palmer has just released the remaining bottles of its legendary 2016 vintage, which took home no fewer than five 100-point scores from the critics.
That’s right: a perfect wine, an insta-classic, with ten years of age to its name.
The bottles sat, untouched, at the cellar for the past decade, maturing and deepening and becoming (as we can well attest) even more incredible.
This has been Palmer's practice for a while now, this staggered release, and it has only further enhanced the legend of this great estate, giving collectors a chance to taste the wine as the winemaker intended it … and (if anyone desires it) to acquire a handsome 3-bottle wooden case.
Jeb Dunnuck was as knocked out as we were in our recent tasting, declaring it “the finest vintage I've ever tasted from this estate,” ahead of even the great 2009 and 2010, and going on to extol the way it “glides over the palate with flawless purity and balance” despite its concentration.
Antonio Galloni, writing for Vinous, echoed these awe-dropping sentiments, calling it “breathtaking” and “sumptuous,” a wine where “all the elements simply fall into place.”
We've tasted a great many wines that earned their scores through the sheer power of, well, their power. This one earns it through its magisterial assurance.
The tannins are enormous, structurally, and yet nothing about the experience feels like an argument. Nothing raises its voice. It feels like one of those wonderful conversations that, if you’re lucky, you have a few times in your life: a conversation laden with possibility and promise, and in which existence feels not just hopeful but also magical.
What ten years in a château cellar does, above all, is to fundamentally change a wine's relationship to time. This isn't a bottle you cellar and wonder about. It arrives fully formed and complete unto itself. When you settle in, you’re settling in to a command performance.
Folks, do NOT miss this rare opportunity to acquire a quintuple 100-pointer for your collection. This is one for the ages. Secure your bottles today!
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