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2010 Château Palmer, Margaux, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Merlot (54%), Cabernet Sauvignon (40%), Petit Verdot (6%)
Ready - youthful
Product: 20108004309
2010 Château Palmer, Margaux, Bordeaux

Description

54% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petit Verdot

Wine shouldn't be allowed to be this incredible! Utterly seductive, reeling you in like a shapely siren, its rocks being the somewhat chunky price tag that will inevitably accompany yet another legend from this brilliant estate. I think it is safe to say that Thomas Duroux and his team have now taken Ch. Palmer to another level, and that their 2005 was not a one-off, should anyone have thought of that. It now really has the power, grace, sophistication and poise of a First Growth and has more charm than some.

Where does 2010 sit amongst such amazing recent regal triumphs? Is it better than their thrilling 2009 and spellbinding 2005? It is really hard to say. The complexity, concentration, intensity and sheer pleasure-giving punch may well make this the finest of that glorious trinity. Exceptional, but I hope they try and keep a lid on the price.

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Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2010
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Merlot (54%), Cabernet Sauvignon (40%), Petit Verdot (6%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Palmer

About this wine

Merlot

The most widely planted grape in Bordeaux and a grape that has been on a relentless expansion drive throughout the world in the last decade. Merlot is adaptable to most soils and is relatively simple to cultivate. It is a vigorous naturally high yielding grape that requires savage pruning - over-cropped Merlot-based wines are dilute and bland. It is also vital to pick at optimum ripeness as Merlot can quickly lose its varietal characteristics if harvested overripe.
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Margaux

Margaux

If Pauillac is the bastion of ‘traditional’ Red Bordeaux, Margaux represents its other facet in producing wines that are some of the region’s most sensual and alluring. The largest commune in the Médoc, it encompasses the communes of Cantenac, Soussans, Arsac and Labaude, in addition to the village of Margaux itself. Its finest examples are paragons of refinement and subtlety which have few parallels in Bordeaux.
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Château Palmer

Château Palmer is a leading wine estate in Margaux. Within its appellation, Palmer is certainly the closest rival to its first growth neighbor, Ch. Margaux. Although officially ranked a Third Growth, at their best, the wines of Ch. Palmer are among the greatest anywhere in Bordeaux.
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