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2022 Alter Ego de Palmer, Margaux, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Not ready
Product: 20228004295
2022 Alter Ego de Palmer, Margaux, Bordeaux

Description

Château Palmer’s second wine is 35% of the production, cropped at 22hl/ha from the lighter gravel soils. Like the grand vin, this is at the richer end of the scale for the vintage. It is extraordinarily perfumed, full of rose and violet, following through on the palate with textures and flavours of macerated red fruits.

Overall, this is lush, open and beguiling, but in need of a little patience to allow its full potential to emerge. Thomas Duroux’s winemaking philosophy this year was to maximise elements of ripeness and extraction.

Merlot 51%; Cabernet Sauvignon 43%; Petit Verdot 6%

Drink 2027 - 2040

Score: 17/20

Berry Bros. & Rudd (April 2023)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2022
Maturity Not ready
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Palmer

About this wine

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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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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