2007 Château Palmer Margaux

Château Palmer

Margaux

Red Blend from Bordeaux, France

WS
90
ST
91
R17,220

Bottle size:

750 ml

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Intense ruby-red with deep purple highlights. Nose with hints of vanilla, raspberry, redcurrant, and bay leaf, with understated oak. Beautiful balance between alcohol and tannin on the palate. Concentrated with rich tannin and attractive freshness. Warm, generous aftertaste. Deserves further ageing in order for the alcohol and tannin to integrate into the structure.
Vanilla
Raspberries
Leather
Redcurrant

Château Palmer

A gentleman officer and aide-de-camp of the Prince of Wales Charles Palmer was famous at the English court as a ladies man and for his military victories. He fell under the spell of Bordeaux as well as the charms of Marie de Gascq a beautiful widow who convinced him to buy her estate. Charles Palmer devoted a great deal of time energy and money to developing his property. The Major General lived mainly in England and so the estate was managed by his authorized representative Mr Grey who helped to increase the wine's reputation among wealthy connoisseurs. In June 1853 the brothers Isaac and Emile Péreire famous bankers and rivals of the Rothschilds bought Palmer and began investing in the estate immediately. However there was not enough time to bring Chateau Palmer up to first growth status in time for the famous 1855 classification. It was thus ranked a Third Growth although it is widely recognized as among the greatest wines of Bordeaux. Several families of Bordeaux English and Dutch extraction all involved in the wine trade united to buy Palmer in 1938 and have worked hard to give the estate its present reputation. These families have always given priority to quality despite the financial risk this entailed. They have unfailingly applied the principles that have made the great wines of Bordeaux so successful: authenticity quality and permanence.

Description

Intense ruby-red with deep purple highlights. Nose with hints of vanilla, raspberry, redcurrant, and bay leaf, with understated oak. Beautiful balance between alcohol and tannin on the palate. Concentrated with rich tannin and attractive freshness. Warm, generous aftertaste. Deserves further ageing in order for the alcohol and tannin to integrate into the structure.

Vanilla
Vanilla
Raspberries
Raspberries
Leather
Leather
Redcurrant
Redcurrant

Food Pairing

This wine would work wonderfully with lamb and beef dishes.

Lamb
Lamb
Game Birds
Game Birds
Beef
Beef
Hard Cheese
Hard Cheese

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