Chateau PalmerChateau Palmer is a winery in the Margaux appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. The wine produced here was classified as one of fourteen Troisiemes Crus ( Third Growths ) in the historic Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855. Palmer's terroir dates from the Quaternary period, when gravel slowly accunulated on the Left Bank of the Gironde. This gravel was pushed by the Dordogne and carried along by the Garonne. The two rivers meet a few kilometres downstream from Chateau Palmer to form the Gironde estuary.
In 1814, as the Napoleonic era came to an end, Major General Palmer of the British army acquired the property that was to bear his name from a certain Jeanne de Gasq.
Chateau Palmer's finesse and elegance are legendary, and its aromatic complexity is every bit as remarkable. The subtle balance between powerful, but understated tannins and aromatic richness makes Palmer an incomparably charming wine, even when very young. A large percentage pf Merlot ( 47% ), almost the same amount of Cabernet Sauvignon ( 47% ), and a small proportion of Petit Verdot ( 6% ) give Chateau Palmer an extraordinarily complex bouquet of fruit, flowers, and spice as well as body and structure. Chateau Palmer Second Wine is named Alter Ego.
Have you get their collection yet ? Here was their Top Vintages of the wines : 1996, 1970, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 & 2005.
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