Chateau Palmer2018
About this product
- TypeCabernet Blend
- Size750mL
- RegionBordeaux
- Current Vintage2018
- Standard Drinks8
- Alcohol Volume13.5%
- CountryFrance
- Brand NameChateau Palmer
- ClosureCork
- More about James Suckling
James Suckling
Prestigous American wine reviewer for jamessuckling.com

Vintage 2018
95 points www.jamessuckling.com
It is the essence of cabernet fruit with density that is so thick that it has the texture of grape puree. Full body and melted tannins that give the wine a sense of velvet. Very soft and juicy. With air, it goes to bright, crushed black currants. Tar. Fresh tannins give it energy. I have never tasted anything like this in all my 38 years as a wine critic in Bordeaux. From tiny berries of cabernet sauvignon (53 per cent), 40 per cent merlot and seven per cent petit verdot.

Vintage 2018
100 points MW
53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot
Deep colour intense dark cherry, black currant fruits with mocha espresso notes. Amazingly powerful and expressive wine with deep set blackcurrant pastille fruits, richly concentrated graphite tennins. Incredible balance and mineral length. Superb density and complexity. The wine of the vintage53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot
Deep colour intense dark cherry, black currant fruits with mocha espresso notes. Amazingly powerful and expressive wine with deep set blackcurrant pastille fruits, richly concentrated graphite tennins. Incredible balance and mineral length. Superb density and complexity. The wine of the vintage?

