Chateau Palmer Margaux 2019 750ml
The 2019 Château Palmer, composed of 43% Merlot, 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 4% Petit Verdot, is an exceptionally rich and concentrated wine. It displays intense aromas of cherries, blackberries, violets, and sweet spices. The palate is full-bodied, layered, and seamless with structured tannins, offering a long, penetrating finish. The wine’s complexity and dramatic length highlight the rare pairing of powerful Merlot and reserved Cabernet, making it a standout vintage. Its exceptional purity and clarity make it a brilliant expression of Château Palmer’s terroir, with great aging potential.
Jamessuckling.com | JS 99
Published: Nov 11, 2021
So much sweet tobacco, stone, brambleberry and currant on the nose. The palate is full and compact with very polished tannins, yet they are solid and sturdy and run the length and width of the wine. Energetic acidity. Very structured and powerful, yet agile and impressive. Historic feel. From biodynamically grown grapes. This needs at least six years of bottle age to soften. Try after 2027.
Decanter | D 97
Published: Jan 5, 2022
Drink: 2029-2050
A serious and darkly fruited wine with notes of milk chocolate, violets and black cherries supported by fine-grained and velvety tannins that really coat the mouth, carefully constructed with acidity underneath that gives brightness and lift. The emphasis here is really the concentration and density of flavours with layers of black chocolate, black cherries, cocoa powder and cooling minerality but each with purity and definition. Excellently framed and well packaged with energy and verve. So many elements going on: a great Palmer.
Closure: Cork
Alcohol: 13.70%
Body: Full
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 53% Cabernet Sauvignon 43% Merlot 4% Petit Verdot
The Wine Advocate | RP 96+
Published: Apr 7, 2022
Drink: 2027-2065
The 2019 Palmer is a rich, dramatic wine that soars from the glass with aromas of cherries, blackberries and berry fruit liqueur mingled with notions of violets, rose petals and sweet spices. Full-bodied, layered and seamless, it'spowerful and immensely concentrated, with an enveloping core of lively fruit that largely conceals the wine's ripe, powdery structuring tannins. Concluding with a long, penetrating finish, it'sa brilliant rendition of the contemporary Palmer style from Thomas Duroux and his team.
Jancisrobinson.com | JR 19
Published: Feb 1, 2023
Drink: 2030-2055
Tasted blind. Deep, glowing crimson. Intense and intriguing. Sweet start, and very long and dramatic. Polished tannins here in abundance and a certain glow. Incredible length. Nuances on the finish. Something minerally, too. So long!
Chateau-palmer.com
2019 blend: Merlot 43% Cabernet sauvignon 53% Petit verdot 4%
The Merlots give rise to wines full of power, exuberance, and body. The Cabernets developed a certain coolness and reserve, leading to wines of rare distinction. It is this uncommon coupling that has seen 2019 enter the exclusive club of truly exceptional vintages.
While January was marked by a few days of extreme cold, the rest of the winter proved relatively mild. Throughout the season rainfall was moderate but sufficient to partially replenish essential reserves in our soils. Budding began almost a week ahead of schedule before progressing in a smooth and even manner. The spring that followed was cool and rainy. Despite the capricious weather, flowering allowed us to hope for a bountiful harvest. Then, at the end of June, the weather conditions changed radically and a lasting period of hot and dry weather set in.
Fortunately, the vines endured two heatwaves in June and July without consequence. The limited summer rainfall fostered the accumulation of polyphenols in the berries. The grapes underwent their color change in excellent conditions and, by mid-August, we were sure that we had an exceptional vintage in our sights. We began harvesting the Merlot on September 19. The berries were aromatic and loaded with sugar. The harvest continued and we entered the fall under fine, steady rainfall which lowered the potential alcohol of the Cabernet Sauvignon. By October 11, the harvest was complete. In the vat room, the exuberance of the Merlot grapes shone through. The Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot also displayed remarkable finesse.
Today, both Alter Ego and Château Palmer express a purity and aromatic clarity rarely seen in such an abundant vintage. These wines are elixirs of truth in their faithful reflection of their terroir.