Alter Ego de Palmer 2025 is a beautifully balanced Margaux that expresses the elegance and generosity of the Palmer estate in a more approachable style. Made from 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, and 6% Petit Verdot, it offers vibrant aromas of blackcurrants, dark berries, violets, and subtle spice. The palate is silky and refined, with ripe fruit, fresh acidity, and finely textured tannins creating a harmonious and expressive wine. Combining richness with finesse, Alter Ego de Palmer 2025 delivers immediate charm while retaining the structure and complexity to develop gracefully over time.

Decanter | D 94
Published: Apr 1, 2026
Drink: 2029-2039

Quite a spiced notes on the nose, really aromatic, a little toasted with cinnamon, cedar, dried herbs, some florality and blackcurrants. Smooth and creamy with a crushed velvety aspect to the tannins which fill the mouth and create a soft cushioning of texture from which the ripe but also cool blueberry aspects widen. Quiet, calm, still massy with power and muscles but well integrated and not shouting. It’s certainly juicy and mouthwatering with a crystalline blueberry aspect. Great purity but still with this wide frame and quite firm liquorice spiced edges. Lots going on here. More Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend than Merlot. 15% press wine.
Closure: Cork
Alcohol: 13.00%
Body: Medium
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 54% Cabernet Sauvignon 40% Merlot 6% Petit Verdot

The Wine Advocate | RP 91-93
Published: Apr 30, 2026

The 2025 Alter Ego de Palmer unwinds in the glass with aromas of dark berries, plums and violets, followed by a medium- to full-bodied, fleshy and concentrated palate defined by lively acids and plenty of sweet, powdery tannin. Checking in at 13% alcohol, it's a blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 6% Petit Verdot. The low yields of 20 hectoliters per hectare might shock other estates, but Palmer has become much more habituated to such numbers in recent years.

Jancis Robinson | JR 17
Published: Apr 15, 2026
Drink: 2030-2045

54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 6% Petit Verdot. Cask sample.
Dark fruit with a floral note. Palate juicy and aromatic, the grainy tannins precise. Cabernet Sauvignon marks the style. (JL)

Chateau-palmer.com

ANY WORK OFFERS ENDLESS POSSIBLE INTERPRETATIONS. Alter Ego was launched with the 1998 vintage, driven by the idea of producing another facet to the estate. Spontaneous, round, generous, and silky, this 'other wine' is both intense and light, rich and delicate. It has the elegance and grain de tanin of its predecessor. Throughout its creation, Alter Ego is led by the same high standards that govern the composition of Château Palmer's great wine.

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