Chateau Palmer Alter Ego de Palmer 2005
Varietal: Bordeaux Red Blends
Vineyard: Chateau Palmer
Region: Margaux, France - Bordeaux
The dynamic bouquet combines power and complexity. The fruit is ripe and varied: blackcurrants, sour cherries, figs, plums and dates. Spices (vanilla, white pepper, and cinnamon) melt with roasted notes (mocha and cocoa), a few plants (tobacco and cedar) and delicate musky touches.
The attack is powerful and fruity and is favorably counterbalanced by the Growth's legendary freshness. The tannic structure isn't lacking for elegance as, not only is it present, it escorts the wine with all the grace of a flamboyant gothic style: a cathedral's rose window. Its length is ascending, flavorful, infinite…The wine is full-bodied, true, but never spoiling such supreme elegance.
Of course the vintage has, once again, spoken. Fortunately, it has been brought under control. This wine should be decanted two hours before serving. It will be at its peak between 2010 and 2025.
