2022, Château Palmer, MARGAUX, 3ème Grand Cru ClasséBordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot Traditionally the finest wine of the Mdoc after the first growths. The talented wine maker is Thomas Duroux who always produces a pure, smooth and elegant wine with (for the Mdoc) a high proportion of Merlot in the blend. As is the case at neighbour Chteau Margaux, the 2022 Palmer is one of the most powerful wines this estate has ever produced. A blend of 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot and

here the pull through the palate is slow

savoury red fruits

though it clams up towards the finish as if to say

Yet it’s perfumed and fresh with flowers and subtle undertones of stone

and briny on the aftertaste

just 25 hl/ha

This has extreme delectability

91 Aldo Fiordelli

with 12 hectares in Fiesole (north of Florence) and 5 hectares in San Donato in Colle (south of Florence) with 70-year-old vines

with a layered mid-palate and refined tannins that assert themselves on the firm

Halfway between En La Rue de Vergy and Chambolle in style

40% one year old