2014 Chateau Palmer Ex-Chateau
Newly Released after a Decade!
Up to 97 Points!
2014 Palmer Ex-Chateau
$316.89 (750ml) Pre-Arrival – Buy Now
Available in OWC of 1, 3 or 6
$699.00 (1.5L) Pre-Arrival – Buy Now
Available in OWC of 1 or 3
Château Palmer are releasing their carefully guarded 2014 reserves, which they have been storing in their own cellars since the harvest. This is the one and only time that they will be offering the 2014 vintage as Ex-Chateau stock, since first release. The 2014 is the bicentenary vintage, made 200 years after Major General Charles Palmer bought the property, and also the first fully biodynamic vintage of Palmer.
The 10 Years On release is now a permanent feature of Palmer's cellaring strategy - they now hold back and then release pristine stock that has aged for ten years in their cellars, every year on the third Thursday of September.
This gives you the opportunity to acquire this fine vintage of Château Palmer that has been stored under perfect conditions, after its first decade of development has been reviewed.
Georgina Hindle, in reviewing a range of 2014's for Decanter's 'Bordeaux 2014 revisited 10 years on' article, gave Palmer 97 points, placing it joint 4th, alongside Ausone, Lafleur, Montrose and Petrus!
Situated just a stones throw away from Château Margaux, Château Palmer is named after a British officer, Major General Palmer, who settled in Bordeaux in 1814. The vineyards are biodynamically farmed and the wines regularly compete with the First Growths in terms of quality.
“Château Palmer 2014 is the very definition of a vin de garde. It has taken to cellaring magnificently, exuding fruit and minerality, and continues to surprise us while confirming its exceptional character” — Thomas Duroux, Director of Château Palmer
The 2014 vintage is, in a way, the start of a new epoch at Palmer, being the first to have been farmed entirely biodynamically after a trial period in certain parts of the vineyard. Impressively, given that 55% of the total production was selected for the grand vin, the highest proportion since 2010.
(Thanks to our GVUK colleague, Martin Lea, for this great write up)
