Palmer 2014 Ex-Chateau (750ML)

97 DE / 97 WE / 95+ VM / 95 JD / 95 JS / 95 DB / 95 WCI / 95 FS / 18 JR

Quite vivid aromatics on the nose, deep and heady, blue fruit, peppercorns, liquorice and cocoa powder. Fruity and really quite dense in terms of chewiness and flavour. Stands out in the line up for being forward, lifted, intense and powerful, grippy and alive. Excellent presentation and character. Feels youthful and fresh, but it's the texture and sense of weight and the long finish that really makes this wine stand out. A great showing for Palmer with a long life ahead. - Georgie Hindle, Decanter, June 2024, '10 years on: Hindle’s pick of 30 Bordeaux 2014 top-achievers’

It's easy to call this a beautiful wine—it's dense and lush, with great layers of black fruit and acidity. The first fully biodynamic vintage from this estate has certainly yielded impressive ripe fruit, with structured tannins and dark berry flavors that linger long. It has enormous potential, certainly not be ready to drink before 2027. — Roger Voss, Wine Enthusiast

The 2014 Palmer is endowed with serious depth and intensity. Black cherry, bittersweet chocolate, spice, leather, tobacco and menthol infuse the 2014 with striking midpalate depth, unctuousness and texture. Silky, plush and polished, the 2014 will likely offer a very long window of pure drinking pleasure. It is one of the sexiest, raciest 2014s readers will come across. The blend is 49 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 45 % Merlot and 6 % Petit Verdot aged in 60-65 % new French oak. - Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media

The 2014 Palmer is up with the crème de la crème of the vintage and should merit an even higher score in 5-7 years. A blend of 49% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot and the rest Petit Verdot brought up in 65% new French oak, its deep ruby/purple-tinged color is followed by a rich, opulent bouquet of blackcurrants, black cherries, chocolate, and tobacco, with hints of graphite and background oak. With more texture and mid-palate depth than most in the vintage, this terrific 2014 is medium to full-bodied, beautifully concentrated, layered and as hedonistic and sexy as it gets in the vintage. Give bottle 4-5 years and it should drink nicely for two decades. - Jeb Dunnuck

This really develops wonderfully in the glass starting out earthy with mushrooms and spices and then turns to dark fruit such as blackberries and blackcurrants. Full-bodied, very intense and minerally. Firm and silky tannins and a long, long finish. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink in 2022. - James Suckling

Château Palmer 2014 (Margaux; 49% Cabernet Sauvignon; 45% Merlot; 6% Petit Verdot; a final yield of 33 hl/ha; aged for 22 months in French oak barrels, just over 60% of which were new; pH 3.6; 13.5% alcohol). Lithe, limpid, aromatically complex and archetypally very redolent of its appellation in its delicate florality. Yet this is, in the context of the vintage, a rich and comparatively ample wine, with impressive depth, density and concentration. It is also at a beautiful stage in its evolution, with subtle sous bois, leather, tobacco leaf and walnut notes supporting the more prominent cedar and fresh dark berry fruits. There’s a touch of crushed black pepper and a pleasing salinity on the finish which is well-structured by the fine-grained slightly crumbly tannins. Plump and quite opulent with a long life ahead of it. - Colin Hay, the Drinks Business, Sep 2024

Espresso bean, truffle, floral, plum and earthy scents pop quickly as your nose meets the glass. A polished and elegant debutante wrapped in a gown of velvety tannins, this wine is fresh, clean and pure leaving you with a sensuous drape of lingering fruits. This wine is the first fully biodynamic vintage for the chateau. Produced from a blend of 49% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot and 6% Petit Verdot, the reached 13.5 ABV with a pH of 3.6. It represents 55% of the harvest, which took place between September 22 and October 14. - Jeff Leve, Wine Cellar Insider

The Red Wine Château Palmer, vintage 2014 from the winery Château Palmer has been rated in 2015 with 95 Falstaff points. It is a wine made from the grape varieties Petit Verdot, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon from the region Margaux in France. - Peter Moser, Falstaff