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Alter Ego de Chateau Palmer 2004, 2004

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’A great year where we were able to select special blocks for Alter Ego’, Bernard de Laage (Marketing and Communication Director, Ch Palmer). Half Cabernet, half Merlot. Ripe, bright red fruit dominated nose with nice purity and some minerality. There’s a bit of chocolatey richness. Nice pure fruit on the palate with good acidity keeping things fresh. Smooth but firm tannins. 90/100 Robert Parker

This wine from the vineyards of Chateau Palmer was first produced in the 1988 vintage, the result of a new approach to selecting and blending. The purpose is to make two different wines at Château Palmer that are both fully in keeping with the values and reputation of this great estate: finesse and elegance, a rich bouquet, balance and length.

Alter Ego is not a second wine in the traditional sense, but rather simply another wine from Chateau Palmer, made to the same exacting standards as Chateau Palmer itself; hence its nick-name, “the other Palmer”. Palmer and Alter Ego are both subtle reflections of Château Palmer's terroir, two interpretations of the growing conditions in a given vintage.

Alter Ego is intensely fresh and fruity, juicy and irresistible. Smooth and round as soon as it has finished barrel ageing, Alter Ego's elegant bouquet and tannins can be appreciated within the first few years of bottling. Long barrel ageing enables the wines to reflect fully the character of their terroiras well as to develop body and richness. Alter Ego's intrinsic fruitiness and intense aromas are retained intact thanks to the moderate use of new oak barrels (25-30%)

Domain: Chateau Palmer
Appellation: Margaux
Area under vine: 52 hectares
Vine density: 10 000 vines per hectare (to stimulate competition between the vines encouraging deep root growth)
Soil type: Gravelly soils with quartz
Average age of vines: 37 years
Harvest: Hand Picked

Vinification: Rigorous selection ensuring that only the finest berries are used. The wines are fermented in temperature-controlled truncated, cone-shaped stainless steel vats, and matured for 16-17 months in 25-30% new French oak barrels. Grape varieties (planted): 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 47% Merlot, and 6% Petit Verdot.
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Alter Ego de Chateau Palmer 2004

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’A great year where we were able to select special blocks for Alter Ego’, Bernard de Laage (Marketing and Communication Director, Ch Palmer). Half Cabernet, half Merlot. Ripe, bright red fruit dominated nose with nice purity and some minerality. There’s a bit of chocolatey richness. Nice pure fruit on the palate with good acidity keeping things fresh. Smooth but firm tannins. 90/100 Robert Parker

This wine from the vineyards of Chateau Palmer was first produced in the 1988 vintage, the result of a new approach to selecting and blending. The purpose is to make two different wines at Château Palmer that are both fully in keeping with the values and reputation of this great estate: finesse and elegance, a rich bouquet, balance and length.

Alter Ego is not a second wine in the traditional sense, but rather simply another wine from Chateau Palmer, made to the same exacting standards as Chateau Palmer itself; hence its nick-name, “the other Palmer”. Palmer and Alter Ego are both subtle reflections of Château Palmer's terroir, two interpretations of the growing conditions in a given vintage.

Alter Ego is intensely fresh and fruity, juicy and irresistible. Smooth and round as soon as it has finished barrel ageing, Alter Ego's elegant bouquet and tannins can be appreciated within the first few years of bottling. Long barrel ageing enables the wines to reflect fully the character of their terroiras well as to develop body and richness. Alter Ego's intrinsic fruitiness and intense aromas are retained intact thanks to the moderate use of new oak barrels (25-30%)

Domain: Chateau Palmer
Appellation: Margaux
Area under vine: 52 hectares
Vine density: 10 000 vines per hectare (to stimulate competition between the vines encouraging deep root growth)
Soil type: Gravelly soils with quartz
Average age of vines: 37 years
Harvest: Hand Picked

Vinification: Rigorous selection ensuring that only the finest berries are used. The wines are fermented in temperature-controlled truncated, cone-shaped stainless steel vats, and matured for 16-17 months in 25-30% new French oak barrels. Grape varieties (planted): 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 47% Merlot, and 6% Petit Verdot.
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Item ID:

155095

Name:

Alter Ego de Chateau Palmer 2004

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Quantity / Size:

1 bottles, 75cl each

Duty Status:

Duty Paid

Wine Type:

Red

Country / Region:

France, Alsace

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£12.00 within the UK
From SN15, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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