Château Palmer (ex-Château) 2015
Margaux 3ème Grand Cru Classé
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£1,550.00
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Arriving: Late 2025
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 14.0% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: Yes | Drink from: 2015 |
| Biodynamic: Yes | Drink to: 2050 |
| Grapes: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot, 6% Petit Verdot | |
Critic scores
97 RP, 93 NM, 97 AG, 100 JS, 98 JD, 98 LPB, 97 JA, 97 DC
Critic reviews
"The 2015 Palmer is a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot and 6% Petit Verdot with around 14.1% alcohol, a little higher than usual. It is much more backward on the nose than the Alter Ego and demanded coaxing from the glass, eventually revealing scents of blackberry, cassis, boysenberry, crushed stone and a touch of vanilla pod, beautifully defined with a brooding sense of power. I suspect that this will be no shy and retiring violet when it reaches full maturity. The palate is medium-bodied with svelte tannins that caress the mouth on the entry, and it is a voluminous Palmer, not heavy but multifaceted. Black fruits are laced with oyster shell, hints of allspice and crushed stone, delivering a crescendo toward an intense finish that this château has specialized in under winemaker Thomas Duroux. It will require at least a decade in bottle, but I probably agree with the estate that it will last many decades. Superb...but only for the patient. Anticipated maturity: 2025 - 2065. "
Neal Martin, March 2018, RobertParker.com
"The 2015 Palmer is well-defined on the nose with blackberry, cedar and light cigar box scents. This has a touch of camphor in the background. The palate is medium-bodied with a sweet, candied entry and blood orange infusing the red fruit. This is a well-made Margaux with good balance and gentle grip on the harmonious finish, but it will require time to absorb the oak. Tasted blind at the 2015 Bordeaux Ten-Year-On tasting."
Neal Martin, July 2025, Vinous.com
"The 2015 Palmer is a wine of total refinement and class. All the elements are wonderfully meshed together, as they always have been from the very start. Dark black cherry, plum, mocha, licorice, spice and leather notes are all seamless in the glass. The tannins are present, but they are silky and pretty much buried by the sheer luxuriousness of the fruit. Palmer is one of the most complete and harmonious wines of 2015. This is a brilliant effort from Thomas Duroux and his team."
Antonio Galloni, February 2018, Vinous.com
"I am breathless with the dark-berry, lavender and burnt-orange aromas. Some salt. Just so formidable and deep. Stunningly sexy on the palate with a density and power, yet it leaves things so clean and bright. You want to drink it and enjoy it now, but it has the structure to last forever. Drink in 2022."
James Suckling, February 2018, JamesSuckling.com
Neal Martin, March 2018, RobertParker.com
"The 2015 Palmer is well-defined on the nose with blackberry, cedar and light cigar box scents. This has a touch of camphor in the background. The palate is medium-bodied with a sweet, candied entry and blood orange infusing the red fruit. This is a well-made Margaux with good balance and gentle grip on the harmonious finish, but it will require time to absorb the oak. Tasted blind at the 2015 Bordeaux Ten-Year-On tasting."
Neal Martin, July 2025, Vinous.com
"The 2015 Palmer is a wine of total refinement and class. All the elements are wonderfully meshed together, as they always have been from the very start. Dark black cherry, plum, mocha, licorice, spice and leather notes are all seamless in the glass. The tannins are present, but they are silky and pretty much buried by the sheer luxuriousness of the fruit. Palmer is one of the most complete and harmonious wines of 2015. This is a brilliant effort from Thomas Duroux and his team."
Antonio Galloni, February 2018, Vinous.com
"I am breathless with the dark-berry, lavender and burnt-orange aromas. Some salt. Just so formidable and deep. Stunningly sexy on the palate with a density and power, yet it leaves things so clean and bright. You want to drink it and enjoy it now, but it has the structure to last forever. Drink in 2022."
James Suckling, February 2018, JamesSuckling.com