Alter Ego de Palmer

Château Palmer is a wine estate located in the Margaux appellation of the Medoc. It was ranked as a third growth in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification, although for many decades it has been consistently rated as one of the best wines in the region. Unusually for the Medoc, Château Palmer has as much Merlot as Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend (along with a small amount of Petit Verdot), which helps give the wine a fleshy and generous structure. It can be drunk young, but will also reward long cellaring.

Alter Ego de Palmer was introduced in 1998 as a stylistically different counterpart to the grand vin, rather than a second wine. Nonetheless, it is more fruit-forward than the grand vin, and can be approachable in its first few years after bottling.

Dense and powerful, with ripe, juicy plum and cherry fruit, aromatic blueberries, and brighter, crunchy black berry fruit. Spicy cedar, licquorice and mint unfurl on the nose. There's bright acidity and fine tannins, and a very long, mineral, iodine finish.