The Château Palmer grape harvest gives the impression of a gentle sprint, a controlled frenzy. Each person knows their role by their heart, making timely adjustments and reacting calmly in the face of unpredictable weather. And indeed, the expected — or rather dreaded — late-September rains lived up to the term "precipitation" in every sense of the word. These downpours kicked off the spectacle: the harvest of the 2021 vin...
The stagecoach lurched and rattled over the rocky road between Bordeaux and Paris that day in June 1814, but for a dashing young British officer named Charles Palmer, it must have felt like he was riding a cloud. Recently bequeathed a small fortune, and just days earlier promoted to Colonel—having valiantly led his squadron of the Prince’s Royal Hussars against Napoleon in Spain—Palmer was now making his triumphant return to London. There, his...
When first visiting Château Palmer, many are struck by an ineffable douceur, a sweetness in the air that reigns over the estate. To later sit on a bench in the village of Château Palmer, contemplating the wines one has just tasted, while a breeze washes over the peaceful sea of vines nearby, one can’t help but ponder the unfathomable constellation of circumstances which has created this singular terroir overlooking the Gironde. How this estuar...
In wine, if character comes from the terroir, and personality from climatic conditions, then excellence is the work of human beings. That begins with the vignerons, who throughout the growing season must tirelessly adapt to nature’s whims, relying on age-old viticultural practices and gestures handed down through generations, to coax and coddle their precious vines into producing a fruit deeply imbued with the nuances of its place of origin. ...
As any oenophile who has driven Bordeaux’s picturesque D2 knows, Médoc’s Route des Châteaux is studded with sprawling estates designed to daunt and dazzle, each built around an edifice more resplendent than the last. When the slender grey turrets of Château Palmer first come into view around a bend in the road just outside the commune of Margaux, naturally one braces for yet another tour de force of flamboyant landscaping and grandiose archite...
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