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  • Country ranking ?

    652
  • Producer ranking ?

    18
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    now to 2030
  • Food Pairing

    Beef

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The Story

Vintage after vintage, the wines of Château Palmer express our vision of an exceptional wine. We believe that it is born of the mysterious trilogy – terroir, history, memory – and all of our efforts are concentrated on bringing it into the world. Distinction, high standards and commitment are the values that guide every choice we make from the vineyard to the table where the wine is served.


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Wine Information

Characteristics of the Palmer 1982 vintage
1982 was undoubtedly a great vintage and one that is often considered as one of Bordeaux’s finest. With exceptionally good climatic conditions all through the year, the harvest was early and generous.

After a warm, dry spring, flowering began at the end of May and continued into June. The weather was hot and dry and this pattern continued until harvest time, with the occasional thunderstorm bringi...

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Vintage 1982

1982 by James Suckling

The 1982 vintage in Bordeaux changed the world of wine and my life. It was the first vintage I tasted from barrel as a young wine writer working for the American magazine The Wine Spectator, and I was amazed at how magnificent the quality of a young red could be in barrel.

I remember the first barrel samples I tasted in the summer of 1983 at Château Prieuré-Lichine with the late wine author and winemaker Alexis Lic...

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Written Notes

Fine looking bottle with bottom-neck level. Decanted two hours. A very dark, opaque wine. The nose has elegant, very intense, fresh fruit and hints of leather and tobacco. On the palate, the wine is delicate showing medium body and fine balance. Beneath this lies good structure and decent acidity. The fruit on the palate shows a slightly bitter, confected edge. Also the after taste is not as long and balanced as one can hope. There is still good potential here, but it needs five more years at least in the cellar.
  • 92p
Garnet red colour. The nose is filigree , elegant with mature character, hints of mild spices and balmy notes, dried fruits in the background. On the palate the wine displays a powerful character with ripe tannins and discreet acidity, typical for a hot vintage. Perfect maturity, the wine is at its peak.
  • 98p
Top shoulder fill. Ruby, garnet rim. Scented, fruity, floral, nuanced and layered. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity and very elegant, lively and lovely balance, long.
  • 94p
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Origin

Margaux, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Outstanding

Value For Money

Satisfactory

Investment potential

Average

Fake factory

None

Inside Information

International Wine Cellar, Stephen Tanzer, 06/01/2002
« Full, deep red. Spicy aromas of cassis and rose petal, with a whiff of meat. Then wonderfully penetrating and classy, with bright acidity giving the wine superb clarity and thrust. This has terrific structure. Finishes very long and fine, with excellent grip. By far the finest bottle I've tasted to date of this wine, and one of the real surprises of the tasting. (My second bottle showed roasted redcurrant, leather, meat and smoky oak on the nose; and a sweet, suave, broad palate without quite the structure and grip of the first sample. But this wine, too, offered compelling sweetness). »

Vinifera, Jacques Perrin, 05/01/2002
« Incontestablement, son nez constitue son attrait principal avec de très belles notes de fruits mûrs jointes à des notes minérales et rôties. La bouche est plus ferme qu'escompté avec des tannins encore présents et une finale expressive d'une belle longueur. »

The Vine, Clive Coates, 01/01/2002
« Fullish colour. Now mature - more than the 1983. Rich and ripe. Mellow and concentrated. Fullish and abundant on the nose. This is very lovely and very 1982. Sweet, creamy, round and fat. Very good concentration. Very good acidity too. But no hard edges now. Velvety on the palate. Voluptuous harmonious, classy and long. Impressive even, in a 1982 context. Very fine. »

La Revue du Vin de France, Pierre Casamayor, 11/01/2000
« La robe semble assez marquée par l’évolution, avec une déclinaison acajou sur les bords. Le nez automnal offre des notes expressives de feuilles et de sous-bois. Avec une évolution maîtrisée, il présente une certaine jeunesse, qui transparaît à travers des notes d’oranges confites. La bouche se montre complexe et dense, avec une belle délicatesse de texture. Sa légère acidité en finale apporte vigueur et jeunesse à ce vin équilibré, parfait dès maintenant. »

The Wine Advocate, Robert Parker, 06/01/2000
« Ce vin révèle bien meilleur que je ne l’avais d’abord pronostiqué. En effet, il s’est étoffé tout en développant davantage de précision. Bien qu’il ne soit pas du même niveau que son spectaculaire cadet d’un an, il s’impose comme un ensemble séveux et complexe, évoquant un Pomerol, doté de généreux arômes de cerise noire et de cassis. La bouche exprime un caractère moyennement corsé, charnu et sans détour. Vous apprécierez ce Margaux dense, mais vif et frais, dans les 7 à10 ans. »

Private tasting dinner (blind), Tom Cannavan, 01/01/2000
« Quite a dense, medium ruby colour, tawny at rim. Sumptuous, perfumed nose. There is an incense-like quality with violets and spices, leafy tobacco aromas and a weight of sweet cassis fruit. Intense and concentrated on the palate this displays both a deep, currant and plum smoky character and highlights of sweet raspberry and cherry. There are also nuances of fudge and chocolate. Quite fat and chewy, the tannins are nicely integrated and there is lively acidity to balance and freshen the finish.
Excellent. Drinking well. »

 

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