Chateau Palmer 3eme Cru Classe, Margaux 1999 (Magnum)
Magnum - 150cl
Stock location: United Kingdom
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- Vintage1999
- ColourRed
- ProducerChateau Palmer
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- Sub RegionMargaux
- DesignationAOP
- Bottle SizeMagnum - 150cl
- ABV12.5
- LWIN10136581999
- Avg. Critic Score4.3★★★★★★★★★★
Wine Critic Reviews
In magnum, the 1999 Palmer is drinking beautifully, offering up a deep and lavish bouquet of cherries and berries mingled with hints of cigar box and violets. Full-bodied, broad and enveloping, with a sumptuous core of fruit, velvety tannins and a long, expansive finish, it's impressively seamless and concentrated and stands out as one of the vintage's high points. Drunk side by side with Château Margaux, also in magnum, it enjoyed a narrow but persuasive lead.
- Drinking Window: 2019 - 2039
- Reviewer Name: William Kelley
- Review Date: February 2022
The 1999 Palmer has long been one of my favorite wines from the Left Bank in this vintage. Now at 20 years of age, it has a sumptuous bouquet that you would attribute to a warmer growing season than 1999: mulberry, fresh dates and sloes, all beautifully defined, and little different from how this wine showed a couple of years ago. The medium-bodied palate is well-balanced, with fine tannin and plenty of tarry black fruit. This bottle had not been decanted, and I feel it seems more compact than it would after a couple of hours’ aeration. But there is much freshness and vigor here, along with firm grip and a classic tarry finish. Excellent. Tasted from an ex-château bottle at the estate.
- Drinking Window: 2019 - 2039
- Reviewer Name: Neal Martin
- Review Date: September 2019