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2011 Alter Ego de Palmer, Margaux, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Merlot (48%), Cabernet Sauvignon (37%), Petit Verdot (15%)
Ready - at best (Drink 2018 - 2042)
Robert Parker
88-90/100
James Molesworth
89-92/100
Product: 20118004295

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2011 Alter Ego de Palmer, Margaux, Bordeaux

Description

“Wahoo!” Tempted just to leave it at that really. Since 2005 particularly, tasting at Palmer has been one of the highlights of the week for myself and the BB&R team. It’s not only the Grand Vin that has been honed into a magnificent Adonis, but this too is a beauty to behold in its own right. Some second wines are a pale image of their big brother. However, Alter Ego is no Fredo to Michael Corleone. It’s lush, approachable, joyful even playful in comparison but by no means insignificant. It’s something fun to play with until the Grand Vin is ready to reveal itself. A definite buy for my cellar this year.
(Simon Staples, Berrys’ Fine Wine Director)
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2011
Maturity Ready - at best (2018 - 2042)
Grape List Merlot (48%), Cabernet Sauvignon (37%), Petit Verdot (15%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Palmer

Critics reviews

Robert Parker 88-90/100
More approachable it tips the scales at 13.2% alcohol), the 2011 Alter Ego de Palmer is composed of 48% Merlot, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon and a whopping 15% Petit Verdot. Despite all of the latter varietal, the wine is velvety textured, pure and impressively endowed with a lovely fragrance. It should drink beautifully for 10-15+ years.
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate
James Molesworth 89-92/100
Taut but sappy, with lots of white pepper and kirsch flavors and a chalky energy on the tightly wound finish.
Wine Spectator&39;s 2011 Top-Scoring Red Bordeaux
James Molesworth, WineSpectator.com

About this wine

Merlot

The most widely planted grape in Bordeaux and a grape that has been on a relentless expansion drive throughout the world in the last decade. Merlot is adaptable to most soils and is relatively simple to cultivate. It is a vigorous naturally high yielding grape that requires savage pruning - over-cropped Merlot-based wines are dilute and bland. It is also vital to pick at optimum ripeness as Merlot can quickly lose its varietal characteristics if harvested overripe.
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Margaux

Margaux

If Pauillac is the bastion of ‘traditional’ Red Bordeaux, Margaux represents its other facet in producing wines that are some of the region’s most sensual and alluring. The largest commune in the Médoc, it encompasses the communes of Cantenac, Soussans, Arsac and Labaude, in addition to the village of Margaux itself. Its finest examples are paragons of refinement and subtlety which have few parallels in Bordeaux.
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Château Palmer

Château Palmer is a leading wine estate in Margaux. Within its appellation, Palmer is certainly the closest rival to its first growth neighbor, Ch. Margaux. Although officially ranked a Third Growth, at their best, the wines of Ch. Palmer are among the greatest anywhere in Bordeaux.
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