1970 | Château Palmer | Margaux Supply

1970 | Château Palmer | Margaux

Red Wine: 1970 | Château Palmer | Margaux

The wine soars from the glass in a classic blaze of mulberries, black cherries, black truffles, a bit of tobacco, damp earth and a sweet topnote of violets.

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Producer: Château Palmer

Ratings: WA | 95  WS | 91

Vintage: 1970

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14.5%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: France, Margaux

Detailed Description

The wine soars from the glass in a classic blaze of mulberries, black cherries, black truffles, a bit of tobacco, damp earth and a sweet topnote of violets. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, lush on the attack and beautifully focused, with a succulent core of sweet fruit, fine, ripe tannins, and excellent length and grip on the complex and ethereal finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Not yet fully mature, the 1970 Palmer is one of the great wines of the vintage. It exhibits a dark, opaque garnet color, and an emerging, fabulously complex, exotic nose of licorice, over-ripe plums and blackcurrants, soy, cedar, and minerals. Rich and concentrated, with medium to full body, a sweet inner-core of fruit, firm but silky tannin, and a long, rich finish, this remains a youthful, potentially superb Palmer.

• Wine Spectator: Medium-deep garnet; cedar, tar and black truffle nose, with cassis emerging; very ripe and rich, with mature fruit flavors, a sinewy texture and great length.

Producer Information

Château Palmer is a wine estate located in the Margaux appellation of the Médoc. 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 Médoc, Château Palmer usually 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. The Palmer vineyards cover 55 hectares (136 acres) in the former Cantenac commune (now part of Margaux-Cantenac), mostly on a plateau of thin gravel on the edge of the estuary. Vines are densely planted, as is the habit in this region, to ensure competition between vines, reduce vigor and promote deeper root systems. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel vats, and different plots are vinified separately to give the winemakers greater control when it comes to blending. The grand vin undergoes around 21 months of barrel aging, with up to 60 percent new oak.