| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > Margaux |
| Colour | Red |
| Type | Still |
This is the second wine of Château Palmer. It is always very smooth and supple thanks to a high proportion of Merlot in the blend. Generally one third of Palmer's vines always make Alter Ego and one third always make the grand vin. The other third varies depending on quality each year.
In 2024 Alter Ego is 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot and 6% Petit Verdot from a yield of only 22hl/ha.
The 2024 Alter Ego de Palmer is a lovely wine, bursting with aromas of blackcurrants, plums, rose petals and violets. Medium to full-bodied, supple and lively, with a sweet core of fruit, ripe tannins and impressive richness for the vintage, it's a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot and 6% Petit Verdot.
The 2024 Alter Ego is first aged in barrel with 20% new oak and then transferred into 3,000-liter foudres. It has a very pure bouquet, focused and more concentrated than expected with blackcurrant, raspberry, incense and light violet scents. The palate is medium-bodied and fresh with crisp tannins and hints of black olive and fennel. This Alter Ego is leaner and more linear than in warmer seasons. Crisp and taut on the finish, the 2024 will deserve a couple of years in bottle. Very fine. Drink: 2030-2048
Deep garnet-purple colored. Opens with evocative scents of wild strawberries, fresh, juicy raspberries, and red currant jelly, leading to hints of cinnamon stick and lavender oil with a waft of anise. The light to medium-bodied palate is bright and breezy with a lively line and fine-grained tannins supporting the red berry flavors, finishing with a mineral lift.
34% Merlot, 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petit Verdot.
Finessed aromatics, clear stone fruits, cherry pit, even touch of sage and juicy nectarine among the more classical cassis and blackberry fruits, this is sappy, slate, gunsmoke, good balance with salinity on the finish, enjoyable. 22hl/h yield, mainly from poor fruit set on the old Merlots, so both wines have majority Cabernet Sauvignon. Harvest 25 September to 10 October, 3.7ph. One to look out for, and no need to wait too long.
The 2024 Alter Ego is a very sexy, polished wine. Silky contours wrap around a core of dark red-toned fruit. Floral and spice overtones lend brightness to a mid-weight, supple Alter Ego that will drink well right out of the gate. Pliant and inviting, with no hard edges, the 2024 is an absolute delight. Hints of cedar, tobacco, incense and white pepper linger on the brilliant, sculpted finish. Drink: 2029-2039
Sweet fruit on the nose with a typically Palmer perfume. Delicately sweet in the mouth, with a hint of energy not often seen in 2024, this has no hard edges and wants to be drunk. Not quite as plush as the two vintages that precede it though a rather good expression of 2024: a lighter than usual Alter Ego.
Good depth here for the vintage, showing rich dark cherries, mulberries, violets and mussel shells. A hint of dried fruit too. Medium- to full-bodied with some nicely chewy tannins and a tight, juicy finish. 60% cabernet sauvignon, 34% merlot and 6% petit verdot.
