2025 Alter Ego de Palmer

Auslieferung bis zum Herbst 2028!
Delivery until Fall 2028!

Charged with the explosive energy of the 2025 vintage, Alter Ego de Palmer arrives as if armored in power. Yet, remarkably, there is no sense of heaviness on the palate. Instead, a line of clear acidity instantly lights up the entire structure. The aromas of dark berries are particularly vibrant, while the juicy core surges forward like a rush of fresh fruit, striking the palate and unfolding into a wave of freshness. Just as the intensity reaches its peak, a layer of finely grained, powder-like tannins reappears again, drawing the wine inward, gathering its energy, and returning it to a place of quiet control and stillness. The arc of tension and release is simply mesmerizing.
93-95/100 Alexandre Ma

Beautiful deep plum colour, so juicy and mouth watering, with a real energy and momentum, blueberry, cherry pit, love the powerful concentration and sense of lift through the palate, and things really grip as it opens and unfolds. 20hl/h, as with everywhere, 3.65ph, harvest September 8 to 24.
93/100 Jane Anson

(Margaux; 53% Cabernet Sauvignon; 40% Merlot; 6% Petit Verdot; a final yield of 20 hl/ha; 13% alcohol; tasted with Tomas Duroux at Palmer). This sparkles and is interestingly different, with notes of cordite, struck match, incense and a little blueberry alongside the more familiar black cherry, black raspberry and cassis. There's a touch of cedar, a lot of graphite and a load of class! And grated - and reassuringly expensive - black chocolate for good measure. The late August rain was essential to allow this to attain full phenolic maturity. This is intense, yet very gentle and almost polished on the attack, focused and pure through the mid-palate, with that purity conveyed by the dark berry freshness drawn up from below vertically and well-sustained on the finish.
92-94/100 Colin Hay

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2025 Alter Ego pops from the glass with exuberant notes of wild blueberries and black raspberries, giving way to hints of pencil shavings, dusty soil, and bay leaves with a waft of lavender. The light- to medium-bodied palate has intense blue and red berry flavors with a crisp backbone and lightly chewy tannins, finishing with a real skip in its step. The blend is 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, and 6% Petit Verdot. The alcohol is 13% and the pH is 3.65.
91-93/100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown