2012 Château Palmer, Margaux, Bordeaux Size:75cl The succession to the next

The succession to the next generation is now well underway

The mousse is rounded

as Denis used to say is “a pleasure to drink young or old”

The vines for this wine are traditionally farmed by the winemaker Pierre Girardin

If we were to create a template for an aspirational Barolo

2012 Château Palmer, Margaux, Bordeaux Size:75cl The succession to the nextThe annual release of 10 year old Chteau Palmer, and this time it's an often underrated but delicious vintage that sits in the shadow of the most prestigious years of the last decade. Proof of how slowly this wine ages, it is packed with blueberry and cassis fruits, a shot of mint leaf, mandarin peel, sage and dark chocolate, with shoulders and a serious architecture, bigger than you might expect for a vintage with such an easy drinking, gourmet