WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 945; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2002 which is 877. The average score for Château Palmer is 930, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Palmer they use words like Fruit, Full, Black, Tannins, Sweet, Long, Rich, Licorice, Deep, Purple, Dark, Dense, Ripe, Silky, Velvety. The 2002 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2002 but no other wine from Château Palmer: Menthol, Cappuccino. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 13.13%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 2002 (13% vs 12.79%). The wine has been ready to drink for 4 years (since 2012) and should be consumed within the next 12 years (by 2028). It normally takes wines from Château Palmer around 8 years to be ready to start drinking, and 17 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Cheval Blanc 2004, Château Pontet-Canet 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Haut-Brion 2008, Château Talbot 2005, Vieux Château Certan 2004, Château Labégorce 2010, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers below average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 70% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Palmer 2002
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2015-04-04 |
gbp |
100 |