WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 927; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2009 which is 861. The average score for Château Palmer is 931, making this a below 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 2009 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2009 but no other wine from Château Palmer: Mass, Enormous, Irresistible, Immense, Blossoming, Liquorice, Tight, Brambleberries, Sleekness, Dominance. The wine has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (14.5% vs 13.03%); it has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this region in 2009 (14.5% vs 13.34%). The wine is ready to drink now (2016) and should be consumed within the next 19 years (by 2035). 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 Latour 2009, Château Lafite Rothschild 2005, Château Cheval Blanc 2005, Château Latour 2009, Château Angélus 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Haut-Bailly 2009, Château Giscours 2005.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very low value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 80% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Palmer 2009
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-24 |
gbp |
162 |
| 2015-04-04 |
gbp |
233 |