WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 857; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2011 which is 862. The average score for Château Palmer is 932, 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 2011 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2011 but no other wine from Château Palmer: Clove, Animal, élevage, Flecks, Accolades, Tarty, Blousey, Heady, Perfection, Adonis. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (13.5% vs 13.09%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 2011 (13.5% vs 13.13%). The wine will be ready to drink in 5 years (in 2021) 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 La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009, Château Cheval Blanc 2006, Château Mouton Rothschild 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Pichon-Lalande 2009, Château Clerc-Milon 2010, Château Giscours 2005, Château Malescot St Exupéry 2005, Château Haut-Brion 2008.
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 2011
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-16 |
gbp |
177 |
| 2015-04-04 |
gbp |
198 |