WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 858; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2012 which is 861. 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 2012 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2012 but no other wine from Château Palmer: Hazelnuts, Hazelnut, Flesh, Bittersweet, Firmer, Overt, Sleek, Densely, Pine, Alder. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (13.5% vs 13.13%); it has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this region in 2012 (13.5% vs 12.92%). The wine will be ready to drink in 2 years (in 2018) and should be consumed within the next 22 years (by 2038). 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 Cheval Blanc 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2005, Château Pavie 2005, Château Angélus 2005, Château Angélus 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Clerc-Milon 2010, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Haut-Bailly 2009, Château La Conseillante 2005, Château Clos Fourtet 2010.
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 2012
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-24 |
gbp |
133 |
| 2016-01-16 |
gbp |
173 |
| 2015-04-04 |
gbp |
158 |