Margaux - 2016 - Château Palmer - 0,75L

An exceptional Margaux. Château Palmer 2016 embodies grace, restrained power, and aromatic complexity in a legendary vintage.

📋 Characteristics

• Appellation: Margaux
• Grape Variety: 47% Merlot, 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petit Verdot
• Vintage: 2016
• Certification: Biodynamic farming (Demeter)
• Terroir: Fine gravel over clay-limestone subsoil
• Vinification & Ageing: Parcel-by-parcel vinification, aged 20 to 22 months in French oak barrels (approx. 60% new)
• Alcohol: Approx. 14% vol

🍇 Tasting Notes

• Appearance: Deep purple with near-black highlights
• Nose: Profound and captivating: blackberry, black plum, rose petals, cedar, dark chocolate, sweet spices, and incense
• Palate: Textured, fleshy, almost velvety. Exceptionally fine tannins, magnificent tension. A masterful balance of fruit, acidity, and oak
• Finish: Infinite, noble, and persistent, marked by freshness, black truffle, and a vibrant salinity

🍴 Food Pairings

🥩 Beef filet Rossini, slow-cooked chuck, roast pigeon with chanterelles
🍄 Truffle risotto, porcini ravioli
🧀 Aged noble cheeses: old Comté, Parmesan, truffled Brie

🫗 Serving Advice

Serving temperature: 17–18°C
Decanting: Recommended, at least 3 hours
Opening time: 2 to 4 hours to fully express its potential

🗓 Cellaring Potential

This 2016 Palmer promises extraordinary longevity. Already sumptuous today, it will fully reveal itself between 2028 and 2055 — or even beyond.

🏰 About the Domaine

Château Palmer, a 3rd Growth in the 1855 Classification, is one of Margaux’s crown jewels, renowned for its opulent, refined, and singular style.
Certified biodynamic since 2014, the estate combines exceptional terroir with uncompromising artisanal precision.