Chateau Palmer Alter Ego de Palmer 2016

  • 97 James
    Suckling
  • 94 Wine
    Enthusiast
  • 93 Robert
    Parker
  • 93 Decanter
  • 93 Jeb
    Dunnuck
  • 90 Wine
    Spectator
4.8 Fantastic (15)
Sold Out - was $119.99
OFFER Take $20 off your order of $100+
Ships Fri, Apr 5
You scanned this 3/28/24
0
Limit Reached
You scanned this 3/28/24
Alert me about new vintages and availability
Chateau Palmer Alter Ego de Palmer 2016 Front Bottle Shot
Chateau Palmer Alter Ego de Palmer 2016 Front Bottle Shot Chateau Palmer Alter Ego de Palmer 2016 Front Label

Product Details


Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2016

Size
750ML

Features
Collectible

Your Rating

0.0 Not For Me NaN/NaN/N

Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Blend: 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 12% Petit Verdot

Professional Ratings

  • 97
    A super fresh and expressive nose with a wealth of ripe red and dark plums, as well as blackberries and cassis, with subtle cedar and bracken complexity. The palate has a deeply rich, long and assertive style with a deep-set, flavorful and structured finish. Classically styled with great depth. Second wine of Château Palmer. Try from 2023.
  • 94
    This richly structured and tannic wine offers dark fruit and ripe tannins. The second wine of Château Palmer, it’s full of black-plum and dense berry flavors balanced by the acidity and the structure. Age this wine and drink from 2023.
  • 93
    Blended of 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 12% Petit Verdot, the deep garnet-purple colored 2016 Alter Ego de Palmer opens with beautifully expressive notes of black cherries, fresh blackberries and redcurrants plus suggestions of menthol, dark chocolate, cloves and underbrush. Medium to full-bodied with a rich mid-palate and stacks of exuberant black and red fruits, it has a velvety texture and fantastically long finish.
  • 93
    There was a rough 60/40 split in terms of Palmer to Alter Ego in 2016 because it was a concentrated vintage and so suited the Palmer style - an interesting insight into how they blend. This is a little stricter than the typical Alter Ego, the pure and rich cassis fruit hitting you straight away, but the seduction comes through after a few moments in the glass, when ripe damson and grilled almonds appear. It has lovely freshness, and such a different fruit expression to the 2015 (which I tasted last week, so it's fresh in my mind). The 2015 was more generous, whereas here there's a clearer floral, violet edge. It may take a little longer than usual to really lay meat on the bones, but this is clearly going to reward patience.
  • 93
    The 2016 Alter Ego is cut from the same cloth as the grand vin, just less intense, with beautiful cassis fruits, notes of spring flowers, spice, and cedar pencil. A lovely, elegant wine, it has some similarities to the 2010, yet is ever so slightly more elegant, with softer tannins. Drink this beauty any time over the coming 20 years or more.
  • 90
    Features an overt core of ripe plum and blackberry confiture flavors, lined with cocoa and fresh humus hints. A lacing of singed alder in the background helps harness the fruit, with cassis bush and licorice snap notes checking in on the finish. Drink now through 2030.

Other Vintages

2022
  • 97 James
    Suckling
  • 95 Jeb
    Dunnuck
  • 93 Decanter
  • 93 Robert
    Parker
2021
  • 95 James
    Suckling
  • 94 Vinous
  • 93 Decanter
  • 92 Jeb
    Dunnuck
  • 92 Robert
    Parker
2020
  • 96 James
    Suckling
  • 94 Wine
    Enthusiast
  • 94 Decanter
  • 94 Jeb
    Dunnuck
  • 93 Robert
    Parker
2019
  • 96 James
    Suckling
  • 94 Vinous
  • 94 Jeb
    Dunnuck
  • 94 Decanter
  • 91 Robert
    Parker
  • 90 Wine
    Spectator
2017
  • 94 James
    Suckling
  • 93 Decanter
  • 92 Wine
    Spectator
  • 92 Robert
    Parker
  • 92 Wine
    Enthusiast
  • 92 Jeb
    Dunnuck
2015
  • 96 James
    Suckling
  • 95 Wine
    Enthusiast
  • 93 Jeb
    Dunnuck
  • 92 Robert
    Parker
  • 91 Decanter
2014
  • 93 Wine
    Spectator
  • 93 James
    Suckling
  • 93 Wine
    Enthusiast
  • 92 Robert
    Parker
  • 90 Decanter
  • 90 Jeb
    Dunnuck
2012
  • 94 James
    Suckling
  • 93 Robert
    Parker
  • 92 Wine
    Enthusiast
  • 90 Wine
    Spectator
2011
  • 93 Wine
    Enthusiast
  • 92 Wilfred
    Wong
  • 92 Wine
    Spectator
  • 91 James
    Suckling
  • 90 Robert
    Parker
2010
  • 93 Wine
    Enthusiast
  • 93 Wilfred
    Wong
  • 92 James
    Suckling
  • 92 Wine
    Spectator
  • 90 Robert
    Parker
2009
  • 93 Wine
    Enthusiast
  • 90 Wine
    Spectator
2005
  • 92 Wine
    Spectator
  • 92 Wine
    Enthusiast
  • 90 Robert
    Parker
2000
  • 92 Wine
    Spectator
Chateau Palmer

Chateau Palmer

View all products
Chateau Palmer, France
Chateau Palmer Chateau Palmer Winery Image
A gentleman, officer, and aide-de-camp of the Prince of Wales, Charles Palmer was famous at the English court as a ladies man and for his military victories. He fell under the spell of Bordeaux as well as the charms of Marie de Gascq, a beautiful widow who convinced him to buy her estate.

Charles Palmer devoted a great deal of time, energy, and money to developing his property. The Major General lived mainly in England, and so the estate was managed by his authorized representative, Mr Grey, who helped to increase the wine's reputation among wealthy connoisseurs.

In June 1853, the brothers Isaac and Emile Péreire, famous bankers and rivals of the Rothschilds, bought Palmer and began investing in the estate immediately. However, there was not enough time to bring Chateau Palmer up to first growth status in time for the famous 1855 classification. It was thus ranked a Third Growth, although it is widely recognized as among the greatest wines of Bordeaux.

Several families of Bordeaux, English, and Dutch extraction all involved in the wine trade, united to buy Palmer in 1938 and have worked hard to give the estate its present reputation. These families have always given priority to quality, despite the financial risk this entailed. They have unfailingly applied the principles that have made the great wines of Bordeaux so successful: authenticity, quality, and permanence.

Image for Bordeaux Blends content section
View all products

One of the world’s most classic and popular styles of red wine, Bordeaux-inspired blends have spread from their homeland in France to nearly every corner of the New World. Typically based on either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot and supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, the best of these are densely hued, fragrant, full of fruit and boast a structure that begs for cellar time. Somm Secret—Blends from Bordeaux are generally earthier compared to those from the New World, which tend to be fruit-dominant.

Image for Margaux Wine Bordeaux, France content section

Margaux Wine

Bordeaux, France

View all products

Silky, seductive and polished are the words that characterize the best wines from Margaux, the most inland appellation of the Médoc on the Left Bank of Bordeaux.

Margaux’s gravel soils are the thinnest of the Médoc, making them most penetrable by vine roots—some reaching down over 23 feet for water. The best sites are said to be on gentle outcrops, or croupes, where more gravel facilitates good drainage.

The Left Bank of Bordeaux subscribes to an arguably outdated method of classification but it is nonetheless important in regards to history of the area. In 1855 the finest chateaux were deemed on the basis of reputation and trading price—at that time. In 1855, Chateau Margaux achieved first growth status, yet it has been Chateau Palmer (officially third growth from the 1855 classification) that has consistently outperformed others throughout the 20th century.

Chateau Margaux in top vintages is capable of producing red Cabernet Sauvignon based wines described as pure, intense, spell-binding, refined and profound with flavors and aromas of black currant, violets, roses, orange peel, black tea and incense.

Other top producers worthy of noting include Chateau Rauzan-Ségla, Lascombes, Brane-Cantenac, and d’Issan, among others.

The best wines of Margaux combine a deep ruby color with a polished structure, concentration and an unrivaled elegance.

JOBF202488_2016 Item# 202488

Internet Explorer is no longer supported.
Please use a different browser like Edge, Chrome or Firefox to enjoy all that Wine.com has to offer.

It's easy to make the switch.
Enjoy better browsing and increased security.

Yes, Update Now

Search for ""