Very perfumed and subtle with dried flowers and citrus, as well as blue fruit. Full-bodied with wonderfully diffused, integrated tannins that just run over the edges of the wine. It’s extremely polished and very, very long. Fresh and bright. Energetic finish. A thoughtful wine. A blend of 54% merlot, 42% cabernet sauvignon and 4% petit verdot. Drink after 2023.
Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2017 Palmer needs considerable swirling to shake loose its gorgeous perfume of Morello cherries, blackcurrant pastilles and wild blueberries with emerging suggestions of iron ore, dusty soil, wild sage, cinnamon toast, and graphite. Medium-bodied, the palate has exquisitely ripe, fine-grained tannins and compelling tension to the tightly wound red and black fruit layers, finishing long and minerally. The blend is 54% Merlot, 42% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 4% Petit Verdot.