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Savory black and salted-olive character with oyster shells and black licorice. Fine, almost powdery yet firm tannins. Medium body. Excellent density and structure for the vintage. Second wine of Palmer. 60% cabernet sauvignon, 32% merlot and 8% petit verdot. From biodynamically grown grapes.
Reviewer Name: James Suckling
Review Date: 25th May 2022
Palmer's 2021 Alter Ego is fabulous. Dense and rich in the glass, with positively explosive energy, the 2021 dazzles from start to finish. A rush of dark cherry, plum, spice, blood orange, menthol and licorice infuses the palate with tremendous intensity. Hints of rose petal and pomegranate appear later to round things out. The 2021 possesses tremendous textural richness that is evident from the very first taste. The aromatics alone are especially present today.
Drinking Window: 2026 - 2041
Reviewer Name: Antonio Galloni
Review Date: 11th May 2022
Deep plum in colour, with silky cassis and plum fruits on the attack. This is savoury, with sappy acidity that is mouthwatering rather than biting. This isn't exuberant and doesnt have huge flesh to the fruit, but it is a truly enjoyable and engaging wine that is one of the '2nds' of the vintage. More black fruit in this than the Palmer in many ways. Higher Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend than usual after frost affected the Merlot, giving it more of a classical Margaux balance than you find in most vintages of Alter Ego, which tends to be generous. 3.76ph.
Drinking Window: 2025 - 2040
Reviewer Name: Jane Anson
Review Date: 12th May 2022
The 2021 Alter Ego de Palmer is a somewhat unusual blend, in that it's fully 60% Cabernet Sauvignon this year, the estate's Merlot having suffered in the April frosts. Exhibiting aromas of cherries, sweet berries and plums mingled wit hints of spices and pencil shavings, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and polished, with a charming, seamless profile founded on beautifully refined structuring tannins. Tasted twice.
Reviewer Name: William Kelley
Review Date: 29th April 2022
Cigar box, tobacco, cedar and cinnamon - really gorgeous savoury tones with smoked earth and dark chocolate mingling with the black fruits. High acid, touching on sharp and slightly sherbety but there is a lovely chew to the fruits, mouthfilling, mouthwatering and appealing with the freshness from the higher percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend. Smooth and delicate with a layer of seduction in the richness of the fruit and the overall depth. Wide flavours in the mouth, expansive and open with bright strawberry and red cherry juice at the end, so sweet and succulent and moreish. Not so exuberant but full of easy enjoyment, a successful second wine in 2021.
Drinking Window: 2026 - 2035
Reviewer Name: Georgina Hindle
Review Date: 1st April 2022
Alter Ego de Palmer (Margaux; 60% Cabernet Sauvignon; 32% Merlot; 8% Petit Verdot; a final yield of just 22 hl/ha; chaptalised to 13% from around 12.5% natural alcohol; sulphur free alcoholic fermentation; 1st year in barrel; 2nd in 30 hectolitre foudre to accentuate the terroir expression; tasted at the property). There was quite significant frost and mildew damage here, especially to the (predominantly Merlot) plots further from the river. This is very intensely floral on the nose. Beeswax, cedar and graphite too. One the palate, there is a lovely natural sweet ripeness to the fruit that is unusual in the context of the vintage. Crushed, bright and energetic red and black berry fruit that is very crunchy with an impressively whole-berry feel to it. A little chocolate and liquorice too and a hint of exotic Asiatic spice. There is nice body and substance to this and it feels like ‘proper claret’, even if this is a little less fluid and dynamic through the mid-palate as a consequence.
Reviewer Name: Colin Hay
Review Date: 11th May 2022
60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot. Cask sample.
Less Merlot than usual due to mildew and frost. Attractive nose with dark-fruit and floral notes. Expressive fruit on the palate, lively and fresh with a refined texture. Tannins present but rounded. Finishes on a dry, chalky note.
Drinking Window: 2027 - 2036
Reviewer Name: James Lawther MW
Review Date: 20th April 2022
The 2021 Alter Ego has quite a penetrating bouquet with an accentuated marine/oyster shell aspect that combines with the vivid blue and black fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with crunchy black fruit, certainly a more structured Alter Ego than usual with a fine line of acidity and graphite/cedar notes furnishing the finish. This will require some bottle age, but it should mature extremely well.
Drinking Window: 2027 - 2050
Reviewer Name: Neal Martin
Review Date: 13th May 2022
