Our Wines & Spirits

Lisa Perrotti-Brown: The 2018 Palmer is composed of 53% CabernetSauvignon, 40% Merlot and 7% Petit Verdot. Grapes were harvestedSeptember 13 to October 15, and the wine has a 3.83 pH and 14.3%alcohol. Very deep purple-black in color, the nose is a littlereticent to begin, but with coaxing, it slowly emerges to showfragrant violets, underbrush, mossy bark and iron ore withexponentially growing notions of creme de cassis, Black Forestcake, plum preserves, hoisin, Christmas cake and red roses withwafts of dusty earth, Indian spices and cracked black pepper.Full-bodied, concentrated and downright powerful in the mouth, ithas a solid structure of firm, wonderfully plush tannins and massesof fragrant accents, finishing very long and very spicy. By thetime I finished tasting this, the nose had exploded in thisfragrant bomb of fruit, earth and floral notions. This is one ofthose 2018 wines that has a beguiling brightness that comes fromthe many floral, spice and mineral accents among all that richfruit. WOW!