GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: Palmer & Co
Region: Champagne, France
Appellation: AOC Champagne
Type: Sparkling white wine
Vintage: Non vintage
Date of Tasting: Janvuary 2023
Type of viticulture: Conventional
Grapes used: 100% Chardonnay
Vintage Blend: Split among vintages not communicated
Winemaking details: Premiers Crus of Trépail and Villers-Marmery blended with Chardonnay from Côte de Sézanne
Aging: 5 years on lies
Sugar level: 7g/liter
Sulphites: Not communicated
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Gold
- Intensity = Pale
NOSE
- Intensity = Medium +
- Aromas Characteristics = Primary + Secondary +Tertiary
- Aromas = Lemon, Citrus, blossom, lies, strong autolytic notes, brioche, biscuits
PALATE
- Sweetness = Slightly Off Dry
- Acidity = High
- Tannins = N/A
- Alcohol = 12%
- Body = Medium+
- Flavour Intensity = Medium+
- Flavour Characteristics = Primary + Secondary +Tertiary
- Flavour details = Lemon, Citrus, blossom, lies, strong autolytic notes, brioche, biscuits, some mineral notes
- Other = Strong autolytic character imparting brioche and biscuit notes to the wine
- Finish = Long
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Very Very Good
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 8°C for up to 7-12 years
- Can gain some complexity from aging by improved integration of autolytic notes and evolved tertiary notes
- Retail Price = 43 euros for a 75cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = Good value for money
- Comparison with same price competition = Good quality
- Suitability for Diabetics = Not suitable
- Service Temperature = around 8-10°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = Polenta, Koulibiac, Apetizer, Dessert, Brioche based desserts
- Comments = This wine offer a good level of quality overall with a good balance acidity-fruits-autolytic characters which is quite rare at this price range
- Final Grade = A-
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(1)GENERAL ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Please note that although all efforts have been made to be as objective as possible, the general assessment inherently involves a degree of subjectivity based on a personal evaluation of the wine.
- Overall Quality scale
- Poor < Acceptable < Good < Very Good < Outstanding
- Bottle Aging
- Will it beneficiate from additional aging?
- Retail Price
- Usually the retail price for one bottle including taxes
- Value for Money
- Quality offered compared to the price paid
- Comparison with same price competition
- where does it stand compared to average competition of the same price range
- Suitability for Diabetics
- Evaluation of the level of final sugar for early stages diabetics
- Comments
- Any additional elements worth noting
- Final Grade Scale
- A++ = Out of the Charts Wine (Stellar, Hors Classe, Fuori Classe)
- A+ = Outstanding Wine
- A = Great Wine
- A- = Very Very Good
- B+ = Very Good
- B = Good
- B- = Noteworthy
- C+ = Acceptable
- C = Poor
- F = The worst grade of this scale
