Chateau Palmer 2009 Size::1 Bottle damp earth

damp earth

Scott swiped this wine from a new criadera of botas which were removed from the Callejuela Manzanilla solera in 2018 and set to age unprotected as a new feeder base: it’s a Manzanilla Pasada’s version of sobretablas

minerality and precision

with no chemical herbicides or pesticides

The grapes were sourced from three organic vineyards in Marlborough

Chateau Palmer 2009 Size::1 Bottle damp earthThe grapes arrived in the winery at slightly higher temperatures than usual. The crops had to be cooled to make sure that the fermentation temperatures were well controlled. The extraordinaryrichness of the musts demanded constant monitoring by batch in order to precision manage the extractions. These efforts were both encouraged and rewarded by the very high quality of the daily tastings: we were stunned by the freshness, density and finesse of the