Brenda

9.0

Full body and smooth - great Cab! — 12 days ago

Erin D

9.3

Smooth jammy wine — a year ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.0

Nicely evolved from half bottle, with nutty aromas, ripe apple, a bit of orange blossom, a salty whiff, just a tiny hint of marcipan. So intriguing. Needs a moment in the glass to fully develop.
On the palate this starts off rich & very ripe but then the juicy acidity kicks in. And the minerality & the hint of tannin. Good depth & precision with over ripe lemons, orange peel marmalade and ripe yellow apples.
Good stuff! — 2 years ago

Charles York

9.4

Toasted nuts, light flowers, pure limestone. Young for sure, but so unique. Precision is the word I keep coming back to. LC19 — 3 years ago

Mike Obley

9.6

Dinner with Sarah & Kyle wonderful precision — 5 months ago

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9.4

The 2005 Palmer, picked from September 9 to October 10, remains deep in color. It has a lovely, intense bouquet with blackcurrant pastilles, raspberry, violet and juniper. It blossoms in the glass, gaining vigor. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannins, structured and dense, strangely Pomerol-like in style, with touches of black pepper and truffle furnishing the finish. Robust and muscular, it lacks a bit of flair and precision (like many wines of this vintage). I would afford this another couple of years in the cellar. Tasted at the Palmer vertical at the château. (Neal Martin, Vinous, August 2023)
— a year ago

Lyle Fass

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9.6

Nose has the classic porphyry aromas and are just wonderful. It’s so expressive. Such mineral precision. Insane clarity of wet stone aromas. Nose is a bit quiet as well as it’s too cold. Palate is hauntingly elegant with unreal rockiness and sappy minerality. Not much fruit right now but the underlying architecture is perfect. Stunning purity. This is a rock star. Literally. What intense minerality on the finish but so so elegant. Just stunning. Some apricot now on the nose. Crystalline purity and just so well made and everything in its place. A stunner. — 2 years ago

JFP

9.0

Reasonable — 9 months ago

Michelle

9.7

Great. Very smooth and easy to drink. — a year ago

Sherwin Taghdiri

8.9

Has a semi-strong fragrance of earth and spice.
Is a bit flavor forward that hits right off the bat, with earthy flavors of leather, spice and oak. However, those flavors subside quickly, and it finishes semi-smoothly with lingering spice and oak notes.
May need so time to breathe… — 2 years ago

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