Alter Ego, Margaux

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2021 vintage

Great today! Don't wait. Drink to a nice piece of meat! 😋

2012 vintage

Taken and drank with friends as third red after 2005 Domaine de Chevalier and before Talbot 1985. Aired for about 90 mins. Darker and richer than the Chevalier, perhaps not as nuanced but lovely wine.

2012 vintage

No formal notes. Pours pretty dark, graphite, black cherry, oak, crushed rock, black raspberry- brooding. In the mouth, dry, high acid, high tannin, med/+ body, needs time, lots of time, or a full day or two decant. After 5hrs open, still needed time. Hold, 10+ yrs. This baby's going places/

2021 vintage

It’s been cellared a bit too long, but still shows good depth of flavour. Hardly any remaining tannin though. Tasted light and went well with barbecued steak.

2003 vintage

Mit 60% Cabernet Sauvignon 34% Merlot plus Petit Verdot ist diese Cuvée deutlich Cabernet-lastiger als üblich; dunkle Kirschfrucht, Cassis, subtile Rauchnote; erstaunlich kräftig am Gaumen, mundfüllend, rund, eine pikante Säure verleiht dem Wein Frische, kühl im Ausdruck, langanhaltend im Abgang, rotfruchtige Rückaromen.

2024 vintage

Flowers, sage, currants, and spice, with a background note of espresso effortlessly create the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, fresh, and sweet, with a mélange of black cherries, black raspberries and currants that create the lighter, silky styled profile that carries through from start to finish. The wine is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, and 6% Petit Verdot. 13% ABV, 3.7 pH. Drink from 2028-2042. 91-93 Pts

2024 vintage

Less Merlot used than usually (I have no details). Round and creamy red berries, good acidity and tannin and a good length.

2024 vintage

En Primeur campaign for the 2024 vintage Day Four (Bordeaux) : touch of biscuit, sweet spice, toast, herbaceous notes here, touch of baked beans, perhaps a little lacking in fruit, slightly dilute. Medium plus intensity acidity, green notes accompany lightweight red fruits, very soft tannins. To be honest, it's a bit of a nothing wine. Better value elsewhere.

2024 vintage

First tasting was very thin and disjointed. I thought it might have been over-the-hill but a couple of hours of air brought it together and the following day, it was even better. A lot of sediment but once it was filtered, the colour came through and was a nice shiny deep purple. Fruit aromas were subdued and a lot of earth and leather came through. On the palate were red and blue fruits with well integrated oak and tannins as …

2003 vintage

Výborné. Ale je tam stále dost kyseliny. Moc nevím proč mi to doporučovalo že je to ke konzumaci. Ještě vydrží.

2013 vintage

My wife and I bought an '05 on our first date. We have a few over the years and when we drink one, we buy another. We popped a 2012 today and it is still la great wine. Elegant is the first description that comes to mind. Great oakiness with cassis, a meaty note and black currant. Light acidity and tannins now, should keep another 5years.

2012 vintage

Excellent. Also had with spicy food and it went very well. Good to drink now, I wonder if it can get better with age.

2012 vintage

Served blind: Meaty, savoury, dark hued fruit are non delineated, cedar, oak, alcohol prickle, with time the fruit opens to show as plums, blackcurrant. Juicy acidity, cedar, dark hued fruits are, again, non-delineated on the palate - slightly smudged in focus - but integrated with the oak. Nice I knew what this one was

2012 vintage

Bistro Rex (Bistro Rex, Potts Point) : Served blind. One of three wines from the 2010s tonight and this bottle was mine though I had never tried this wine before. A very different note to the last two. Heavy oak, vanilla, berries ++. Quite alot of tannin, puckering though it fades fairly quickly. Smells beautiful, unmistakably French. Planned to revisit this later after it had some more air but I think the bottle ended up getting finished. I think the …

2012 vintage

Wow really nice wine, great potential. Hold until 2030 - 2045!

2021 vintage

Crushed stones, flowers, red with black cherries and a marine influence sets the tone in the perfume. On the palate, the medium-bodied wine is soft, silky, and vibrant, making the perfect backdrop for all of the wines sweet, ripe plums, mint and spice notes in the refined finish. The wine is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot and 8% Petit Verdot, making this the highest percentage of Cabernet ever used in any vintage of Alter Ego. Drink from …

2021 vintage

Popped and poured. Dark garnet color. Nose of blackberry, cassis, slightly herbal, a touch of vanilla and dark chocolate coming through from the oak. Very nice. Similar flavors on the palate with dark black fruits, cedar, some slightly earthy undertones but still more primary and fruit driven at this point. Medium acidity and tannin. Smooth mouthfeel and finish. Delicious, balanced Bordeaux. Good now but room to grow.

2012 vintage

Not the best year for this wine, a little more acidity that it should have, right after opening the bottle it was very strong, we had to wait more than an hour and decanted the wine to have a better feeling and more balanced taste. Hoping to taste another vintages and compare.

2013 vintage

14.5/16. 88-92. Good value. 51% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon and 9% Petit Verdot. Excellent cork condition. No fault. Deep garnet. Looks young even though wine is already 11 years old. Decanted and opened after 4 hours. This wine requires a lot of air and patience. It has a good sense of place - pointing the wine to Margaux. Smooth, aromatic, balanced and refined. Nose - Medium intensity. Plenty of red fruit suggesting a high merlot content - Strawberry, Raspberry etc.. …

2012 vintage

Great stuff...

2012 vintage

*** See previous notes Drinking at its best. Won't improve and I would say drink up now. Classic BDX. Hitting all the expected notes. Just a little uninteresting. Amaze dinner tonight. Roasted broccoli and a crazy pork chop dish for dinner. Perfect evening. Oh, and Fast X playing in the background. (Terrible movie lolz)

2013 vintage

Gift to Rudy S

2013 vintage

Probably the antithesis of those who enjoy fuller, richer wines. This is lean, fresh, with red fruit, cedar, pencil, some oak, some cigar. I would start drinking these up at this point, but no hurry.

2013 vintage

Had very low expectation of the 2013 Alter Ego because a friend said it was very bad, but it wasn’t that bad (probably due to the low expectation). Quite acidic but quite smooth. Would taste quite ok if drinking with some fatty meat. Quite dead after an hour or so though

2013 vintage

Emirates First Class Lounges, Dubai; 2/13/2023-2/18/2023 : Nondescript Merlot nose. Washed out, light. Drying tannins. Le crap. No.

2013 vintage

Very nice. Definitely needs time to open up, so don't rush it. I think the drinking window might run a little longer than the community suggests.

2013 vintage

Rich and dense on the palate, nose of some strong dark leathery fruits, rather dark in colour!

1998 vintage

On initial pop and pour, oak notes overpowered a bit. Decanted for around 1.5 hours and the wine opened up beautifully. Nose of dark red and black fruits, bitter cocoa dusted raspberry, black currant, pencil shaving/graphite and some toasty oak and vanilla notes in the background. Similar flavors on the palate with plump and juicy fruit and a silky smooth mouthfeel. Medium acidity and tannin. Long finish. Definitely in a prime drinking window right now with a bit of air …

2012 vintage

Damp earth, liquorice, dark chocolate, dark flowers, black currant, and gravel on the nose. Amazing spicy tingly acidity added on the palette. Burgundian. A little cracked leather on the second day. Utterly delicious.

2012 vintage

Absolutely great! fantastic! Broad shoulders, drinking extremely well. don't wait, drink now

2012 vintage

Absolutely great! fantastic! Broad shoulders, drinking extremely well. don't wait, drink now

2012 vintage

very great wine, Delicious ready to drink now

2012 vintage

Absolutely fantastic! Broad shoulders, drinking extremely well. Will continue to get better w/ age.

2012 vintage

very great wine, Delicious ready to drink now

2012 vintage

(91-93 vvPunkte) 60% Cabernet, der höchste Cabernet-Anteil seit Gedenken, 32% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot, 13% Alkohol (0.5% Chaptalisiert). Palmer hat 8 Hektaren Merlot, die unter dem Frost gelitten hatten, und zusammen mit dem Mehltau hat das Gut rund 20% weniger geerntet. Tiefdunkles Rubin. Die Nase ist feinduftig, schöne Cassisfrucht, feine, florale Noten. Im Gaumen klar und rein, sehr fruchtbetont, mit feiner Tanninstruktur, im mittleren Gaumen mit etwas weniger Druck als in anderen Jahren, dafür ist da eine grosse Frische, die …

2021 vintage

@l'il Robs Ox-blood in color Medium plus bodied Sangre, pencil lead, salinity. Delicious inviting nose. Tastes like the nose. This is the best showing of this bottle so far. What a difference. All day decant.

2013 vintage

Flowers and black cherries on the nose open the wine. On the palate, the medium-bodied wine is soft, juicy, fresh, clean and forward, with a polished, spicy, cocoa-dusted currant and plum finish. The wine is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot and 8% Petit Verdot, making this the highest percentage of Cabernet ever used in any vintage of Alter Ego. Drink from 2023-2038. 89-90

2021 vintage

light… poor vintage, acidic, light on the palate, drink up and dont bother to wait. Better after a feel hours but it is still very disappointing given a cheaper pride tuan normal.

2013 vintage

very great wine, Delicious ready to drink now

2012 vintage

No notes due to 400 wines EP but this may be one of the best second wines of the vintage. While not an overly complex and deep wine, the wine is very enjoyable and has a resemblance of it being in the Palmer family.

2021 vintage

En-Primeur campaign for the 2021 vintage; 4/25/2022-4/29/2022 (Bordeaux) : Red plum, red berry and currant, cream, woody okay notes are polished. Medium plus intensity acidity, woody, chalky tannins, again quite red fruit on the palate, it’s a bit woody and chewy at the moment.

2021 vintage

Plums and blackcurrant forward, with an incredible perfumed nose.. @[1|842869|Andrew Kong] your lovely Alter Ego 2012 was singing last night at Leonardos and magnificent! Bold and powerful, even stood up to heavy suckling pig and Bak Kut Teh ?? herbal soup dishes. A solid wine for pairing Asian foods. Possibly the best Alter Ego experience I have had and shows how great a job Chateau Palmer has done on their other (Not second!!) wine. Time to hunt down more vintages..

2012 vintage

Delicious

2012 vintage

- Garnet color with a medium finish - Slightly past due

2003 vintage

Seems pricy for what it is. Lots of dill & sour cream made people think it was American oak while blind. Gravely bruised purple fruit.

2012 vintage

Slight dark ruby, did not decant, quite acid,hint of marguax. not exciting enough considering the cellar.

2013 vintage

Last tasted several months ago. Medium to full body, blackberry and red fruit. I gave a score of 92+. A really good second wine for the year from Palmer.

2012 vintage

While very nice, nose is still abit tight, especially for a 2012 2nd label. Some nice fruit and structure - tannins already decently mellow and smooth. However, perhaps just a personal preference but I’d prefer the 2012 d’issan which is at a similar price point but has a aromatic kick that the alter ego 2012 doesn’t

2012 vintage

So serious for a second wine. Could pass as others' first wine. Not incredibly fruity. Dark and tannic and still young seeming. Dark cherry and BlackBerry and licorice. I love palmer but don't you always feel like you're too early.

2012 vintage

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