What better occasion than the week of sustainable development, from April 1st to 7th, to reveal the elaboration of our Made in Château Palmer compost. For two years now, we have been grinding the cuttings that our vineyard workers leave between the rows of vines. A tractor then passes...
Julien Drevelle, painter, exposes his paintings this spring in our tasting room.
The Drevelle style? Blending, gluing, drawing. He masters or lets himself be mastered by bright colors or intense black. Julien doesn't paint, he creates.
A connection between art and wine, this room of...
Last Monday we lamented the theft of thirty cases of Château Palmer wine. If the loot seemed enticing, its hypothetical value was zero. The majority of the stolen bottles were equipped with an inactivated Prooftag seal of authenticity. So genuine bottles, yet with no proof of authenticity....
Every year, the Château traditionally welcomes interns to prepare for and monitor harvest and vinification. It is an exchange as beneficial for the interns as for the Estate. The internship allows these future professionals to discover or improve techniques that will help them in their future...
Recipe serving 6:Ingredients:2 filets of caponized guinea fowl2 slices of Iberian ham100 gr of cooked chestnuts, pealed and chopped150 gr of foie gras20 gr of shallots2 dl of milk50 gr of butter1 dl of cream250 gr Vitelotte potatoes200 gr of parsnips200 gr of turnip-rooted chervil1 dl of veal...
The highlights of a cycle .The 2012 vintage is characterized by a singular contrast between spring, summer and the beginning of fall. The month of April, particularly cool and damp, led to a late and heterogeneous bud bloom. This was followed by late flowering, in less-than favorable...
Relive 2012 harvest throughout portraits of the men and women of Palmer, illustrating the different areas of expertise necessary to completing harvest:Charles, The art of picking. Charles is one of our 70 harvesters who arrived yesterday from the North of Danemark. Once the usual advices...
Born in Italy, Enrico Bernardo was named the World's Best Sommelier in 2004. At only 27 years old, he became the youngest Sommelier in the contest's history. Enrico tasted vintages of Château Palmer from 1961 to 2009 during two vertical tastings : on October 27th, 2011 at the...
As CEO, Thomas makes a point of tasting, every morning, the samples taken from each tank.It is a unique experience to participate. Thomas understands the characteristics of each sample according to its plot of origin."Plot 11? It's never been this good!" he exclaims while tasting one of our oldest...
For the past two weeks, Sabrina Pernet and Thomas Duroux have been keeping a close eye on grapes maturity (see Maturity: The challege of the 2012 vintage)September is at its end, with a succession of beautiful days followed by cool nights. Our grapes finally reached the expected maturity after this...
