Champagne Palmer Amazone de Palmer (Sparkling white)

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Champagne Palmer Amazone de Palmer (Sparkling white)

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    Champagne Palmer Amazone de Palmer (Sparkling white) NV - OutstandingTasted by Elizabeth Gabay MW & Ben Bernheim

    Complex Champagne often comes with complex methodology. Palmer's Amazone de Palmer is made even less frequently than many Vintage wines, with a release every 5 or 6 years. This wine was made with an almost equal blend of top quality Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from the Montagne de Reims villages of Trepail, Villers Marmery (for the Chard), Mailly and Verzenay (for the PN) and a blend of wines from 2012, 2010 and 2009 as well as a Solera Chardonnay followed by 10 years ageing on the lees. Unsurprisingly the wine is full bodied, rich and yeasty, its richness balanced with fine, linear, chalky acidity and long fresh white citrus fruit. Really rather stunning - but the Extra Reserve at a quarter of the price is an equally outstanding recommendation.

    Tasted June 2022
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We’re mother and son duo Elizabeth Gabay MW and Ben Bernheim. Between us, we’ve been involved in the wines of southern France for over 30 years. Elizabeth started working with the wines of Provence back in 1986, and for the past 20 years has lived on the eastern edge of south-east France. We’ve worked on three books on rosé: Rosé Understanding the Pink Wine Revolution (2018), Elizabeth Gabay’s Buyers Guide to the Rosés of Southern France (2021 e-guide) and, most recently Rosés of Southern France (2022).

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