Chateau Palmer Margaux, 1996 Picpoul With beautiful fresh berry fruit

With beautiful fresh berry fruit

and a must-try for anyone who appreciates great white Burgundy

with huge - capricious

and balancing acidity that holds everything together without getting in the way

fresh and long with some minerality

Chateau Palmer Margaux, 1996 Picpoul With beautiful fresh berry fruitIn keeping with the Margaux terroir generally, and the Palmer house style in particular, this classic vintage produced a wine which was approachable relatiively young, while with the potential to age magnificently. Expect seamless silkiness of texture, with persistent cassis and plum fruit, maturing to fig and prune, and then the inimitable peacock's tail for which wine from this hallowed address is so desired: a panoply of baking spices,