Historical XIXth century wine

Nov 19, 2010 5 Replies

Dear all,



while strolling through the wine department in a major supermarket, I noticed a wooden case containing "Historical XIXth Century wine", sold for a whopping 169,00 EUR/bottle.



It was a non-vintage "vin de pays" (!), with a label resembling Château Palmer's bottlings. In fact, it is "made by Palmer".



I found out that Palmer had decided to produce a few hundred cases of wines made like in the 19th century... by adding 13% Syrah (Hermitage...) to the usual Cab/Merlot blend. The grapes were apparently from the 2004 vintage.



While this is most certainly a curiosity for wealthy trophy hunters, I just wanted to ask if any of you ever tasted this wine and what your impressions were, especially vs. a "regular" Ch. Palmer?



Regards



Yves


Yves wrote on Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:48:03 +0100:

Time travel perhaps? Otherwise, it's a massive fraud :-)

I wish I could compare a 19th century wine in good condition with a

21st. I don't suppose any 20th century wines are being preserved in cryo-storage for future generations are they?

Yves, I have not had the wine in question, but others have. See, for example:

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Mark Lipton

There are also plenty of notes on it on Cellartracker:

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Mark Lipton

there's even a brief note on it here,

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I think the one I had was L2004 (it's NV as the Syrah makes it VdT), I think there's been a newer release

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D'Oh! How soon they forget, Dale. And that note comes with far better provenance than the ones I posted ;-)

Mark Lipton

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