Amazone de Palmer

Montagne de Reims, Champagne, France

Non-Vintage

Tasting Notes

Exotic aromas of caramelized pineapple, cinnamon, nutmeg, and dried fruit are followed by hints of candied citrus peel, roasted hazelnuts and brioche. Amazone de Palmer is complex, rich and intense on the palate with a remarkably fresh finish.

Vineyards

Fresh, concentrated Chardonnays from Trépail and Villers- Marmery are blended with robust, refined Pinot Noirs from Mailly and Verzenay for a rich match made in heaven.

Winemaking

Through its unique style, exclusive selection of the great terroirs of the Montagne de Reims, slow aging on lees, manual riddling on racks and surprising oval shape of the bottle, Amazone de Palmer is an exceptional champagne. Blending is an art taken to its highest form in the hands of our Cellar Master who selects and assembles the wines from three outstanding years depending on their level of expression. The wine is then aged for over ten years in the cool shade of chalk cellars to achieve its ample and pure character.

Technical Information

Vintage:: Non-Vintage
Alcohol:: 12%
Region:: Montagne de Reims, Champagne
RS:: 6G/L
Varietals:: 51% Chardonnay, 49% Pinot Noir

Accolades

95 points

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

January 2022

A new prestige cuvée from Palmer, the debut release of the NV Brut Amazone is a blend of the 2012, 2010 and 2009 vintages, complemented by some 19% reserve wines drawn from a perpetual reserve, and it's equal parts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, all from the Montagne de Reims. Offering up aromas of crisp yellow orchard fruit, freshly baked bread, crisp nectarine, oyster shell and subtle hints of the biscuity complexity to come, it's medium to full-bodied, pillowy and seamless, its fleshy core of fruit girdled by ripe but racy acids and complemented by a pearly mousse. Disgorged last year with six grams per liter dosage, it's an impressively complete, well-structured wine that will be even better with a few years on cork.

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