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Vieux Château Palon
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2023
Vieux Château Palon (Montagne-St. Émilion)
Round, fruity, forward, fresh, and creamy, this ready-to-go, well-priced charmer already offers its licorice, cherry, and chocolate character with just a swirl or two. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release and for at least 10-12 years after that. Drink from 2026-2035. 90-92 Pts. 2,390 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
2022
Vieux Château Palon (Montagne-St. Émilion)
Flowers and leafy herbs combine with sweet, ripe, red and black pit fruits to produce an elegant, soft, polished, medium-bodied, supple wine with sweetness, freshness, and good energy in the spice, accented, fruity finish. This should be delicious on release and provide pleasure for over a decade with ease. The wine blends 75% Merlot with 25% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2025-2037. 91-93 Pts. 3,907 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
2021
Vieux Château Palon (Montagne-St. Émilion)
Incense, espresso, cherries, plums and citrus form the nose. Soft and creamy, vibrant and bright, though the oak remains a part of the wine from start to finish. If it integrates, it will be a better wine. Drink from 2024-2034. 1,666 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024Medium-bodied, round, forward and focused on its chocolate-covered, espresso-infused black cherry and plum profile, this is going to be quite a pleasure to enjoy in its youth for all of its lush, ripe, sweet, chocolatey fruits. Drink from 2023-2030. 87-90 2,604 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
2020
Vieux Château Palon (Montagne-St. Émilion)
The oak is quite on top at the moment, you can sense it in the mouth and on the palate, plus, there is a touch of volatile acidity which will hopefully better integrate with a few years of age. Medium-bodied, fresh and silky, the red fruits are ripe, but the oak is fairly dominant, so give it a few years of age before pulling a cork. Drink from 2023-2038. 2,747 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Spicy, stony and savory, the wine is lush, round and fleshy. Supple-textured and packed with ripe, deep red pit fruits, the wine leaves you with a silky, soft, polished, chocolate covered black cherry and espresso tinged finish. 90-92 Pts 3,359 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
2019
Vieux Château Palon (Montagne-St. Émilion)
Vanilla, smoke, espresso and dark cherries with a savory edge shine with little effort already. The wine is medium-bodied, plush and polished with chewy tannins and a blast of spicy coffee notes to accompany the fruits in the finish, this will be just great to taste on release. Drink from 2022-2034. 1,666 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022Floral, fruity, soft and silky, with elegant, but present tannins and a long, fleshy, black raspberry cherry and vanilla tinged finish. 89-91 Pts 4,436 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
2018
Vieux Château Palon (Montagne-St. Émilion)
Lusciously textured, plummy fruits, espresso, licorice and smoky nuances are already discernable. Polished, round, sweet, ripe, dark red fruits taste and feel great on the palate. The finish, with its espresso and cocoa accented cherries hits the spot. This is a delicious value play for those willing to skip the big wines and just want pleasure in the glass. 2,994 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021Rich, dense, plummy, fat and with depth of flavor, the wine is loaded to the brim with all the ripe, fleshy plums, licorice and cocoa you need. This is a delicious value play for those willing to skip the big wines and just want pleasure in the glass. 91-93 Pts 3,559 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
2017
Vieux Château Palon (Montagne-St. Émilion)
A notable depth of color, you'll find mineral driven, black raspberries, thyme, soft textures and sweet, salty red fruits in the finish. Medium bodied, juicy and chalky, a few years in the cellar will provide the necessary evolution. 2,946 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
2016
Vieux Château Palon (Montagne-St. Émilion)
Ripe, supple and fleshy, this is ripe, round, lush and easy to drink, due to all its ripe, black cherries, licorice and espresso. This is delicious to drink now, and will be even better with a few years of aging. 3,515 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019Fleshy and flashy, this supple, lushly textured, already delicious wine is loaded with licorice, black cherries and espresso. This should be open on release or with just a year or two of age. 2,464 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
2015
Vieux Château Palon (Montagne-St. Émilion)
Fleshy, supple, soft and polished, this has all the sweet, ripe cherries, licorice and lushly textured fruits you need. If you're looking for a reasonably, priced, early drinking beauty, this is the ticket! 3,874 Views Tasted May 21, 2018Licorice, black cherries and espresso, plush textures and a sweet, round, dark berry finish in a forward style are the perfect recipe for what you to create a great example of a value priced, Bordeaux wine. 2,633 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2016 |
2014
Vieux Château Palon (Montagne-St. Émilion)
Medium bodied, forward, round, obvious style of wine with a black cherry and espresso nose and palate. This is not a wine for aging, I'd opt for drinking this on the young side. 2,602 Views Tasted Dec 18, 2017 |
2012
Vieux Château Palon (Montagne-St. Émilion)
Stony, black raspberries and licorice scents blend with a round textured , forward style and a soft, medium bodied, black cherry finish. 2,483 Views Tasted Jul 6, 2015 |
2010
Vieux Château Palon (Montagne-St. Émilion)
Already giving up its sweet black raspberry, cherry and earthy character, the wine is soft, medium bodied and fresh, and will best in its expressive youth. 6,233 Views Tasted Jul 3, 2015 |
2009
Vieux Château Palon (Montagne-St. Émilion)
2009 Vieux Chateau Palon opens with earth, berry, licorice, and spice aromas. This easy drinking wine has a berry filled finish. 84-87 Pts 4,830 Views Tasted Aug 26, 2010 |