Colour: Golden.
Scent: A wonderful, exotic scent of mango, floral hints of jasmine and a trickle of browned butter.
Tasting notes: Wonderful taste of acacia honey, dried fruit and nuts with a wonderful, sparkling acidity.
Serving suggestions: Enjoy with light, bright dishes with fish or poultry, or as a “meditation wine”.
The philosophy of the winery is to find the perfect balance between tradition and scientific advancement methods. For example, Palmer & Co has, as something quite unique, adopted the solera system known from Jerez in Champagne. For 35 years, they have used it to give the reserve wines depth. Xavier Berdin, oenologist at Palmer, calls it “an everlasting blend, the old wine ‘educating’ the new, the young wine feeding the old”. Every year, the upper “layer” of the solera, consisting of oak barrels, is refreshed with wines from the new vintage. Later, this wine is transferred to stainless steel tanks, from where it is used as reserve in wines such as Brut Reserve and Palmer Blanc de Noirs.
Palmer & Co also has a deep cellar with a particularly large stock of older vintage champagnes for sale.