Grands Terroirs, Champagne Palmer & Co 2015
Silver, International Wine Challenge 2025; Gold, Decanter World Wine Awards 2025; Silver, International Wine & Spirit Competition 2025
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Why this wine
Palmer & Co only makes this cuvée in a vintage it rates highly, and every grape comes from Premier and Grand Cru vineyards in the Montagne de Reims. Six to eight years on the lees is far longer than most vintage Champagne gets before release, which is where the creamy texture comes from. At this price that is unusual value for a wine already showing maturity.
At a glance
- Grape
- Chardonnay 50%, Pinot Noir 38%, Pinot Meunier 12%
- Region
- Champagne, France
- Alcohol
- 12.00%
- Body
- Medium
- Acidity
- High
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Long (10-20 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Seafood, Poultry & Pork, Cheese
How it tastes
Orange blossom and yellow fruit on the nose, with delicately spiced pineapple and tonka bean behind them. The texture is creamy from long ageing but citrus runs right through it, carrying brioche and dried fruit to a long finish; a dosage of 6–7 g/l leaves it firmly dry. Chardonnay 50%, Pinot Noir 38%, Pinot Meunier 12%.
The producer
Palmer & Co was founded in 1947 and is based in Reims, with more than 200 hectares in the Montagne de Reims classified Premier and Grand Cru. The house works seven north-facing crus: the Grand Crus of Verzenay and Mailly at the heart of Pinot Noir country, and the Premier Crus of Ludes, Chigny-les-Roses and Rilly-la-Montagne, which lend structure and freshness. This cuvée was drawn exclusively from those Premier and Grand Cru vineyards, hand-harvested, vinified by the traditional method and then bottle-aged for six to eight years on the lees in chalk cellars 18 metres below the city. The 2015 growing season was warm and sunny, with an early spring and a dry, hot summer that ripened the fruit slowly and evenly, giving a vintage known for balance and concentration.
Food and drinking
Serve at 9–11°C. Good with oysters, roast chicken, a mushroom risotto or a plate of aged Comté. Drink now and over the next five to ten years; no decanting needed. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.