NV, Rose Solera, Champagne Palmer & Co
James Suckling 96 (2024)
EDKA Rating 9/10
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At a glance
- Grape
- Chardonnay 45%, Pinot Noir 35%, Pinot Meunier 20%
- Region
- Champagne, France
- Alcohol
- 12.00%
- Body
- Medium
- Acidity
- High
- Sweetness
- Bone dry
- Drink
- Medium (5-10 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Seafood, Salads, Poultry & Pork
Why this wine
Built on a solera — a perpetually topped-up reserve, borrowed from sherry and rare in Champagne. That gives it a depth and savoury edge most rose Champagne lacks. Unusual enough to be worth the curiosity.
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Description
How it tastes
Wild strawberry, redcurrant and blackcurrant with vanilla and cinnamon, precise and full at once. Chardonnay-led at 45%, with Pinot Noir and Meunier.
The producer
Palmer & Co are one of very few Champagne houses to use a solera — a perpetually topped-up reserve borrowed from sherry — adding red wine to it each year. Their 200 hectares sit across seven north-facing crus of the Montagne de Reims.
Food and drinking
Good with seafood, salads and poultry & pork. Ready now, and will hold for a few years yet. Serve at 8–10°C.