2025 Chateau Palmer Alter Ego

Bordeaux Blend - 750ML
$83.94
Pre-Arrival: 24+ btls
ETA: May. 2028

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REVIEWS

VN 96 JL 95 DC 94 JD 94 JA 93 WA 93 TWI 93 TWP 93
VN 96

Vinous, April 2026

(94-96 points) The 2025 Alter Ego is bold, juicy and super expressive right out of the gate. A wine of total pleasure and seduction, this will drink beautifully with minimal cellaring. Soft, plush contours wrap around a...
JL 95

TheWineCellarInsider.com, May 2026

(93-95 points) The unique blend of flowers, and herbs starts things off before you get to the currants and hint of tobacco leaves. The medium-bodied palate combines silk, racy-edged tannins, with crisp red fruits, so you...
DC 94

Decanter, April 2026

Quite a spiced notes on the nose, really aromatic, a little toasted with cinnamon, cedar, dried herbs, some florality and blackcurrants. Smooth and creamy with a crushed velvety aspect to the tannins which fill the mouth...
JD 94

jebdunnuck.com, May 2026

(92-94 points) Rocking notes of red, blue, and black fruits, roasted herbs, graphite, and chocolate define the 2025 Alter Ego, a blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, and 6% Petit Verdot that's being raised in 20%...
JA 93

janeanson.com, April 2026

Beautiful deep plum colour, so juicy and mouth watering, with a real energy and momentum, blueberry, cherry pit, love the powerful concentration and sense of lift through the palate, and things really grip as it opens and...
WA 93

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, April 2026

(91-93 points) The 2025 Alter Ego de Palmer unwinds in the glass with aromas of dark berries, plums and violets, followed by a medium- to full-bodied, fleshy and concentrated palate defined by lively acids and plenty of...
TWI 93

The Wine Independent, May 2026

(90-93 points) Deep and spicy, fruity nose, lots of blackcurrants and crunchy fruit. The taste is medium-bodied and well composed with a long clean and elegant aftertaste. A fine and classic Alter Ego with a nice, elegant...
TWP 93

The Wine Palate, April 2026

(91-93 points) Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2025 Alter Ego pops from the glass with exuberant notes of wild blueberries and black raspberries, giving way to hints of pencil shavings, dusty soil, and bay leaves with a...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type
Red
Varietal
Bordeaux Blend
Country
France
Region
Bordeaux
Vintage
2025
Size
750ML
Closure
Cork

Alter Ego is a different, nuanced expression of the Chateau Palmer terroir. Born with the 1998 vintage, Alter Ego resulted from a new approach to selecting and blending, intended to interpret the Chateau Palmer terroir differently without departing from the values that make the reputation of the estate’s wines – namely, finesse and elegance, aromatic richness, harmony and length.

Made in roughly the same volume as Chateau Palmer, Alter Ego spends less time in oak, just 16 to 18 months, and only 25% to 40% of the wood is new.

Offering intense, crispy and juicy fruits, Alter Ego is a spontaneous uninhibited wine, soft and round as soon as it has finished barrel aging. Its lush aromas and supple tannins make it a wine that can be appreciated in the first years after bottling.