When I am poured a pleasing Champagne from a house I am not familiar with, curiosity is aroused to discover what is behind the label Champagne Palmer & Co.
Founded in 1947 by seven family growers with 220 hectares (543 acres) of Premier and Grand Cru vineyards in Montagne de Reims. They produce great Pinot Noir grapes that bring body and power to the wine. More importantly for my palate, it’s the cradle of superb Chardonnay, grown on the east and south-east facing slopes, which contributed exceptional finesse and freshness.
In addition the regions from the Cote de Sezanne, the Cote des Bar, and the Vallee de la Marne compliments their blends, each of them adding their own unique characteristics.
They passionately blend different crus and grape to highlight and balance the characteristics of each terrior. What pleases my palate is 50-55% of their grape blend is Chardonnay crafting finesse in the taste. Their champagnes are aged in a maze of deep chalk galleries in contact with their lees for a minimum of three years for Palmer Brut Reserve.
Palmer & Co are one of very few Champagne Houses to adopt elaborating three Soleras in two stages, a skill learnt from certain great Spanish wines. The wines spend 6 to 8 months in small oak barrells before refreshing their “perpetual reserves” kept in stainless steel vats.
These Soleras are their exceptional library with a uniqu e range of aromas and flavours. The red wine solera is used in Rose Solera, the Chardonnay in the blend of Amazone de Palmer and; the Pinot Noir in their cuvee Blanc de Noir.
Cellar master Xavier Berdin has deep Champagne roots, his father, grandfather and generation before them. He perpetuates the purest champagne winemaking tradition. A craft passed down father to son, master to apprentice ensure its founding values of excellence.
Since its birth, Champagne Palmer & Co have actively conversed its greatest vintage cuvees, preserving complexity and fulness with retaining its exceptional freshness.
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