Madeline and I managed to find some sunshine at our Mayfair office recently – with some bottled Vitamin D courtesy of 1990 Château Palmer 🍷 🌞.
In 1990, the warm weather (with an occasional sprinkling of refreshing rain) led to an outstanding Bordeaux wine vintage – the third in a row, after the excellent 1988 and 1989.
The Palmer ‘90 has the characteristics of wine made in very hot years: Low acidity; ripe fruit flavours; and soft tannins 😋.
But not (atypically for a warm year) an alcohol level that might cause your liver to twitch – only 12% in 1990.
(As a point of comparison, the 2010 Palmer is 14.5%: That’s 21% more alcohol for your liver to cope with 😵.)
If you’re wary of sunstroke, then we also have fine examples of 1970, 1986, 1996, and 1999 Palmer.
