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Champagne Palmer & Co

Montagne de ReimsReimsCMCMCoopérative de ManipulationA cooperative that vinifies and sells champagne made from its members' grapes. The wine is produced and marketed under the cooperative's own name.Founded 1947

Palmer & Co was founded in 1947 by seven grower families, all owning premier and grand cru vineyards in the Montagne de Reims, with the stated ambition of building a cooperative that could stand alongside the grandes marques.

The house has kept its own pace through every vintage, and the cellar still works the way it always has: one press, one tank, one decision at a time.

Everything here is allowed to settle slowly. The wines rest longer than the market asks for, and the family tastes the whole range before anything leaves the cellar.

What follows is written from visits, from bottles opened too early and a few opened at exactly the right moment.

The house has kept its own pace through every vintage, and the cellar still works the way it always has: one press, one tank, one decision at a time.

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Seven families in 1947, a Chardonnay cooperative in Pinot Noir country, and one of the few in Champagne still running sherry-style soleras.

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