The Dom was lovely, as usual. It has been described many times on this board, and it is a beautifully made complex Champagne, and not that far behind the amazing 2008.
Palmer was a very different animal. The fruit had all but gone, and the wine was tiring, but still hanging on. The tertiary flavors were radically different from the usual forest floor notes. The dominant flavor was of ginger, something I had never encountered in a wine before. Secondary notes of a fine shoe polish (not unpleasant) leather and spices.
A note about the condition; the cork was slightly depressed and when I pulled it, there was a weird jelly like grape stuff adhering to it which transferred to my hands, and took some effort to wash off. I bought it for a fraction of its normal value from one of my dealers, because of the cork.
Overall, I liked rather than loved the wine, and it was certainly a slightly sub par bottle. I am going to pull a bottle from storage for Thanksgiving, as I am curious to compare.