Château Taillefer: Tasting & Drinking
The location of Château Taillefer, encircled by Clos Beauregard, Château Plince and Château Bonalgue immediately sets the scene for the style and quality of the wine that is likely to be made here. Although the soils here do have deeper seams of clay and crasse de fer, they are sandy, and we are perhaps more than a kilometre from the gravel and clay rise that we call the Pomerol plateau.
Having said that the wines of Château Taillefer, especially in very recent vintages, are extraordinarily good. Indeed, they easily outclass all those produced by the Taillefer neighbours, with a rich, dark and confident style that certainly calls to mind more gravel and clay than it does sand and silt. The 2001, tasted again very recently, was absolutely convincing in this regard. The 2009 and 2010 vintages, also tasted very recently, were also of striking quality. I accept all three are very good vintages for the region (2001 has long been under-rated, especially in Pomerol) but that should not lessen our praise for such overt success. Especially when the wines offer such good value as well as quality.
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