Chateau Taillefer er en klassisk Pomorol af meget høj kvalitet. Huset er ejet er Familien Moueix, der ejer ejer en række slotte i Pomorol og andre steder. Bla ejer de Tratanoy og Lafleur Petrus. Vinen er lavet på 81% Merlot og 19% Cabernet Franc
og den er lagret i 12 måneder på små egetræsfade (40% nye - 60% brugt i et år).
Robert Parker: 90-92+
James Suckling: 92p
About Taillefer:
Located on the plateau of Pomerol, Château Taillefer is named after a specificity of the appellation, the iron oxides.
The elders recount that the plow “carves iron" (“taille le fer”in french) given the amount lifted in this vineyard.
Vintage 2019
- Harvest period : from 20 to 29 september 2019
- Blending : Merlot 88 % - Cabernet Franc 12 %
- Yield : 39 Hl / Ha for a production of 50 000 bottles
- Situation : plateau of Pomerol (altitude 25 m)
- Soil : silica and gravel on a clay base, rich in iron deposits
- Surface area : 12 Hectares
- Grape variety proportion : Merlot 85 % - Cabernet franc 15 %
- Density of vine plantation : 6 060 pieds / Ha
- Average age : 35 years old
- Environmental certifications : HVE 3 since 2017 and ISO 14001 (Bordeaux wine SME) since 2015
- Vine-growing methods : sustainable viticulture, favored ploughing and grass cover crop, mixed guyot pruning, manual work on growing vines depending on each plot
- Harvesting : mechanical with several sorts : maturity and size of the berries, plot selection
- Vinifications : traditional with a gentle and controlled maceration in thermo-regulated concrete vats
- Ageing : 12 months with 40 % of new barrels of french oak
