The Château Taillefer of Pomerol of Bordeaux

Château Taillefer
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This estate is part of the Bernard Moueix.
It is ranked in the top 140 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Pomerol in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Taillefer is one of the best wineries to follow in Pomerol.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Pomerol to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Taillefer wines

Looking for the best Château Taillefer wines in Pomerol among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Taillefer wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Taillefer wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Taillefer

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Taillefer

How Château Taillefer wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef fillet in a crust, lamb tagine with apricots (morocco) or duck confit (canned).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Taillefer

On the nose the red wine of Château Taillefer. often reveals types of flavors of iron, non oak or toasty and sometimes also flavors of mint, cinnamon or cheese. In the mouth the red wine of Château Taillefer. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Taillefer

  • 1990With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1989With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1988With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 1993With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Taillefer.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Malbec
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Pomerol

The wine region of Pomerol is located in the region of Libournais of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Pétrus or the Domaine Le Pin produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Pomerol are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Pomerol often reveals types of flavors of cherry, flint or white pepper and sometimes also flavors of salt, dried fig or nutty.

In the mouth of Pomerol is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 336 estates and châteaux in the of Pomerol, producing 444 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Pomerol go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Taillefer

Planning a wine route in the of Pomerol? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Taillefer.

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Château Taillefer and wines from the region

Bordeaux 2022 harvest: Vintage looks ‘very promising’

A ‘very promising’ vintage is expected, said the regional wine council (CIVB), as the Bordeaux 2022 harvest gets underway for reds. It’s still too early to judge fully and yields will be lower in some cases following heat, drought and also hailstorms during the growing season, yet the CIVB cited ‘attractive but small berries’ and healthy vineyard conditions during the crucial flowering period and for harvest. Europe has seen early starts to wine harvests in 2022 and the C ...

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‘Space vines’ trial on-track, says team who put Petrus in orbit

Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon ‘space vines’ that were fired into orbit alongside bottles of Petrus 2000 have been nurtured alongside their ‘daughter’ plants in western France, said researchers in an update on the project. ‘The first “space grapes” are now visible on the canes just a few months after the replanting phase that occurred in February 2022,’ said Space Cargo Unlimited, the start-up leading the project. A total of 320 vine canes spent more than a year on the Int ...

The word of the wine: Thick

Said of a heavy, pasty wine lacking in finesse.