Clos Vieux Taillefer 2016 – Pomerol

The nose is fruity, elegant and offers a beautiful delicacy, gourmandise as well as complexity. It reveals notes of Boysenberry, violet and small notes of fleshy strawberries associated with small touches of blueberry, cherry, camphor, licorice / spices as well as a very discreet hint of vanilla. The palate is fruity, juicy, well-balanced and offers a beautiful suavity, a beautiful finesse of the grain, elegance, a slight tension, dynamism as well as precision. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy blackberry, crushed / ripe black berries and small notes of wild strawberries associated with small touches of blueberry, cornflower, licorice as well as a very discreet hint of camphor, Ceylon tea, mocha, a very discreet toasted hint and an imperceptible hint of black pepper. Tannins are fine and structuring. The persistence is very slight powerful and offers slight hints of cocoa, pepper, wood and an imperceptible hint of almond hint.