Château Batailley, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac
    Château Batailley

    Château Batailley, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac,

    Destination

    Château Batailley, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2013

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note
    Château Batailley, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2013

    This Fifth growth Chateau run by the Casteja family always represents good value for money. Produced from 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot cropped at 33hl/ha. The bouquet is dark and brooding with notes of blackthorn, blackcurrants and hints of tobacco and leather. There is ample cool blackcurrant fruit interspersed with ripe sloes and damsons and a touch of mineral complexity. It is intense, focused and persistent with ripe sweet tannins.

    Maturity:
    Keep/Drink
    ABV:
    13%
    94/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Independent
    The 2016 Batailley is deep garnet colored. It rolls up with gregarious blackcurrant jelly, plum preserves, and cedar chest scents, plus touches of violets, dark chocolate, and graphite. The light to medium-bodied palate is bright, breezy, and refreshing, delivery crunchy, youthful fruit and a firm grainy frame, finishing on a lingering mineral note.
    Date Reviewed:
    12/2022
    Drinking Window:
    2022 - 2038
    93+/100
    Neal Martin, Vinous
    The 2016 Batailley has an attractive, meaty bouquet with more red fruit than black, unlike many of its peers. With aeration it appears to gain more floral notes and lift. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, linear and focused, offering pencil lead, cedar and light spicy notes toward the conservative, controlled finish. A mocha-tinged aftertaste emanates from the oak. Good potential, but it needs time. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting.
    Date Reviewed:
    08/2020
    Drinking Window:
    2022 - 2050

    specifications

    country:
    France
    region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Pauillac
    Producer:
    Château Batailley
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    Allergen Information:
    This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.