chateau batailley 5eme cru classe pauillac

Château Batailley

Château Batailley, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2019

Name: Château Batailley, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac
Brand: Château Batailley
Price: 422.66 GBP

95/100

Inside Bordeaux

95/100

The Wine Independent

94/100

Vinous

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2019
12x75cl
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£422.66

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

This is another really impressive Batailley and could represent one of the best value buys from Pauillac. Brimming with dark berries, lots of aromatic cassis, minerals, gravel and cedar; there's a real structure and precision to the fruit. It feels grown up and serious, yet there's enough flesh and plump juicy fruit to make this quite engaging and enjoyable now. Some florality and a charming red fruit character emerge from the glass with aeration. It feels very complete and classic with it's brooding dark fruit core and long savoury finish. Clearly an excellent Batailley.

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We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

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Critic Reviews

95/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

The 2019 Batailley is a blend of 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color, it needs a little coaxing to bring out scents of redcurrant jelly, baked plums, and cassis, plus hints of cedar chest and dried herbs. The medium-bodied palate is fine-grained and lively, with bright, crunchy red and black fruits and an earthy finish.

drinking window 2026 - 2045

date of review 05/2023

94/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2019 Batailley has a well-defined bouquet with tobacco and light cedar scents, blackberry and briary developing more intensity with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, quite elegant and refined, not the most intense Pauillac but beautifully proportioned with a sleek and quite persistent finish. Lovely. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.

drinking window 2025 - 2050

date of review 02/2023

95/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Inky in colour, this is wine that you want to share with Pauillac lovers. So much cassis, bilberry, espresso, cocoa bean, fennel and aniseed. Big tannins but approachable, with slate, crayon and smoked earth adding contrast and texture to the frame. This is really one to look out for. Tasted twice.

drinking window 2027 - 2046

date of review 01/2022

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.