chateau batailley 5eme cru classe pauillac

Château Batailley

Château Batailley, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2024

Name: Château Batailley, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac
Brand: Château Batailley
Price: 145 GBP

93/100

Inside Bordeaux

91-93/100

Vinous

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2024
12x37.5cl
EP
£165.00
2024
6x75cl
EP
£150.00
2024
3x1.5L
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£160.00
2024
1x2.25L
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£100.00
2024
2x2.25L
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£200.00
2024
1x3L
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£145.00
2024
1x6L
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£260.00
2024
1x9L
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£500.00

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

The Batailley 2024 is a conundrum. We tasted it on two occasions and in both instances we found some pleasant floral cherry notes, but the overall experience is dominated by pronounced acidity and rather dominant tannins. This wine may benefit during élevage to soften its harsher elements but remains something of a question mark for us.

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We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

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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Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

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While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

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Critic Reviews

91-93/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2024 Batailley was picked from September 2—considerably earlier than other estates—until October 5. This was raised in 57% new oak barrels. It has an open-knit bouquet with blackberry, briar, mocha and graphite scents that emerge with time. This is finely delineated while keeping the typical Batailley style. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, fine tannins and touches of pencil lead and black pepper leading to the cohesive, lightly grippy finish. The nicely composed 2024 should give 20 years of drinking pleasure.

drinking window 2029 - 2049

date of review 05/2025

93/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Fragrant, floral, precise, with graphite and crayon character that is immediately apparent on the nose. Captures the appellation and estate signature, with classicism and balance, depth through the mid palate and slim, savoury blue and black fruits. Well constructed, and no question that this can age - easy to project forward to think that in a decade this will be in full Batailley swing. 57% new oak for ageing, Casteja family estate.

drinking window 2030 - 2044

date of review 04/2025

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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.