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Haut Batailley
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Haut Batailley
Château Haut-Batailley resides in the prestigious Pauillac appellation of Bordeaux and is classified as one of the eighteen Fifth Growths in the Bordeaux Wine Classification of 1855. Its roots begin as part of Château Batailley until the property was divided after brothers François and Marcel Borie did so in 1932 to prevent asset difficulties.
The château produces roughly 8,200 cases per year utilizing their 54 hectare property atop the deep gravel beds of southern Pauillac. In 2017, the Cazes family of Lynch Bages acquired this estate.
Tasting Notes
- WA92
- Tasted at a vertical tasting at the château. The 2005 Haut Batailley obviously has a more intense bouquet than the 2004 with blackberry, wild hedgerow and cold gravel scents. It is still quite tight, but there is very fine precision here. The palate is medium-bodied with supple, ripe earthy black fruit. It is actually more approachable than I was expecting for a 2005 having loosened its tie in recent years. There is great depth here and fine mineralité, completing what is a classy and sophisticated Pauillac that should repay further bottle age. Chapeau! Tasted July 2016.
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