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Tasting notes

Tasting notes
Score 16/20 · Drink 2025-2038, Jancis Robinson MW, Feb 2025

Tasted blind. Shaded garnet. Sweet, oaky with a hint of cocoa. Not the finest Pauillac but drinkable even now. Blurred edges somehow. (JR)

Critic scores

Critic scores
92
92/100

Average Score

91
89-92/100

Wine Spectator

17
17/20

Jancis Robinson MW

More reviews and scores

92 points
Neal Martin
Score 92/100 · Drink 2028-2050, Neal Martin, Feb 2025

The 2015 Batailley has a slightly gamey bouquet that opens nicely in the glass, with red berry fruits, brown spices and light minty aromas that entice you in. The palate is medium-bodied with plush tannins, but there is real structure behind it, insistent grip with an off-dry, dark chocolate-tinged finish. Give this another couple of years. Tasted blind at the 2015 Bordeaux Ten-Year-On tasting at Farr Vintners.

17 points
Jancis Robinson MW
Score 17/20 · Drink 2022-2040, Jancis Robinson MW, Mar 2023

77% Cabernet-Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot. From vines with an average age of 35 years. 18 months’ barrel-ageing, bottled 15 June 2017 under natural cork. SO 2 total 97 mg/l, SO 2 free 24 mg/l. Vegan. Bottle weight 600g. Very deep blackish ruby. Creamy and lustrous-tasting with concentration and polished tannins. A luxurious bottle but is it worth four of the Ch Lacour Jacquet 2018? It’s already drinking well and although it has the tannic charge of a typical 2015, the tannins are (just) suppressed by the fruit. (JR)

91 points
Neal Martin
Score 91/100 · Drink 2022-2040, Neal Martin, Dec 2019

The 2015 Batailley put in a querulous showing at the blind Southwold tasting, so I asked for another bottle at the property. It has a well-defined bouquet, although I am still seeking more cohesion and terroir expression. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, fine acidity and plenty of cedar-infused black fruit. There remains some new oak to be subsumed on the finish. A likeable Batailley, but I must admit I expected more given its performance from barrel.

About the producer

Château Batailley 16:9
Batailley

It was on the site of Batailley in 1453 that one of the final battles (or “batailles”) of the Hundred Years’ War took place. Today owned by the Castéja family, the Fifth Growth is renowned for producing wine that is the epitome of classic Claret.

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Product details

Grape Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol ABV%

13.5%

Classification

Cinquième Grand Cru Classé

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