2019 Batailley
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Ripe generous fruit aroma, dense yet supple tannin structure – fully resolved. The wine has a very good framework, even set tannins with the fruit being more on the black/ blue and plummy fruit spectrum – generous and fleshy with nice mid palate concentration, and fully integrated with the tannins. Jammy fruits but balanced and light graphite minerality provides integrated finish.
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James Suckling
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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.
Tasted blind. Simple crimson. Fine, medium intensity but rather aggressively tart fruit with a hint of glucose. A bit ordinary. (JR)
The 2019 Château Batailley is a darker, black-fruited, tobacco, and lead pencil-driven Pauillac that's medium-bodied, has a focused, lively mouthfeel, ripe yet firmer tannins, and integrated acidity. I like its overall balance, and it's certainly a classic Pauillac that will reward 4-6 years of cellaring and have two decades of prime drinking.
About the producer
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.