Batailley 2020

Batailley 2020

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  • Vinous rating 95
  • Jane Anson rating 93
  • Robert Parker rating 92
Batailley 2020
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75 cl

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£40.00
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One of the oldest wine producers in the Médoc, Château Batailley is currently owned by Borie-Manoux, the négociant firm led by Denise and Emile Castèja. The estate sits on a plateau next to Mouton-Rothschild and covers approximately 57 hectares of vineyard on deep gravel over clay and limestone subsoil. The 2020 vintage is a blend composed of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot. It shows a clearly defined bouquet, including ripe blackberry and raspberry fruit with subtle notes of graphite and a hint of aniseed. On the palate, it is a medium-bodied wine, featuring tense black fruit flavours, accompanied by a lovely salinity that adds to its allure. The finish is intricate and long-lasting.
95 Vinous
The 2020 Batailley appears to have gone up a couple of gears since I tasted it just after bottling. It has a perfumed, wonderfully precise nose, almost Margaux-like in style, with scents of cassis and crushed violet blossoming in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent blackberry and hints of licorice on the entry. It's quite saline, building with confidence toward the finish of real heft. This will need a decade to come around, but it will be worth waiting for. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.Neal Martin12th November 2024
93 Jane Anson
The 2020 Batailley is composed of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot. Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, it reveals flashy scents of creme de cassis, redcurrant preserves, and wild blueberries, giving way to touches of violets, dark chocolate, camphor, and unsmoked cigars with a hint of cedar. The medium-bodied palate is chock full of bright, expressive cassis and red berry flavors, supported by fine-grained tannins and oodles of freshness, finishing with a mineral lift.Lisa Perrotti-Brown29th June 2023

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A Rising Star in Pauillac

The historic Château Batailley is a Fifth Growth estate in the Pauillac appellation of Bordeaux. Situated on a plateau to the west of the First Growth of Mouton Rothschild, Batailley is one of the oldest chateaux in the Bordeaux region, dating from the 15th century.

In the past two decades, there has been a significant upturn in quality of the Château Batailley grand vin – a typical Left Bank Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant blend with Merlot and smaller proportions of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. The wine exhibits classic Pauillac character – concentrated flavour, good structure and ripe tannins.

Vinification at Château Batailley is conventional: grapes are de-stemmed and fermented in steel tanks. Malolactic fermentation takes place in both steel tanks and barrels, and the wine is matured barriques (about half of them new) for 16-18 months before bottling. Since 2014, Batailley has produced a second wine, Lions de Batailley, using grapes from younger vines on the 55ha estate. This wine is in a comparable style to the grand vin.

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