Chateau Haut-Batailley
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Ready, but will improve,
The last three years have been fabulous for Haut-Batailley and Grand-Puy-Lacoste. Xavier Borie produces wines with so much freshness and flamboyance they are almost not like the tight brooding masses that a lot of Pauillac seems to be. Haut-Batailley wears its heart on its sleeve. It’s fun, cool, elegant with a fabulously long, fresh finish, leaving you with a mouthful of ripe raspberries. Lovely!
Simon Staples, Asia Wine Director
Simon Staples, Asia Wine Director
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£36.00
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£355.08
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£269.88
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Named after a `bataille' that was fought here between the French and English (who else) 600 years ago, Batailley has once again lived up to its reputation of offering good value, early drinking, quintessential Pauillac. Made from 73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, its toasty, ripe plum and cedar nose leads on to a palate with vivid cassis and raspberry fruit, creamy vanilla oak and a lovely long finish. Tried, trusted and adored, Batailley has produced another sterling effort in 2007.
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£42.50
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£463.08
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£359.88
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In recent years Haut-Batailley, under the ownership of Francois-Xavier Borie, has been a regular value-buy of the vintage. 2010 has a charming attack of fruit within a beautiful structure of tannins with lovely freshness. Its purity comes through and, whilst classic, it is very attractive. This is one for the drinker’s cellar.
(Nick Pegna, Berry Bros. & Rudd)
(Nick Pegna, Berry Bros. & Rudd)
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£380.00
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Ch. Haut-Batailley has a genuine Pauillac personality in 2014. Graceful and charming, it also appears to be delicate too, displaying a lightness of touch. There is a welcoming harmony to this wine. It just tastes as red Bordeaux should. Attractive, fleshy fruit nose, helpings of alluring dark fruits - in particular cherry and plum - and a spicy, lingering finish.
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Château Haut-Batailley is owned by Mme. des Brest-Borie and, this 54 ha property, produces on average 8,200 cases per year.
Located in the very south of the Pauillac appellation, the property shares a similar climate to that enjoyed by the Médoc: maritime, with the Gironde estuary and the Bay of Biscay combining to act as a climate regulator and the coastal pine forests sheltering the vines from the westerly and north-westerly winds.
The vineyards (Cabernet Sauvignon 65%; Merlot 25%; Cabernet Franc 10%) lie on deep gravel beds over limestone. Vinification includes up to 20 months' wood ageing, 40% new. It is classified as a 5ème cru classé.