2012 CHÂTEAU HAUT BATAILLEY 5ème Cru Classé Pauillac, Lea & Sandeman

CHÂTEAU HAUT BATAILLEY

2012 5ème Cru Classé Pauillac

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Grapes Merlot, Cab Sauv
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Haut Médoc
Village Pauillac
Classification 5ème Cru Classé
ABV 14%

71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29 % Merlot. 'Tender tannins' says Francois-Xavier, and it is true. Lots of volume and very jolly and likeable, perhaps lacking that last bit of drive. Velvety and long. Really pretty gorgeous and great value. Rating: 90 L&S (Jan 2019)

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The 2012 Haut-Batailley has a perfumed and floral bouquet, showing much more Pauillac typicity than Duhart-Milon, quite fresh and focused. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, fine acidity, good grip and quite ferrous. Perhaps there is a touch of austerity on the finish, but it is drinking well now. Tasted blind at the Southwold Ten-Year On tasting. Drinking range: 2023 - 2037 Rating: 91 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Sept 2022)

Long owned by Xavier Borie, this Pauillac estate sits next to Batailley and is just south of Borie’s other famous château, Grand-Puy-Lacoste. The 2012, dramatically better from bottle than barrel, is bigger boned, richer and more flamboyant than this wine normally tends to be. The color is a healthy purple, and the wine offers plenty of cassis and licorice as well as a touch of incense. The oak from barrel-aging 18 months is largely obscured. Medium to full-bodied and impressively endowed, it comes off like a hypothetic blend of a St.-Julien and Pauillac, but this is a classic 2012 that is full, rich and impressive, with beautifully sweet tannins. Drink it over the next 20 years Drinking range: 2015 - 2035 Rating: 92 Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, www.RobertParker.com (May 2015)

The fruit is very concentrated with black cherry very much dominating. The tannins are firm but feel ripe the mid palate packed with rich black fruits but towards the back it is lighter with lovely spicy bramble. 2020-35 Rating: 90-93 Derek Smedley MW, www.dereksmedleymw.co.uk (Dec 2013)

Château Haut Batailley

Pauillac Cinquième cru 1855 For most of its history Château Haut Batailley, as the name suggests, was part of Château Batailley. The name "Batailley" appears to be derived from a battle that occured on the sight in 1453 during the Hundred Years War. During the early 19th Century, Batailley was owned by Daniel Guestier who did much to raise the reputation of the estate such that it was rated a 5th Growth in the 1855 classification. Batailley was purchased in 1932 by Marcel and François Borie who divided the estate between themselves in 1942, with Marcel taking the half that retained the Batailley name and François developing Haut Batailley. In 2017 Château Haut Batailley was purchased by the Cazes family, owners of Château Lynch Bages. The two Batailleys are in the south of Pauillac, a little way inland from the Pichons. The 22ha of Haut Batailley is planted to 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. Haut Batailley has a good reliable reputation, offering very decent "drinking" claret at competitive prices.

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