CHÂTEAU BATAILLEY
2018 5ème Cru Classé Pauillac
| Grapes | Cab Sauv, Merlot, Petit Verdot |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Bordeaux |
| Sub-district | Haut Médoc |
| Village | Pauillac |
| Classification | 5ème Cru Classé |
| ABV | 13% |
A perennial favourite among claret lovers, this 2018 Batailley will offer plenty of pleasure from 2024 onwards. The dark berry fruit is soft and easy. The tannins don't overpower and there is just enough freshness to give it all energy. This isn't the most concentrated or refined Pauillac from 2018 but it will probably drink earlier than many of its peers and is very unlikely to disappoint. Drinking range: 2024 - 2030 L&S (Apr 2019)
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The Castéja family, headed up by Philippe and his son Frédéric, make elegant, finessed and intensely 'Pauillac' signature wines at Batailley, and I recommend this estate in 2018 for its deft handling of the vintage. Concentrated cassis and blackberry fruits, with a precision and well-cut heft to the tannins. Will age well, and be ready to go in four or five years. 60% new oak. 52hl/h. Tasted twice. Drinking range: 2026 - 2040 Rating: 94 Jane Anson, Decanter (Oct 2021)
The 2018 Batailley, matured in 60% new oak, is almost identical on the nose as I found it in barrel, decked out with attractive black cherries and cassis notes, the cedar element a little heightened and freshly rolled tobacco notes developing with aeration. Very fine delineation here, and the oak is well integrated. The balanced palate offers fine tannins that frame the blackberry and bilberry fruit. The salinity comes through nicely on the finish, which is less silky than before, but it waves adieu with a long spicy aftertaste. Very fine and very Batailley. Drinking range: 2023 - 2042 Rating: 93 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Mar 2021)
Aromas of blackberry, cocoa, oyster shell, graphite and black tea. Lead pencil, too. It’s medium-to full-bodied with firm, tight-grained tannins. Structured and intense. Tight and precise. Needs a few years to soften and open. Try from 2025. Rating: 95 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (Feb 2021)
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