2024 CHÂTEAU BATAILLEY 5ème Cru Classé Pauillac, Lea & Sandeman

CHÂTEAU BATAILLEY

2024 5ème Cru Classé Pauillac

Grapes Merlot, Cab Sauv, Petit Verdot
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Haut Médoc
Village Pauillac
Classification 5ème Cru Classé
ABV 13%

Fragrant, floral, precise, with graphite and crayon character that is immediately apparant on the nose. Very much captures the appellation and estate signature, with real classicism and balance, depth through the mid palate and slim, savoury blue and black fruits. Well constructed, and no question that this can age - easy to project forward to think that in a decade this will be in full Batailley swing. 57% new oak for ageing, Casteja family estate. Drinking range: 2030 - 2044 Rating: 93 Jane Anson, www.janeanson.com (Apr 2025)


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We tasted this twice - and found a very statuesque and classically-shaped Batailley. Dark-hued fruits add a sense of brood to the juice - laden with smartly done wood-spice and clove notes. There is a good 'old-school' frame here that gives the feeling of some heft. Silly as it sounds, this tastes like a classic young Bordeaux - as it should - yet this stands out for its youth, in a vintage where so many wines are lighter in weight and more easy to read at this stage. One for the purists, 'proper' claret. This will need a moment and then deliver exactly what Batailley lovers admire.
Cabernet Sauvignon 81%. Merlot 15%, Petit Verdot 4%. The vintage marks the 100th anniversary of the Castéja family's ownership, warranting a special label and even a special sized bottle - they have revived the 2.25 litre (3 bottle equivalent) 'Marie Jeanne'. For when a magnum is not quite enough for lunch for two. L&S (Apr 2025)

Château Batailley

Pauillac Cinquième cru 1855 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 François and Marcel Borie who divided the estate between themselves in 1942, with François taking the half that became Haut Batailley and Marcel continuing as Batailley. Marcel's daughter married into the Castéja family, who own Batailley to this day. The two Batailleys are in the south of Pauillac, a little way inland from the Pichons. The 57ha of vines are planted to 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Wines spend up to 18 months is wood, with 55% being new every year.

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