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Wine Review Chateau Batailley Pauillac 2019
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Continuing our look at the wines from the Casteja family's estates David Allen MW tastes the second of two excellent vintages of the Pauillac 5th growth Chateau Batailley, the 2019 vintage. We are very grateful to the Casteja family's negociant company Boire Manoux for providing these wines to taste. • Château Batailley is a well-regarded wine estate in the Pauillac appellation of Bordeaux's northern Médoc region. The estate – one of the oldest in the area – was classified as a fifth growth in the 1855 classification of the Médoc and Graves. The wine has, for decades, had a reputation for good value, though recent years are widely judged to show ever greater finesse and complexity. • The property sits on a plateau to the west of Mouton-Rothschild and counts around 57 hectares (141 acres) of vineyard on deep gravel over clay and limestone subsoil. Roughly 70 percent is planted to Cabernet Sauvignon, 25 percent to Merlot and the remainder to Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. • The grand vin ferments in stainless steel tanks and ages for 16 to 18 months in French oak barrels, 55 percent of which are new. The second wine, Lions de Batailley (so-named after the stone lions that sit atop the gate posts of the château), is also Cabernet Sauvignon dominant, but with a higher portion of Merlot. • The name Batailley derives from a battle which took place on, or near to, the estate in 1452, during the Hundred Years' War. The first vines were planted not long afterwards. • To learn more about this wine, its pricing and where to find it follow this link to the Wine-Searcher website: https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/ba... • #winesearcher #winetasting #pauillac #batailley #chateaubatailley #bordeaux #clarets #medoc #hautmedoc #redbordeaux #winelover #frenchwine #redwine #cruclasse #masterofwine #grandcruclasse
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