Winery - Château Batailley
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
An intense and concentrated wine that succeeds well. It has plenty of freshness, but also sufficient firm tannins to offer aging potential. Wood is prominent, but not dominant, finishing with the freshest of berry fruits.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
One of the undiscovered treats of Pauillac, Batailley has produced a 2008 that shows richness, fresh acidity and delicious black currant fruits. For medium-term aging.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
93-95 Barrel sample. Big, spicy wood, packed with dense, wood and fruit tannins. But the wood is over a base of broad fruit, sweet blackberries and ripeness.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is more about structure and wood than fruit. Where the fruit shows through, it is underwhelming, somewhat austere, and needs more intensity, although it certainly has sweetness.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
93-95 Solidly tannic wine, with flavors of polished wood. The structure offers a rich, generous feel, bringing out the sweet berry fruits. Very sumptuous.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
88-90 Barrel sample. Ripe, but firm wine, its blackcurrant freshness tucked into stark tannins. Black plum juice gives both acidity and sweetness. The final is a balanced wine, lifted by spice.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
91-93 The aromas of powerful new wood follow through on this wine with dark tannins and a feeling of brooding power. Acidity gives the wine a lift to finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
88-90 Barrel sample. While there is plenty of good, structured, dry tannins here, the fruit is more of a question. It seems to need greater ripeness, unusual for 2005. All the right flavors are there, but not quite the richness you would expect.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Batailley 2006 has been mainly about tannin from its earliest stages, and this has not yet changed. What has changed is that the tannin isn’t by itself any more: black plum fruit is now giving some richness. It does need to age, but the elegance and the balance are coming.
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