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Château Batailley Pauillac 2018 - Grand Cru Classé

Bordeaux

Red

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Drink or Keep

97/100

Yves Beck

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96/100

RVF

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96/100

Bettane & Desseauve

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95/100

James Suckling

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94/100

Tastingbook - Markus Del Monego

density
classic
grand cru classé
gourmet wine

"Dark purple-red color with violet tint and black core. Powerful nose with excellent structure, contained fruit, distinct minerality, subtle oak and sweet spices. Powerful palate with persistent character, ripe, well-structured tannins with good length." (Testing Book Markus Del Monego 2019) - Delivery in wooden case for all orders of 6 bottles of this wine (excluding Point Relais delivery method).

Features

Estate

Château Batailley

Cuvée

5ème Grand Cru Classé

Vintage

2018

Designation

Pauillac

Region

Bordeaux

Grape varieties

74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot

Terroirs

Gravel and sand soils

Viticulture

Traditional and meticulous

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks

Breeding

16 to 18 months in barrels, 60% new

Alcohol content

14,5%

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Deep, almost black colour

Nose

Intense bouquet of blackberry and vanilla

Mouth

Round, smooth and concentrated on the palate. The structure is accomplished and almost perfect.

Serve

AT 16-18°C

Open

1 hour before

Drink from

2025

Drink before

2040

Food and wine pairing

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with leg of lamb, pheasant casserole or an assortment of cheeses.

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

Wine rated (2019 guide) 96/100

Domaine rated (guide 2021) 4*Stars (Top-quality producers, the glories of French winegrowing)

About the wine:

Complete, combining power, aromatic finesse, high maturity but also freshness, very fine tannic extraction, exemplary Bordeaux classicism.

About the domain :

Owned by the Castéja family, and intelligently advised by the late Denis Dubourdieu, the wine has rediscovered the fullness of its style, combining the power it often displayed between 1945 and 1961 with infinitely more purity and aromatic finesse. The wines have progressed spectacularly since the 2000s and represent one of Pauillac's most reliable value-for-money offerings. Since 2015, a second wine, lions-de-batailley, has enabled an even more rigorous selection of the grand vin blend.

Guide Hachette des vins

Guide Hachette des vins

Domaine noté (guide 2021) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the domain :

The flagship of Borie Manoux, a venerable trading house founded in 1870 by the Castéja family, one of Pauillac's oldest families, and owner of the cru since 1932. A beautiful 55-hectare unit at the south-western end of the appellation, which owes its name to a battle that took place on these lands in 1453.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Domaine noté Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Wine rated (2020 guide) 96/100

Domaine rated (guide 2022) 2*Stars (These great estates, often endowed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, must be included in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).

About the wine:

Ultra-classic, with breed, sap and muscle. Carried by sumptuous Cabernets, it possesses great energy, definition and length. A benchmark for this vintage.

About the domain :

Philippe Castéja produces a Pauillac of classic style and form, which has gained considerably in definition and precision in recent years. The wine also ages remarkably well, retaining a profile very typical of the Médoc's great wines, between straightforwardness and precision. Prices remain very affordable. We are delighted by the consistency and excellent level of recent vintages.

James Suckling

James Suckling

Rated wine (guide 2021 ) 95/100

About the wine:

Aromas of blackberry, cocoa, oyster shell, graphite and black tea. Medium-bodied, with firm, tight-grained tannins. The wine is structured, intense, tight and precise. It needs a few years to soften and open up.

Yves Beck

Yves Beck

Wine rated (2020 guide) 97/100

About the wine:

What a superb bouquet! Intense, complex and so Pauillac! It combines the characteristics of this region with notes of cedar, graphite and black berries (elderberry, blackberry). On the palate, the wine continues its Pauillac way, with brio. Dense, intense, muscular and fine! Now that's something! The tannins are compact, perfectly integrated and in phase with the lively structure that sustains the finish in terms of both aroma and persistence. What a great wine... certainly one of the best Batailley's I've ever tasted!

Tastingbook - Markus Del Monego

Tastingbook - Markus Del Monego

Wine rated (2019 guide) 94/100

About the wine:

Deep purple-red color with violet tint and black core. Powerful nose with excellent structure, restrained fruit, distinct minerality, subtle oak and sweet spices. On the palate, powerful with persistent character, ripe, well-structured tannins and good length.

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