Chateau Haut-Batailley Pauillac 5. Cru Classé 2020 i trækasse

“94-96 points.” - La Revue du Vin de France
”95 points. Dark, winey, structured and very Pauillac” – Wine Spectator
“95 points.” – Tastingbook.com
“94-95 points. Very classic Pauillac” – James Suckling
“94 points. Ripe, layered, elegant Pauillac” – Jeb Dunnuck
“94 points. Certainly one of the more intense aromatics in Pauillac with disarming purity.” - Vinous

“Under the new ownership of the Cazes family, the wines at Chateau Haut Batailley, starting with the 2018 vintage, have never been better!” – Jeff Leve

Château Haut Batailley er aldrig smagt større!

Siden 2017, hvor familien Cazes fra Chateau Lynch-Bages overtog Cru Classé-slottet, er kvaliteten på det nærmeste eksploderet år for år og med 2020 som det foreløbige højdepunkt.

Selvom slottet har været klassificeret Cru Classé siden 1855, blev vinmarkerne først defineret i 1942, da Chateau Batailley blev opdelt i to separate ejendomme i forbindelse med arvedelingen mellem to brødre fra familien Borie.

Denne opdeling er samtidig forklaringen på, hvorfor Château Haut-Batailley er et vinslot uden slotsbygning. Rent faktisk blev vinen under familien Borie længe lavet på Château Ducru Beaucaillou i St. Julien.

Ved køb af 6 flasker leveres vinen i original trækasse.

Anmeldelser af Château Haut-Batailley Pauillac 5. Cru Classé 2020

94-96/100 La Revue du Vin de France

95/100 Wine Spectator
“Dark, winey, structured and very Pauillac, this is laden with cassis and blackberry puree flavors scored by charcoal and warm earth, with tobacco and cast iron notes. Very long, focused and seriously well-built finish.”

95/100 Tastingbook.com

94-95 James Suckling
"This is really minerally and stony with lots of chewy tannins. Medium-to full-bodied with a clean, fresh finish. Very classic Pauillac. Salty at the end with bitter citrus."

94-95/100 Wine Maniacs
“Very expressive on nose, coco, coffee bean are quite present at this stage. Fruit profile stays delicate and precise. Large structure, opulent, lingering, very fresh and lively.”

93-95/100 Le Figaro Vin

93-95/100 Anthocyanes

94/100 Jeb Dunnuck
“The Grand Vin 2020 Château Haut-Batailley is a step up and checks in as 62% Cabernet Sauvignon and 38% Merlot. This medium to full-bodied, ripe, layered, elegant Pauillac has lots of classic Cabernet darker currant fruits, some chocolate, leafy herb, and damp earth nuances, a great mid-palate, ripe tannins, and a great finish. It already offers pleasure yet will evolve for 15-20 years.”

94/100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
"Richly colored, right off the bat you find tobacco, cedar, savory herbs, earth and spicy red currants on the nose and mid-palate. Full-bodied, concentrated and with a big blast of sweet, juicy cassis that carries through to the finish, this is a soft textured, fruit-filled, elegantly styled Pauillac that should provide a lot of pleasure before it hits its 10th birthday. The wine blends 62% Cabernet Sauvignon with 38% Merlot."

94/100 Vinous
" The 2020 Haut-Batailley, matured in 60% new oak for 14 months, has a vivacious nose with mint-infused blackberry and raspberry fruit, a light pencil lead note underneath. Certainly one of the more intense aromatics in Pauillac with disarming purity. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and a wonderful bead of acidity keeping it tensile throughout. There's a sweet core of plummy fruit, hints of orange rind towards the finish that contains plenty of energy. Excellent."

94/100 Markus Del Monego, Master of Wine

94/100 Christer Byklum, Great Bordeaux Wines

93/100 Decanter
"Clear salinity and the fennel aniseed touch that I get in Verso de Haut-Batailley also. Gorgeous texture here, this has real balance and a sense of careful walking through the palate, a juice and a tension, with a saline kick. An enjoyably sleek wine, not as powerful as the Lynch Bages, and not intended to be either. Some chocolate notes as it opens, but this has an elegance to it that almost makes it more of a St-Julien, certainly not the powerhouse Pauillac that you get in Lynch Bages. Harvest from September 14 to 29. 3.85pH, 60% new oak, for 14 months. The Cazes family has almost doubled the size of the vineyard since taking over, up to 39ha."

93/100 Falstaff
“Dark ruby garnet, purple reflections, deep core, delicate rim brightening. Black forest berries, cassis, blackberries, fresh orange zest, mineral nuances. Complex, red cherries, fresh acidity, fine, supporting tannins, mineral-salty finish, a lively food wine with certain ageing potential.”

92/100 Robert Parker
"The 2020 Haut-Batailley is rich and demonstrative, offering up aromas of blackberries and cherries framed by sweet spices, smoke and new oak. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping, it's broad and expansive, with more overt ripeness, body and texture than was formerly the case for this estate.”

92/100 Bettane & Desseauve

Om Château Haut-Batailley

Grand Vin: Château Haut-Batailley, 5. Cru Classé (1855 Médoc & Graves)
2. Vin: Verso
Beliggenhed: Pauillac
Beplantet areal: 41 ha
Plantede druesorter: 62 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 36 % Merlot, 2 % Petit Verdot 
Fadmodning: op til 20 måneder, 40% ny barrique