Batailley

Specification

Producer

Batailley

Region

Bordeaux

Where

Pauillac, Bordeaux

Classification

Fifth Growth (1855)

Grapes

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot

Vintage

2009

Case

Half Bottle, 24 x 37.5cl OWC

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

BATAIL0924X38

About this wine

Château Batailley is a classic Pauillac, made predominantly from Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot and small amounts of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. It is firm and savoury, with blackcurrant, cedar and graphite notes, in a traditional style that can be tight in youth. It typically needs ten years to soften and ages well for twenty years or more.

About Batailley

Château Batailley lies inland in the southern part of Pauillac and was ranked Fifth Growth in the 1855 Classification. It was once a larger estate, divided in the 1940s, when part of the vineyard became Château Haut-Batailley.

Batailley has been in the same family since the 1930s and is now run by the Castéja family, owners of the Bordeaux négociant Borie-Manoux. The château stands in wooded parkland, surrounded by gravel vineyards planted mainly with Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine is a traditional, firmly structured Pauillac, known for its reliability and its ability to age.