Château BatailleyPauillac 2010
Dry, Full Bodied style of Cabernet Blend
Bordeaux, France
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Dry, Full Bodied style of Cabernet BlendBordeaux, FranceQuality of fruit has been the lynchpin for the famous Chateau Batailley; an intent to grow better grapes has resulted in increasing praise and interest in the wines of a once formidable estate. The 55 hectares of vines are split between Cabernet Sauvignon 70%, Merlot 25%, Cabernet Franc 3%, Petit Verdot 2%on gravel, clay and limestone soils, now farmed for balance in flavour over volume. The fruit is also being more carefully vinified; hand-picked, it is fermented in stainlesss steel tanks before being sent to small barrels for 16 months. The resulting wine, and particularly from 2010, is fruit pure, concentrated and yet holds a freshness and finesse that is ultimately seductive.
Quality of fruit has been the lynchpin for the famous Chateau Batailley; an intent to grow better grapes has resulted in increasing praise and interest in the wines of a once formidable estate. The 55 hectares of vines are split between Cabernet Sauvignon 70%, Merlot 25%, Cabernet Franc 3%, Petit Verdot 2%on gravel, clay and limestone soils, now farmed for balance in flavour over volume. The fruit is also being more carefully vinified; hand-picked, it is fermented in stainlesss steel tanks before being sent to small barrels for 16 months. The resulting wine, and particularly from 2010, is fruit pure, concentrated and yet holds a freshness and finesse that is ultimately seductive.
Full bodied red wines have a noticeably textural mouthfeel with bold, complex flavours. Often deeply coloured.
Dry wines have no trace of sweetness at all.
- TypeCabernet Blend
- Size750mL
- RegionBordeaux
- Standard Drinks8.0
- Alcohol Volume13.5%
- CountryFrance
- Brand NameChâteau Batailley
- ClosureCork
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
Vintage 2010
92 points erobertparker.com
Made in a more charming style than the normally backward, rather formidably tannic wines of Batailley, this 2010 is an endearing, elegant wine, but it has no shortage of power, richness and intensity. It displays loads of beautiful cassis, cedar and Christmas fruitcake notes along with impressive purity, texture and a full-bodied mouthfeel. Usually much more austere, this vintage seems to have produced a richer, more layered and opulent style of Batailley that can be approached in 3-5 years and consumed over the following 25 years.
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