Batailley: Chateau Batailley 5eme Cru 2020

Chateau Batailley 5eme Cru 2020

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Til vinbonden

96–97+
100
2
Cabernet Sauvignon 70%, Merlot 26%, Petit Verdot 2%, Cabernet Franc 2%
5
rød, tør
14,0% Vol.
Modenhed til at drikke: 2027–2049
Pakket ind i: 12 OHK
9
voluminøs og kraftfuld
rig på tanniner
3
Lobenberg: 96–97+/100
Revue du Vin de France: 95–96/100
Suckling: 95/100
Neal Martin: 95/100
Jane Anson: 94/100
Jeb Dunnuck: 94/100
6
Frankrig, Bordeaux, Pauillac
7
Allergener: Sulfitter,
lobenberg

Heiner Lobenberg om:
Chateau Batailley 5eme Cru 2020

96–97+
/100

Batailley ligger på samme afkørselsvej fra Pauillac, overfor Grand Puy Lacoste. Batailley har brug for varme, varme år for virkelig at vise sin klasse. Skiftet fra Saint-Julien-appellationen til Pauillac er meget spændende, fra Talbot til Batailley. Næsen bliver mere sort og monogam. Rige brombær, morbær, sorte kirsebær. Masser af tryk, lige finish, meget god definition. Meget klassisk og alligevel sød. Ikke sprød i munden. Det havde jeg frygtet, men det kommer ikke. Superstruktureret ligefremhed, alt passer perfekt, stor harmoni. Men stadig i den sorte frugt, med lakrids og chokolade. Superdefinerede hjørner og kanter. Altid ligeud. Ikke førstepladsen i Pauillac, men bestemt i andenpladsen, i det øvre midterfelt. Ekstremt ren, klassisk, moden og hedonistisk Pauillac for elskere af appellationen. Ellers er det bedre at skifte over til det højere Saint-Julien-hjørne. Pauillac er virkelig meget klassisk i 2020. Men moden og harmonisk, kun med ambitioner. Den har noget! 96-97+/100

Smagsnotat
95–96
/100

Revue du Vin de France om: Chateau Batailley 5eme Cru

A classical production from a classical estate. This has a most attractive palate with good concentration that contains fine flavours of red fruit and beautiful lace-like tannins that are well integrated. 95-96/100

95
/100

Suckling om: Chateau Batailley 5eme Cru

Aromas of black and red currants as well as orange. Ink pot. Cassis bush. Bramble berry. Graphite. Full-bodied yet tight and back-loaded with intense tannins, but they turn soft and polished. Very classic structure. Reminds me of a top Batailley from the 1980s, like 1985, but much more precise and clear. 70% cabernet sauvignon, 26% merlot, 2% petit verdot, and 2% cabernet franc. Try after 2030. 95/100

Smagsnotat
95
/100

Neal Martin om: Chateau Batailley 5eme Cru

The 2020 Batailley appears to have gone up a couple of gears since I tasted it just after bottling. It has a perfumed, wonderfully precise nose, almost Margaux-like in style, with scents of cassis and crushed violet blossoming in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent blackberry and hints of licorice on the entry. It's quite saline, building with confidence toward the finish of real heft. This will need a decade to come around, but it will be worth waiting for. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.

94
/100

Jane Anson om: Chateau Batailley 5eme Cru

Always a Pauillac that I love to recommend, as it is packed with appellation signature, and it suits the slightly serious character of 2020. Entirely delivers on En Primeur promise, with charcoal, cigar box, slate, crayon and fragrant mint leaf set against waves of black cherry and cassis fruit. 42hl/ha, owned by the Casteja family. 94/100

94
/100

Jeb Dunnuck om: Chateau Batailley 5eme Cru

The 2020 Château Grand-Puy Ducasse is a brilliant, powerful, age-worthy Pauillac that will reward bottle age. Blackcurrants, tobacco, cedar pencil, and chocolate are just some of its nuances, and this beauty hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a dense, mouth-filling texture, plenty of ripe tannins, and outstanding length. It's not the most elegant Pauillac out there, but it has quintessential aromatics, structure, and density, and is beautifully done, as well as incredibly satisfying. It will probably take a decade of bottle age to hit maturity, and it should have 30-40 years of overall longevity. Tasted three times. 94/100

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Batailley

En balancegang mellem gammeldags smag og pragmatisme, harmoni og kraft, pris og præstation. Batailley er overbevisende på alle niveauer og klarer denne balancegang som næppe nogen anden vingård på venstre bred.

Chateau Batailley 5eme Cru 2020