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Intensity is the order of the day here, with black cherries and damson dominating the nose, though there are subtle herbaceous notes of green bell pepper and blackcurrant leaf too. This is a burly wine, the palate showing power and structure that means it will need a few years in bottle before showing its softer side.
The 2023 Haut Batailley was picked from 14 September and matured in 65% new oak. It has a harmonious and focused bouquet with blackberry, graphite and iris flower scents. The oak here is neatly integrated. It's actually stylistically not dissimilar to the Mouton Rothschild! The palate is medium-bodied with svelte tannins—quite rounded in the mouth, but there is backbone here. A subtle white pepper note mixes with pencil shavings on the classically styled finish, completing this refined Pauillac. Drink 2028-2050.
The 2023 Haut-Batailley is another impressive wine from this Chateau. There's plenty of the typical dark fruit and overall breadth that is such a signature, but the tannins show greater finesse than in some prior years—a very positive evolution that continues here. Black cherry, plum, lavender, cloves, leather and licorice are all beautifully amplified. The 2023 marks another major step forward for Haut-Batailley. Drink 2028-2043.
The 2023 Haut-Batailley is a blend of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 4% Petit Verdot that increasingly resembles its stablemate Lynch Bages in style. Offering up aromas of dark berries, plums, pencil shavings and creamy new oak, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with plenty of generously extracted, youthfully chewy tannin and a long, lusty finish.
This shows structure and focus, with creamy, powdery tannins and a very pretty, silky texture. Medium to full body with a solid line of tannins running through the wine. Blackberries and currants with a hint of crushed stone. Better than 2022?
Haut-Batailley continues its new lease of life under Cazes (Lynch-Bages) ownership, and this is a highly polished, extraordinarily exuberant and marvellously glossy wine. Deeply fruited, with a core of chocolate and black plums, this modern style has fine-grained tannins and a long, spicy finish with masses of traction coming from both fruit and oak. Haut-Batailley has never looked so eye-catching and glamorous.
Intensity is the order of the day here, with black cherries and damson dominating the nose, though there are subtle herbaceous notes of green bell pepper and blackcurrant leaf too. This is a burly wine, the palate showing power and structure that means it will need a few years in bottle before showing its softer side.
Due south of St Estèphe lies the appellation of Pauillac, the king of Left Bank communes. It is home to three first growths as well as a plethora of other classified growths. Pauillac's renowned well-draining, gravelly soils enable its dominant grape Cabernet Sauvignon to reach fantastic heights of complexity and concentration. As a result, Pauilac's wines tend to be full-bodied with compact tannins and good freshness. Its aromatics are often what one associates with classic Bordeaux: pencil shavings, black currant and occasional mint. Some of the most famous châteaux of the commune are Latour, Mouton Rothschild, Lafite Rothschild, Pichon Baron, Pichon Lalande and Lynch Bages.
