Château Haut-Batailley
Pauillac Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot Blend
Pauillac, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
A classified growth Bordeaux is not normally my Thursday evening tipple but for some unknown reason I felt a little like celebrating. This is drinking quite well right now. Nose opens with just a little air to show cassis and blackberry, leather, moist gravel, and a subtle graphite note. In the mouth, it’s got medium concentration, with soft but abundant tannins in the background and surprisingly good acids. In the drier side. Not a blockbuster or long ager, but quite elegant.
A classified growth Bordeaux is not normally my Thursday evening tipple but for some unknown reason I felt a little like celebrating. This is drinking quite well right now. Nose opens with just a little air to show cassis and blackberry, leather, moist gravel, and a subtle graphite note. In the mouth, it’s got medium concentration, with soft but abundant tannins in the background and surprisingly good acids. In the drier side. Not a blockbuster or long ager, but quite elegant.
May 31st, 2024
Had a slight funk that eventually blew off to reveal aromas of tea leaves, cedar, and pencil shavings. Unfortunately, slightly past prime, but still shows a medium body. Acids are all gone, and it is quite mellow. Flavors are still instructive, showing what was once ripe blackberry. Glad to try it!
Had a slight funk that eventually blew off to reveal aromas of tea leaves, cedar, and pencil shavings. Unfortunately, slightly past prime, but still shows a medium body. Acids are all gone, and it is quite mellow. Flavors are still instructive, showing what was once ripe blackberry. Glad to try it!
Mar 2nd, 2024
Bold, dark fruit, spice. Solid Bordeaux.
Bold, dark fruit, spice. Solid Bordeaux.
Jul 18th, 2023
Capitol Region Wine Collectors Club (WCC), Bordeaux; 30 March 2023 at Yono's, Albany, NY
Capitol Region Wine Collectors Club (WCC), Bordeaux; 30 March 2023 at Yono's, Albany, NY
Mar 31st, 2023Capitol Region Wine Collectors Club (WCC), Bordeaux; 30 March 2023 at Yono's, Albany, NY
Capitol Region Wine Collectors Club (WCC), Bordeaux; 30 March 2023 at Yono's, Albany, NY
Mar 31st, 2023
Missed out on notes here. Light-ish Bordeaux. Guessed left bank. Close enough.
Missed out on notes here. Light-ish Bordeaux. Guessed left bank. Close enough.
Dec 10th, 2022Nothing wrong with the classics pt 2. Lighter style, soft like a comfy old sweater. Cassis, cedar, plummy, blackberry, dry tobacco, in a very charming spot but time to drink up
Nothing wrong with the classics pt 2. Lighter style, soft like a comfy old sweater. Cassis, cedar, plummy, blackberry, dry tobacco, in a very charming spot but time to drink up
Aug 14th, 2022
Absolutely phenomenal and likely at the peak of its bell curve. Dark berry fruits on the nose with subtle secondary aromas of tobacco, dark soil and aged wood. Totally Bordeaux and totally delicious
Absolutely phenomenal and likely at the peak of its bell curve. Dark berry fruits on the nose with subtle secondary aromas of tobacco, dark soil and aged wood. Totally Bordeaux and totally delicious
Apr 1st, 20222015 vintage. Very nice wine, even if I expected a bit more weight on the mid palate. Long, mineral finish.
2015 vintage. Very nice wine, even if I expected a bit more weight on the mid palate. Long, mineral finish.
Mar 2nd, 2022
Color density spectacularly singular, nose of dried blackberry, black currant, wet river pebbles, rosemary dusting on beef, lavender, violet and rose stitched together seamlessly, a minute persimmon, plum and cinnamon sail on in the wind of cumin.
Warm plumminess opens to baked currant and date, wedged into oak crevices. Bite of tobacco, eucalyptus, offset by black olive texture, bituminous sensibility and cinnamon-cedar parameters.
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Color density spectacularly singular, nose of dried blackberry, black currant, wet river pebbles, rosemary dusting on beef, lavender, violet and rose stitched together seamlessly, a minute persimmon, plum and cinnamon sail on in the wind of cumin.
Warm plumminess opens to baked currant and date, wedged into oak crevices. Bite of tobacco, eucalyptus, offset by black olive texture, bituminous sensibility and cinnamon-cedar parameters.
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