2017 | Château Haut-Batailley | Pauillac

The bitter plum, dark cherry and red currant fruit flavors are well-melded, carried by a racy iron streak through a finish gilded with floral and sanguine notes. Fresh and defined from start to finish

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Haut Batailley sings of baked blackberries, black cherry compote and warm cassis with hints of fungi and tilled soil. Medium-bodied, the palate is packed with black fruit flavors and loads of earthy accents, framed by firm, grainy tannins, finishing savory.

• James Suckling: Lovely perfumes and currants with graphite and light herbs. Medium to full body. Creamy tannins. Soft and elegant and creamy at the end. Finesse. A blend of 66% cabernet sauvignon and 34% merlot. Drink in 2022.

Producer Information

Château Haut-Batailley is a wine estate in the Pauillac appellation in the Médoc area, north of Bordeaux city and on the left bank of the Garonne estuary. It is one of 18 estates with the status of Fifth Growth, awarded from the 1855 classification of Bordeaux. The château building, which is constructed in an almost rustic, Basque style, sits at the southwestern end of the appellation area, roughly two kilometers (1.2 miles) or so due west of Château Latour and Château Pichon Longueville-Baron. The estate was once a part of the larger, neighboring, Château Batailley which sits just to the north of Haut-Batailley. Batailley was bought in 1932 by the brothers François and Marcel Borie, who divided it in two in 1942 to avoid conflict in inheritance. François took the smaller property that did not include the physical château and named the estate Haut-Batailley. He increased the size of the estate by buying vineyards, including purchases of plots in 1951 from the Fourth Growth Château Duhart-Milon. Château Haut-Batailley is now 22 hectares (55 acres) planted predominantly to Cabernet Sauvignon as is typical of Left Bank Bordeaux. Merlot and Cabernet Franc are blended in the final cuvée but planted in smaller parcels. The grand vin is a Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant Bordeaux red blend, with a production close to 10,000 cases annually. The second wine is the Tour l'Aspic, named for the white tower in the vineyards on the property, constructed by the Averous sisters (whose family originally held the property in the 19th Century). The tower is also depicted on the label and La Tour l'Aspic has a production of roughly 1700 cases. The Borie family also owns the Second Growth Château Ducru-Beaucaillou in Saint-Julien, and the Fifth Growth Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste, also in Pauillac.

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