1990 Château Haut-Batailley

Community Tasting Notes (21) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  12/16/2023 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  See my tasting note from November ‘23. Consistent experience tonight. Drink up and enjoy.

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  11/23/2023 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Fully mature and delicious. Classic Pauillac notes with black cherry, black olive, cedar, and cigar wrap. Tannin is smooth and completely resolved. I really enjoyed this wine tonight, especially since I only paid $20 for it. Yum!

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  11/18/2022 - blank blank wrote: 90 Points

  Textbook, if not particularly exhilarating. Tobacco, cedar, red fruit. Starting to sour up and turn a bit astringent - this must've been better 5 years ago. Enjoyable but cerebral. They don't make them like this anymore.

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  4/24/2022 - Cailles wrote: flawed

  48x 1990 (37x Bdx, 6x Napa, 5x others): This bottle was over. Lots of soy sauce and oxidative notes on the nose.

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  10/27/2018 - Somm David T Likes this wine: 94 Points

  From Magnum.
  
  There are few things in life better than a 30 year old Bordeaux, grilling, great family, friends, music and environment. Today is hitting on all cylinders.
  
  There is no amount of decanting a young wine that will give you or replace what 26 years in bottle delivers. I did not decant this wine but let breathe and poured slowly. As its lingered, it put on weight and keeps getting better. There are simply flavors and nuances that only come out in well made and aged wine that make them all the more special.
  
  On the nose; sweet & sour dark ripe cherries, blackberries, baked plum & strawberries, cooked rhubarb & hues of blueberries. Lots of saddle-wood, cedar, light, soft spices, forest floor with dry leafs, dark rich soil, limestone, dry stones, dry tobacco, red fruit liqueur/cola, steeped tea, just whiff of herbaceous and dark red, blue flowers and violets.
  
  The palate is medium to full. The body round, soft and glides effortlessly over the palate. The length, structure, tension and balance are in perfect harmony. Ripe; sweet & sour dark ripe cherries, blackberries, baked plum, raspberries & strawberries, cooked rhubarb & hues of blueberries. Lots of saddle-wood, cedar, old suede style leather, light, soft spices, forest floor with dry leafs, dark rich soil, limestone, underbrush, dry stones, dry tobacco, dry top soil, shades of red fruit liqueur/cola, steeped tea, just whiff of herbaceous and dark red, blue flowers and violets. The acidity magnificent. The beautiful, round, ripe, earth & fruit balanced finish is extremely special due to it age and lasts several minutes. This is why I long cellar Bordeaux. The experience is always ethereal!

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