1996 Château Haut-Batailley

Community Tasting Notes (93) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  4/14/2024 - geraldsng Likes this wine:

  First bottle of the Haut Batailley was corked and went down the sink. Second bottle clean but also in an awkward phase, felt a bit too green and also too uptight to be truly enjoyable. Just a bit of pencil to give some typicite. Apparently this was an outstanding vintage for them but this is the second bottle that I’ve failed to be wowed by (as opposed to for eg the 89 en magnum which was classy AF). 4 more so perhaps shall give them some time to see if it’s just a phase.

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  4/12/2024 - liber wrote: flawed

  COrked!!!!

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  3/26/2024 - The Wine Monkeys Likes this wine: 91 Points

  1996 Chateau Haut-Batailley. Perfect cork, with a nose of smoky green and black pepper, leather and pencil shavings. Beautifully balanced palate of wild blackberry, tart dark cherry, a long cocoa/coffee tinged finish with nice persistence and grip to the tannins. Very enjoyable!

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  12/26/2023 - jdporter3 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Drunk over two days, from a case that I have remaining of three. Inky, dark fruits here - blackberry, earth. This is why I prefer European style reds. Restraint is the order of the day! Solidly made but I am among those who don’t think that it has many more years. Personally, I will drink up. Quite lovely with tenderloin on the second day. Medium length finish. Happy with having cellared it for about 20 years, so QPR was right!

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  9/23/2023 - jdporter3 Likes this wine:

  This was the second half of the wines that we laid down some years ago for our son’s wedding. It was served alongside the 96 Talbot, and although a very good wine, just didn’t stand up to the Talbot’s greatness. In fairness to this wine I will do tasting notes another time and rate it. I think I have about a case remaining. I will say that it was somewhat lighter than the Talbot and left me thinking that it should be drunk up now.

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