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Manage Subscriptions2019 Château Batailley
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- Pauillac
Community Tasting Notes 17
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Zweder Likes this wine: 95 points
January 21, 2024 - Walkaround tasting so just short notes: Juicy dark berries, oak, cedar, minerals, full bodied, good acidity and round, sticky tannin. Great length. Also elegant. A great beauty, possibly the best Batailley I ever tasted. Delicious but still a baby. Will probably reach early maturity stage around 2032 and drink well into the 2040's. 94 - 95+
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theraredram wrote: 85 points
January 13, 2024 - The nose has a good helping of blackberry, a little cherry, some cedar and pencil case. A lot of reviews say graphite but for me it’s certainly more remnant of the pencil, rubber and protractor set you had when you were 12. It doesn’t dominate too much however unlike some other Pauillac classroom collages I’ve had.
The palate has prominent underripe green fig with black cherry, tobacco, pencil case and a distinctly herbaceous character. It’s very much dry and in fact borderline bitter, which along with any green notes I attribute to me knowingly infanticiding the bottle. The tannin is grippy and aggressive yet the fantastic structure is clearly evident and I find myself enjoying this very much indeed.
Leather, flint and rose on the finish, like a bouquet bought fresh from the quarry by a miner in chaps.
I’ve had Batailey before but can’t quite remember enjoying it anywhere close to this one. Good vintage was it? I would absolutely love to revisit this in say half a decade’s time, if not a little longer. Great stuff.3 people found this helpful Comments (7) -
kostaslonis wrote:
October 31, 2023 - 2019 Bordeaux Tasting, MW tasting (Vintner's Hall, London): 74% CS 25% Mer 1% PV, 14%
Dense dark notes, black fruit, floral notes, pyrazine notes again, freshness.
Palate fresh, full body youthful tannins, tensity, red fruit, needs time, long finish1 person found this helpful Comment -
Chrysostomus Likes this wine: 92 points
April 28, 2023 - A little bit shut down at the moment. Will wait another 2-3 years before popping another cork, even from a half-bottle. Fruit is barely hitting the nose or palate. Perfect tannins and structure, but a little bit drying and short. A few months ago there was much more fruit and was drinking much better....wait! (was decanted for 4 hours, not much improvement)
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fozzibaer Likes this wine: 91 points
December 22, 2022 - 91 with potential for more, should age fine.
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Pro Reviews 15
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By Neal Martin
Bordeaux 2019: The Southwold Tasting (Feb 2023), 2/1/2023 (link)(Batailley Batailley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
1/18/2023 (link)(Ch Batailley Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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Bordeaux 2019 From Bottle, 4/11/2022 (link)(Chateau Batailley) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
2019 Bordeaux from Bottle: The Two Towers (Feb 2022), 2/1/2022 (link)(Batailley Batailley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Neal Martin
Omne Trium Perfectum: Bordeaux 2019s in Bottle (Feb 2022), 2/1/2022 (link)(Batailley Batailley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Georgina Hindle
Bordeaux 2019 in bottle: Pauillac, 1/5/2022 (link)(Château Batailley, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By James Suckling
12/6/2021 (link)(Château Batailley Pauillac , France) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
December 2021, 12/1/2021 (link)(Château Batailley Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Julia Harding, MW
11/10/2021 (link)(Ch Batailley Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jeb Dunnuck
BORDEAUX 2019: A Modern-Day Version of 1982?, 6/11/2020 (link)(Chateau Batailley) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
2019 Bordeaux: A Long, Strange Trip (Jun, 2020), 6/1/2020 (link)(Batailley Batailley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Neal Martin
Uncertain Smile: Bordeaux 2019 (Jun 2020), 6/1/2020 (link)(Batailley Batailley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
June 2020, 6/1/2020 (link)(Château Batailley Pauillac Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jane Anson
Bordeaux En Primeur 2019 Pauillac, 5/25/2020 (link)(Château Batailley, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By James Suckling
5/8/2020 (link)(Château Batailley Pauillac, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2019
- Type Red
- Producer Château Batailley
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation Pauillac
- UPC Codes 3249990013332, 3249990038427, 3249990044428, 3249990044473
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 1,260 (23%)
- In Cellars 4,059 (74%)
- Consumed 145 (3%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Beef, Breast of duck, Hamburger, Red Mullet, Roast lamb, Steak, VenisonWho Likes This Wine
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- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationPauillac
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