2010 Haut Batailley Bordeaux Blend

Bordeaux Blend - 1.5L
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NM 94 JS 93 WS 93 JL 92 WA 92
NM 94

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, April 2011

The Haut-Batailley '10 is a blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Merlot. It has what you might describe as a very "natural" bouquet with wild blackberry raspberry just a touch of pencil lead and wet limestone. Not an...
JS 93

jamessuckling.com, April 2011

An impressive intensity of fruit here with blueberries and lemon character. Full and very well-integrated with ultra-fine tannins and a long long finish. Better than 2000?
WS 93

Wine Spectator, March 2011

This is ripe with a lovely beam of cassis and blackberry well-harnessed by seamless acidity. The rounded enticing finish has a dash of toasty vanilla that's well-embedded. -J.M.
JL 92

TheWineCellarInsider.com, April 2011

From 70% Cabernet Sauvignon 25% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc the Borie family produced a wine that offers spicy cassis aromas depth of flavor and a finish of ripe black and red fruits.
WA 92

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, July 2017

92+ Tasted at a vertical tasting at the château. The 2010 Haut Batailley is beginning to reach the potential I enthused about when I first tasted this from barrel. Much like the 2009 Haut-Batailley, it has a very...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Bordeaux Blend
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub-region Pauillac
Vintage 2010
Size 1.5L

Chateau Haut-Batailley is a Left Bank Bordeaux wine property that was originally part of Chateau Batailley, a Fifth Growth in the 1855 Classification. Jointly owned by Francis and Marcel Borie, they divided the estate between them in 1942.

Marcel took the Batailley half, including the chateau. The smaller part went to Francis who purchased additional vineyard land from Chateau Duhart-Milon to increase the size of his Haut Batailley vineyards. Now managed by Francois-Xavier Borie, Chateau Haut-Batailley is part of the Borie family of estates that includes Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou and Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste.

The 22 hectares of Chateau Haut-Batailley are on a gently sloping outcrop at the southern edge of Pauillac. They are planted with 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc on exceptional soils of deep gravel and alluvial stones. This ensures excellent drainage of rainwater and encourages deep roots. The average age of the vines is 35 years old.

In 2005, Francois-Xavier Borie began a major program of construction, building a modern vat house, new harvest facilities and a bottling room, all in harmony with the pre-existing decor.

Chateau Haut-Batailley is a Bordeaux blend dominated by a high proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon. The grapes are hand-harvested and carefully sorted both before and after de-stemming.

Prior to fermentation, the grapes undergo a long, cool maceration of three weeks. When fermentation is complete, the wines age from 16 to 18 month in French oak barrels, 60% of which are new.