2016 Château Batailley, Pauillac, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (85%), Merlot (12%), Petit Verdot (3%)
Ready - youthful
Product: 20168003227
2016 Château Batailley, Pauillac, Bordeaux

Description

The 2016 vintage in Bordeaux is a watershed year, with characteristics of the great vintages of the 1990s and 2000s before the run of fine but hot vintages began in 2018. Its sunny, warm days and cool nights bring to mind the truly great years of 2005 and 2010. The Batailley 2016 is just on the cusp before it moves into its richer, slightly savoury stage, which comes with some bottle age.

Always an earnest and broad-shouldered wine, right now, the wine has a hint of mellow fruit alongside its classic cedarwood and cassis notes, and the palate is open-textured, flavoursome and rewarding, with smooth tannins and ample intensity and length. It's a delicious wine now, although further ageing will open and soften it further. 

Mark Pardoe MW, Wine Director, Berry Bros. & Rudd (November 2023)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2016
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (85%), Merlot (12%), Petit Verdot (3%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Batailley

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Pauillac

Pauillac

The aristocrat of the Médoc boasts 75 percent of the region’s First Growths, with Grand Cru Classés representing 84 percent of production. Pauillac's First Growths each have their own unique characteristics: Ch. Lafite Rothschild produces the region’s most aromatically-complex and subtly-flavoured wine, while – with its high percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon – Ch. Mouton Rothschild can produce a decadently rich, fleshy and exotic wine.
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Château Batailley

Château Batailley is one of the oldest estates in Bordeaux, dating from the 15th century. A 5ème Cru Classé, it is known for producing wines of consistently high quality and excellent value in a classic Pauillac style.
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