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Batailley 2007

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > Pauillac
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyCabernet Sauvignon/Merlot

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Tasting Notes

The 2007 Batailley offers attractive pencil box and cedar scents on the nose, showing more black fruit than the Lynch Moussas, greater sense of purpose. The palate is medium-bodied with fine definition and pleasant weight in the mouth, focused and classic in style that is typical of this estate, and it finishes with satisfying details and persistence. This has long been a strong, perhaps underappreciated performer of the vintage. It is drinking now but it will continue to give pleasure over 10-15 years. Tasted February 2017.
Drink Date 2017 - 2030

90
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate (231), June 2017

Lots of oak on the nose - mocha and spice. Firm, taut and dry. Needs more time and I think it just about has the flesh to keep pace with the resolution of the structure. Chewy, moreish finish. Drink 2013 - 2019.

16+
Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com, November 2011

A medium-deep garnet colour, with a meaty nose of plum, leather and classic cedar and blackcurrant. The palate is soft, smooth and supple - the tannins are silky and integrated into the fruit, allowing notes of black cherry, forest floor, game and pencil shavings to shine through. This is an absolute classic for the region, with superb approachability that allows for real harmony between cool, sweet fruit and savoury, spicy development. Perfect to drink now.

94
Farr Vintners, Farr Tasting, January 2017

Tasted blind at the 2007 Bordeaux horizontal in Southwold. An impressive showing of Batailley, this is the best bottle that I have encountered. It is rather closed and introspective on the nose with touches of mulberry, wild strawberry and gravel. Fine definition, opening up all the time in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with a soft entry, fine tannins, lovely caressing texture, the Merlot counterbalancing the austere finish. This is very impressive.

92
Neal Martin, RobertParker.com, October 2011
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