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Antonio Galloni

Vinous

The 2020 Batailley is a potent, rustic Pauillac with huge tannins that clamp down on the mid-palate. Super-ripe black cherry fruit pushes through as the 2020 struggles to open. Today the aromatics are muted while the fruit profile and tannins suggest summer heat was a challenge. 05/2021

93

Neal Martin

Vinous

The 2020 Batailley has a well-defined bouquet with quite precocious blackberry and raspberry fruit, graphite, just a hint of aniseed, very nicely focused and poised. The palate is medium-bodied with tensile black fruit and armed with commendable salinity and a very detailed finish that lingers in the mouth. Want a classically-styled Pauillac at a good value? Look no further. 12/2022

92+

William Kelley

Robert Parker/Wine Advocate

A strong effort for this Pauillac fifth growth, the 2020 Batailley offers up aromas of sweet blackcurrant fruit mingled with notes of cloves, baking spices, vanilla pod and pencil shavings. Medium to full-bodied, with good depth and concentration, its pure core of fruit is framed by powdery, youthfully assertive tannins. 04/2023

92

Jeb Dunnuck

Jeb Dunnuck

Darker currants, black cherries, leather, ripe tobacco, and cedar pencil notes all emerge from the 2020 Château Batailley, a classic, balanced, nicely concentrated Pauillac with lots to love. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, it has plenty of mid-palate depth, ripe tannins, and just a charming, satisfying character that will evolve nicely for two decades if well stored. It's certainly in the same league as the 2015, 2016, and 2019. 03/2023

93

Jean-Marc Quarin

Jean-Marc Quarin

Couleur sombre, intense, belle et pourpre. Nez très aromatique, fin, fruité, subtil, frais et floral. Moelleux en entrée de bouche, juteux au milieu, avec une nuance de fruits noirs, le vin caresse le palais et s’achève long, sur une texture légèrement crémeuse, sans aucun angle tannique. C’est très bon. Assemblage : 60 % cabernet sauvignon, 26 % merlot, 2 % cabernet franc, 2 % petit verdot. Degré d’alcool : 14 °. Rendement : 32 hl/ha.

95

James Suckling

James Suckling

Aromas of black and red currants as well as orange. Ink pot. Cassis bush. Bramble berry. Graphite. Full-bodied yet tight and back-loaded with intense tannins, but they turn soft and polished. Very classic structure. Reminds me of a top Batailley from the 1980s, like 1985, but much more precise and clear. 70% cabernet sauvignon, 26% merlot, 2% petit verdot, and 2% cabernet franc. Try after 2030 05/2023