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Batailley 2009

Pauillac, Fifth Growth

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Tasting Notes

The finest Batailley I have had in many years, the dense purple-colored 2009 exhibits a boatload of tannin as well as sweet, caramelized, black currant fruit intermixed with hints of charcoal, cedarwood and smoke, a full-bodied mouthfeel and the aforementioned high, but sweet, well-integrated tannin displaying no jaggedness. Batailley often requires considerable patience as it can be one of the longest-lived Pauillacs. Atypically for Batailley, the 2009 should be ready to drink in 5-7 years and keep for three decades.

Score: 94

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2017-2047 01 March 2012

The 2009 Batailley should give the 2005 a run for its money. It is a slightly sweeter, richer, softer wine (somewhat atypical for Batailley as it is generally one of the more structured and backward of the Pauillacs) exhibiting a dense purple color as well as notes of smoke, blackberries, cassis, charcoal, and oak. Deep, full-bodied, rich, and already seductive, it should have 25+ years of evolution ahead of it. (Tasted two times.)

Score: 90 - 92

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2010-2035 01 April 2010

Blackberry, dark chocolate and currants on the nose, follow through to a full body, with beautifully polished tannins and a long caressing finish. Fresh and refined. Best ever from here. Always excellent value. Try after 2018.

Score: 93

James Suckling, - Maturity: 2018+ 15 February 2012

Tasted at the chateau. The Batailley was great out of barrel and is great in bottle. The nose has superb precision, not immensely powerful but very refined and focused, redolent of its neighbour Grand Puy Lacoste. The palate is very composed with succulent tannins, very refined with a spicy, vibrant finish that is filled with joy. Excellent.

Score: 94

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 January 2012

Very dark blackish crimson. Very fine - lovely ripeness but not too sickly sweet. A lightly savoury note. Mouthfilling and very flattering - pretty sweet on the palate. Chewy end.

Score: 17

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2016-2026 15 March 2011

Inky ruby. Red fruits, licorice, dried herbs and cedary oak on the nose. Then dense and fine-grained in the mouth, with a distinctly cool quality to the blackcurrant jelly, red cherry and candied violet flavors. This rich, smooth wine boasts lovely depth of flavor and finishes with a strong herbal aftertaste and mounting, mouthcoating tannins. A very successful Batailley to forget about in your cellar for 6 to 8 years, and then enjoy for another 15 to 20 after that.

Score: 89 - 91

Ian D'Agata, International Wine Cellar 01 May 2010