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Haut Batailley 2012

Pauillac, Fifth Growth

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Tasting Notes

Long owned by Xavier Borie, this Pauillac estate sits next to Batailley and is just south of Borie’s other famous château, Grand-Puy-Lacoste. The 2012, dramatically better from bottle than barrel, is bigger boned, richer and more flamboyant than this wine normally tends to be. The color is a healthy purple, and the wine offers plenty of cassis and licorice as well as a touch of incense. The oak from barrel-aging 18 months is largely obscured. Medium to full-bodied and impressively endowed, it comes off like a hypothetic blend of a St.-Julien and Pauillac, but this is a classic 2012 that is full, rich and impressive, with beautifully sweet tannins. Drink it over the next 20 years.

Score: 92

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2015-2035 01 April 2015

Elegant but somewhat diluted, this is a pleasant, one-dimensional, superficial Pauillac that can be drunk uncritically. It is not up to the standards of more recent vintages, no doubt because of the challenges of the 2012 vintage.

Score: 85 - 87

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 26 April 2013

A super refined and pretty wine with blueberry and raspberry. Full-to-medium body, with integrated tannins and a long finish. Subtle and balanced for the vintage.

Score: 90 - 91

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 21 April 2013

A taut, herb-tinged style, with savory and rosemary wafting through the plum and red currant fruit. Lean but lengthy, this delivers an iron twinge.

Score: 87 - 90

James Molesworth, Wine Spectator 08 April 2013