2005 Ch Haut-Batailley 5ème Cru Pauillac - 12x75cl
06A5HBAT _ 2005 - Ch Haut-Batailley 5ème Cru Pauillac - 12x75cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Haut-Batailley
  • Region Pauillac
  • Drinking 2015 - 2030
  • Case size 12x75cl
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2005 - Ch Haut-Batailley 5ème Cru Pauillac - 12x75cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Haut-Batailley
  • Region Pauillac
  • Drinking 2015 - 2030
  • Case size 12x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £818.47 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £68.20 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £650.00 In Bond
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  • Goedhuis, April 2006, Score: 91-93

    In 2005, it was easily one of our favourites and will most likely be a best buy. Pretty and lightly nuanced with ripe berry fruit and floral flavours, it is suave, smooth and fantastically feminine. Drink 2012 - 2020+.

  • Neal Martin, June 2017, Score: 92

    Tasted at a vertical tasting at the château. The 2005 Haut Batailley obviously has a more intense bouquet than the 2004 with blackberry, wild hedgerow and cold gravel scents. It is still quite tight, but there is very fine precision here. The palate is medium-bodied with supple, ripe earthy black fruit. It is actually more approachable than I was expecting for a 2005 having loosened its tie in recent years. There is great depth here and fine mineralité, completing what is a classy and sophisticated Pauillac that should repay further bottle age. Chapeau! Tasted July 2016.

  • Robert Parker, June 2015, Score: 91

    An excellent wine from Xavier Borie, the 2005 Haut-Batailley displays plenty of silky blackcurrant fruit along with notes of licorice and incense, as well as some nice underbrush and unsmoked cigar tobacco. Medium-bodied and lush, with lovely purity, this beautiful wine should drink well for another 15-20 years. 91 pts

  • Robert Parker, April 2008, Score: 89

    Proprietor Xavier Borie has turned out a beautiful silky-textured Pauillac revealing classic creme de cassis, licorice, and tar-like characteristics interwoven with cedar and roasted herb notes. Medium-bodied and elegant, it is more St.-Julien-like in personality than Pauillac. But who'scomplaining? This 2005 will provide lovely drinking in its youth, yet age well for 15 or more years. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2025.

  • Robert Parker, April 2007, Score: 90-92

    One of the finest Haut-Batailleys I have tasted in many years, Xavier Borie has ratcheted up the quality at this estate. Always one of the most St.-Julien-like of the Pauillacs, the 2005 exhibits a deep ruby/purple hue, a sweet bouquet of mulberries, black currants, licorice, tar, and flowers, medium to full body, and an elegant, pure personality with a luscious texture as well as a silky finish (atypical for this vintage). Anticipated maturity: 2010-2024.

  • Robert Parker, April 2006, Score: 88-90

    As usual, the 2005 Haut-Batailley resembles a St.-Julien more than a Pauillac. It possesses a deep plum/ruby color as well as a sweet nose of raspberries, black currants, spice, and oak. Elegant, medium-bodied, and made in a less powerful, structured style than most 2005s, it should hit its peak in 5-6 years, and last for 15 or more. Drink: 2011 - 2021.

  • Jancis Robinson, April 2006, Score: 16.5

    First year of the new vat-house. Great deep colour. Very pure ripe fruit - lots of polished fruit without particularly obvious oak influence. Extreme sweetness on the front palate. A little bit obvious. Well made but slightly pinched tannins on the finish. Quite perceptible heat on the finish. Almost black cherries. A slightly animal raw note. Drink 2012-18.

  • Wine Spectator, April 2006, Score: 92-94

    Aromas of crushed berry, spice and light toasted oak. Licorice galore. Full-bodied, with velvety texture and a long, caressing finish. Another 2000.

Producer

Château Haut-Batailley

Château Haut-Batailley was bought by Jean-Charles Cazes of Ch Lynch Bages in 2017 from François-Xavier Borie. It has one of the highest vine densities in Bordeaux at 10,000 vines per hectare, and holds a superb location, neighbouring Chx Lynch Bages, Latour and Pichon Lalande.

Region

Pauillac

Due south of St Estèphe lies the appellation of Pauillac, the king of Left Bank communes. It is home to three first growths as well as a plethora of other classified growths. Pauillac's renowned well-draining, gravelly soils enable its dominant grape Cabernet Sauvignon to reach fantastic heights of complexity and concentration. As a result, Pauilac's wines tend to be full-bodied with compact tannins and good freshness. Its aromatics are often what one associates with classic Bordeaux: pencil shavings, black currant and occasional mint. Some of the most famous châteaux of the commune are Latour, Mouton Rothschild, Lafite Rothschild, Pichon Baron, Pichon Lalande and Lynch Bages.

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