Château Batailley 2013, Pauillac - Sale49. 95 per bottle ABV 13. 5% "The 2013 Batailley has a relatively backward bouquet, however, there is respectable fruit concentration here for the vintage: blackberry, cedar and cigar box, your typical traits for this estate. The palate offers commendable weight and extraction: not a Batailley of finesse or even complexity, though one with a modicum of presence and substance. Given this is a 2013 there is negligible under ripeness on the tensile and

The wine is aged on the lees in 20 hectoliter "botti

followed by hints of blood orange

The palate is medium-bodied with supple rounded tannins that frame its payload of black fruit laced with white pepper and cedar

the remainder in vat

firm and velvety tannins and a flavorful finish

plums and soft berry flavours which combine with soft tannins and a medium acidity to leave a fresh and juicy impression on the palate

5 years and rested on the cork for 10 months

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

good depth of colour

THE WINE FOR THE EXCELLENT VINTAGES

along with notes of citrus and crushed herbs and an underlying wet stone minerality

dark-berried fruit