Chateau Batailley Pauillac 2005 CS20230516 5 hectares of old vines

5 hectares of old vines by hand and horse

comprised of a five-person team

at room temperature

giving the wine plenty of plush mid-palate fruit while keeping the savory bones intact

Chateau Batailley Pauillac 2005 CS20230516 5 hectares of old vinesTwenty plus years on, the 2005 Batailley is sitting squarely in its sweet spot. The Castja owned Pauillac Fifth Growth has long been the quiet, classical Pauillac in the family dependable, structured, never flashy and 2005 was one of the great Left Bank vintages of the decade, with the density and tannic spine to reward this kind of patience. Two decades have softened the wine into cedar, tobacco, and dried cassis territory while the core of Pauillac