Nous sommes heureux de proposer le millésime 2022 et la nouvelle étiquette unique de notre premier vin : Château Batailley
2022 est un millésime exceptionnel à plusieurs titres : Climat exceptionnel, températures record, sécheresse, peu de jus dans les baies, couleur très profonde, forte intensité gustative et superbe concentration des arômes.
Mais quelques jours avant de récolter Batailley 2022, nous avons appris la disparition de Sa Majesté la Reine Elisabeth II. Cette nouvelle nous a d’autant plus frappés que le Palais a régulièrement servi le Château Batailley. C’est avec le millésime 1947, année du mariage, que la Reine avait célébré ses noces d’argent avec le Prince Philip en 1972. Pour remercier et honorer la Reine, il nous a semblé naturel de dédier ce millésime 2022, dont le style est proche du 1947, à Sa Majesté la Reine Elisabeth II en souvenir de son amitié pour la France et Bordeaux.
Quelques notes et commentaires de dégustation :
Neal Martin : 94-96
“The 2022 Batailley was picked from 8 to 27 (September) at the same time as Lynch-Moussas) and is raised in 55% new oak. It comes with a newly-design label. It has a well-designed label. It has a well-defined bouquet with blackberry and cassis, violet and tobacco. The palate is clean and precise on the entry. With lovely focus and detail, this is a sophisticated Batailley with a surfeit of mineralité and excellent clarity and typicity on the finish. Unquivocally, one of the finest iterations of Batailley that the Castéja family has overseen. The Batailley is like riding a fashion old car and i mean that in the best possible sense.”
Georgina Hindle – Decanter : 97
“Drinking Window: 2025 – 2049. Vibrant and intense colour in the glass, richly scented, floral and perfumed, open and inviting. Intense and concentrated, the fruit is dark and ripe but there’s no hint of over ripeness here and instead you get cool blue fruits, chalky tannins and minty freshness with accents of liquorice, coffee, tobacco, cedar spice and clove. Tannins are clearly at the fore, giving the structure and the frame while the juicy acidity gives the energy and life. Still on the serious side, not tense so much as there’s good persistence, it’s lean and streamlined, but refined in a spiced and mineral way. Gorgeous terroir markers, lovely detail and precision, you can feel they haven’t worked too much or tried too hard. It carries the signature of the estate in the serious structure, it’s a big wine, there’s such power here but so well controlled and delivered. Razor sharp, focussed and persistent. A gorgeous 2022, well executed and will be a clear success.”
James Suckling : 95-96
“A very tight and typical Batailley with medium to full body, linear and racy tannins, which are pure and focused. Spicy finish. Compacted.”
Markus Del Monego – Tasting Book : 96+
“Deep purple colour with violet hue and black core. Very expressive and multi-layered nose. Distinct fruit, ripe blackcurrants, hints of blackberries and mulberries, sweet elderberries in the background. Well-structured with hints of mild spices, gingerbread and cardamom, vanilla in the background. Noble toasting and subtle oak. On the palate a powerful and persistent wine, precisely shaped, presenting freshness and excellent depth of flavour. Pure fruit and wonderful spices lingering in the finish. Elegance in perfection. The best Batailley ever tasted en primeur. »
Jeff Leve – The Wine Cellar Insider: 95-97
Licorice, flowers, mint, peach, currants, bl ackberries, tobacco and wet forest floor aromatics create the nose. The palate is rich, supple, creamy, fresh, and loaded with sweet, blackberries, white pepper, plums, currants and spice. The wine is full-bodied, round, and concentrated, with a long endnote leaving you with peppery licorice, spearmint, and creme de cassis on the backend. The wine is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot. 14.20% ABV. 3.7 pH. The harvest took place September 8 – September 27. Yields were 42 Hectoliters per hectare. 70% of the harvest was used to produce the Grand Vin. Drink from 2027-2055.
LA RVF : 96-97
Yves Beck : 95-97
Bernard Burtschy : 97-98
Wine Spectator : 96+
Terre de Vins : 95-96
Michael Grimm : 95-96
Jean-Marc Quarin : 94
