Chateau Batailley 2013

WINE ENTHUSIAST: "Consultant Denis Dubourdieu has made the most of the difficult vintage, bringing out the fruit and ripe black-currant flavors. This balanced wine will develop attractively and quickly. Drink from 2019."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "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 almost steely finish. I can see this giving 10-15 years of pleasure and it represents a very commendable wine in the context of the growing season."

JAMES SUCKLING: "A fine and balanced red with currants, chocolate and cedar character. Full to medium body, refined texture and very harmonious. Unique blend for this estate; 94% cabernet sauvignon and the rest in merlot and petit verdot. Drink or hold."