Château Haut Batailley 1988
The 1988 Château Haut Batailley is a red wine from Pauillac in the Bordeaux region, produced by Château Haut Batailley and classified as a Cinquième Grand Cru Classé in 1855. Its blend consists of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and 10% Cabernet Franc. The Wine Advocate awards it 83/100 and previously indicated a drinking window from 1993 to 1998. According to this publication, the wine presents a light and closed profile, marked by firm tannins.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Original Wooden Case of 12
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Pauillac
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château Haut Batailley
- Millésime
- 1988
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc
Château Haut Batailley
Château Haut-Batailley is a Fifth Growth from the 1855 classification, situated in Pauillac, in the Médoc. Formed from the division of the former Batailley estate in 1942, it was acquired by the Cazes family in 2017. Its 41-hectare vineyard rests on deep Garonne gravel and is predominantly planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot.
- Owner
- Famille Cazes
- Maître de chais
- Julien Galland, directeur technique
- Surface (ha)
- 41.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 140 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The history of Château Haut-Batailley was initially intertwined with that of Château Batailley, whose wine was listed in the 1855 classification amongst the fifth growths of the Médoc. In 1942, the estate was divided into two separate properties, Batailley and Haut-Batailley. The part that became Haut-Batailley then passed to Francis Borie. In 1951, he expanded the vineyard by acquiring plots from Duhart-Milon. On his death in 1953, his daughter Françoise de Brest-Borie inherited the estate, and its development was overseen by her brother Jean-Eugène Borie. The Cazes family acquired Château Haut-Batailley in 2017. At that time, 22 hectares were under production; from 2018 onwards, 19 hectares classified as AOC Pauillac, which had remained unplanted for a long time, were replanted. Within three years, the vineyard’s area thus increased from 22 to 41 hectares. Winemaking is now overseen by Julien Galland, the château’s technical director.
