Château Haut Batailley 2000
Château Haut Batailley 2000 is a red wine from Pauillac, Bordeaux, crafted by Château Haut Batailley and classified as a 5th Growth (Cinquième Grand Cru Classé) in 1855. Its blend brings together 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and 10% Cabernet Franc. The Wine Advocate awards it 88/100 and recommends drinking it from 2016 to 2032. The review describes a nose with herbal, cedar, and graphite notes, followed by a medium-bodied palate structured by still-firm tannins.
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Pauillac
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château Haut Batailley
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.
