2022 Chateau Haut-Batailley - 5eme Cru Pauillac

Decanter.com – 93 pts – GH: *Ripe, dark bramble fruits, concentrated and intense on the nose and on the palate but with such juicy acidity. This is quite serious though, the fine but filling tannins have tension and give a sense of strictness to the palate which is nicely countered by the generous, fruity, juicy fruit profile. Well made, almost chewy but still cool and refreshing with blueberries, graphite, liquorice and tobacco edges. Nice and easy, but still intense with depth and cool minerality on the finish. 92 IPT. 3.73pH. Ageing 16 months, 65% new oak.* - 04/2023

Falstaff Magazin – 96 pts – PM: *Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, dezente Randaufhellung. Zart floral unterlegte Cassisnuancen, rote Herzkirschen, frische Mandarinenzesten, attraktives Bukett. Saftig, Rote Ribiseln, rote Kirschen, etwas Nugat, frisch strukturiert, mineralisch-salzig im Abgang, lebendiger, animierender Stil, gutes Reifepotenzial.* - 01/2023

Vinum Magazin – 17/20 pts: *Zurückhaltende Ausbaunoten; fruchtiger Auftakt, fleischige Entwicklung über erstklassigem, lückenlos dichtem, feinkörnigem Tannin, grosse Spannkraft und Länge; hervorragend gemacht, der beste der letzten Jahrzehnte.*

WeinWisser – 18/20 pts – GL, TW: *70 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 30 % Merlot. Delikates feingliedriges Bouquet, duftiges Iris- und Veilchenparfüm, Heidelbeergelee und Graphit. Am komplexen Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, perfekt stützender Rasse, engmaschigem Tanninkorsett und durchtrainiertem Körper. Im konzentrierten, aromatischen Finale ein Korb mit blauen Beeren, dunkler Mineralik und feinkörniger Adstringenz. Hier ist alles am richtigen Platz, der hat mich noch nie so überzeugt wie dieses Jahr.* – 04/2023

Vinous.com – (93-95) pts – AG: *The 2022 Haut-Batailley is a potent, brooding wine. Black cherry, gravel, cured meat, spice and leather infuse the 2022 with tons of mineral and savory intensity, backed by a formidable spine of tannin that gives the wine shape and vertical thrust. I imagine the 2022 will need the better part of a decade to come into its own. Tasted two times.* - 04/2023

Vinous.com – (93-95) pts – NM: *The 2022 Haut-Batailley is matured in 65% new oak for a planned 16 months. It has a very intense and almost untamed bouquet that explodes from the glass, and only after five or ten minutes does it begin to show some restraint. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy, fresh and multi-layered tannins, not dissimilar to the Mouton-Rothschild that I tasted a couple of hours earlier. With a satin-textured finish, this will need a decade in the cellar and some taming during élevage. Like a young tiger at the moment. It has 14.2% alcohol.* - 04/2023

Thewinecellarinsider.com – (94-96) pts – JL: *Dark in color, the wine is equally dark on the palate with its layers of black, red, and blue fruits, nuances of pepper, spice box, flowers, and currants. Deep, long, chewy, creamy and intense, there are gorgeous layers of fruit here waiting to be tasted. The wine is powerful, tannic, and long. The finish sticks with its fruit, and minty edge to the endnote. The wine was made from blending 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot. 14.2% ABV, 3.73 pH. Drink from 2026-2050.* - 05/2023