Haut Batailley - Pauillac 2020

La Revue du Vin de France

94-96 / 100

the6/7/2021

Avec une attaque ronde, soyeuse et ample, il libère un fruité agréable et juteux et termine sur une finale aux notes de menthe poivrée.

Le Figaro

93-95 / 100

the6/2/2021

Un nez de fruits mûrs entêtant, avec des notes de prunes et de cerises noires. En bouche, une belle association d'opulence et de fraîcheur florale, avec une pointe d'acidité qui vous tire vers le haut, pour une finale des plus expressives, légèrement toastée.

Vinous

91-93 / 100

byAntonio Gallonithe6/1/2021

The 2020 Haut-Batailley is a powerful, brooding Pauillac. Black fruit, grilled herbs, menthol, licorice, smoke, dried flowers and leather add to the wine's virile feel. Here, too, the tannins are pretty imposing. It will be interesting to see what time brings.

Jeb DUNNUCK

92-94 / 100

byJeb Dunnuckthe5/28/2021

Also made in a more medium-bodied, elegant style, the Grand Vin 2020 Château Haut-Batailley offers a beautiful perfume of both black cherry and darker berry fruits as well as classic Pauillac cedar, chocolate, and leafy herb-like aromas and flavors. Medium-bodied, beautifully balanced, and seamless on the palate, they’ve done a wonderful job with the tannins, the purity of fruit is spot-on, and this will certainly be an impressive Pauillac, with 20-25 years of prime drinking ahead of it.

Vinous

92-94 / 100

byNeal Martinthe5/27/2021

The 2020 Haut-Batailley was opened for a good hour before I commenced penning my note. This will be matured for 14 months in 60% new oak. It gently unfolds in the glass to reveal blackberry, faint sea spray scents (a whiff of the old Gironde estuary) and just a touch of crushed stone. This is well defined though not powerful. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins on the entry that frame the bright blackberry and raspberry fruit. This Pauillac conveys superb energy, especially toward the Japanese nori-infused finish, awakening and revivifying the senses. It is a classically sculpted and very harmonious Haut-Batailley that will give 25–30 years of drinking pleasure, but should be cellared for 5–6 years.

Decanter.com

93 / 100

byJane Ansonthe5/25/2021

Clear salinity and the fennel aniseed touch that I get in Verso de Haut-Batailley also. Gorgeous texture here, this has real balance and a sense of careful walking through the palate, a juice and a tension, with a saline kick. An enjoyably sleek wine, not as powerful as the Lynch Bages, and not intended to be either. Some chocolate notes as it opens, but this has an elegance to it that almost makes it more of a St-Julien, certainly not the powerhouse Pauillac that you get in Lynch Bages. Harvest from September 14 to 29. 3.85pH, 60% new oak, for 14 months. The Cazes family has almost doubled the size of the vineyard since taking over, up to 39ha.

The Wine Cellar Insider

93-95 / 100

byJeff Levethe5/21/2021

Richly colored, right off the bat you find tobacco, cedar, savory herbs, earth and spicy red currants on the nose and mid-palate. Full-bodied, concentrated and with a big blast of sweet, juicy cassis that carries through to the finish, this is a soft textured, fruit-filled, elegantly styled Pauillac that should provide a lot of pleasure before it hits its 10th birthday. The wine blends 62% Cabernet Sauvignon with 38% Merlot. 93-95

Wine Advocate

92-94 / 100

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe5/20/2021

A blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon and 38% Merlot aging in French oak barriques, 60% new, the 2020 Haut-Batailley weighs in with 13.6% alcohol, a pH of 3.85 and an IPT of 81. Deep purple-black in color, it opens with seducing, beautifully pure notes of blackcurrant jelly, juicy blackberries and warm plums, plus hints of chocolate mint, lilacs and forest floor with a touch of ground cloves. The refreshing, medium-bodied palate gives a great burst of crunchy black berries, framed by finely grained tannins, finishing with a minty lift.

Jamessuckling.com

94-95 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe5/12/2021

This is really minerally and stony with lots of chewy tannins. Medium-to full-bodied with a clean, fresh finish. Very classic Pauillac. Salty at the end with bitter citrus.

Anthocyanes

93-95 / 100

byYohan Castaingthe5/11/2021

Cassis, framboise, très beau nez de fruits noirs "al dente". Bouche suave, bel enrobage avec une allonge et un côté mentholé superbe. Aérien et frais. Très belle bouteille en devenir.

Falstaff

92-94 / 100

the5/10/2021

Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, dezente Randaufhellung. Zart rotbeerig unterlegte Pflaumenfrucht, reife Kirschen, feine Kräuterwürze, ein Hauch von Nougat. Mittlerer Körper, dezente Süße in der Textur, reife Tannine, gute Frische, rote Konfitüre, helle Schokolade im Abgang, bleibt haften, verfügt über Entwicklung- spotenzial.