Haut Batailley - Pauillac 2022

Wine Advocate

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byWilliam Kelleythe3/7/2025

The 2022 Haut-Batailley exhibits rich aromas of cherry preserve, jammy berries and creamy new oak, followed by a medium to full-bodied, ripe and extracted palate that's chunky and muscular, concluding with a vanillin-inflected finish.

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

93

byJane Ansonthe3/7/2025

Deep plum and blackberry fruit, touch of gunsmoke reduction on first opening, softening to show depth and flesh to the fruit. 65% new oak. 41hl/h yield.

The Wine Cellar Insider

95

byJeff Levethe3/4/2025

Haut-Batailley, Château

Jeb DUNNUCK

95

byJeb Dunnuckthe2/28/2025

Juicy red, blue, and black fruits, scorched earth, sappy flowers, and chalky minerality all emerge from the 2022 Château Haut-Batailley, a beautifully pure, polished, elegant Pauillac that's medium to full-bodied has a layered, elegant mouthfeel, and ultra-fine tannins. I love its overall balance, and this is up with the finest vintages I've tasted from this château. The 2022 is 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot, raised in 65% new French oak. It’s going to benefit from just 4-5 years of bottle age (it’s far from unapproachable today) and have 30 years of overall longevity.

Vinous

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byNeal Martinthe2/12/2025

The 2022 Haut-Batailley has a wonderfully defined, mineral-driven bouquet with a touch of vibrant black fruit and perhaps more focus than previous vintages. The palate is medium-bodied with a crisp acidity. This elegant Haut-Batailley builds beautifully while retaining tension and poise on the finish. This might be the best vintage to date under the Cazes family.

Jamessuckling.com

95

byJames Sucklingthe2/3/2025

There’s a very attractive palate to this, showing lead pencil, blackcurrants and granite. Hints of herbs and tobacco. Medium- to full-bodied with creamy tannins and a savory finish. It's firm and lively at the end. Drink after 2028.

Wine Spectator

94

byJames Molesworththe1/22/2025

Juicy and fresh, with a mix of red and black currant and cherry notes infused with an iris accent. Shows purity through the iron-tinged finish. An elegantly styled Pauillac that should age gracefully in the cellar. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Best from 2025 through 2040.

Wine Maniacs

94-95

byLin Liuthe5/30/2023

Decanter.com

93

byGeorgina Hindlethe5/25/2023

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.

Alexandre Ma

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byAlexandre Mathe5/17/2023

This blend of Cabernet Sauvignon exhibits a vivid portrayal of spicy notes, violet and refreshing berry aromas. It showcases the power of traditional Pauillac, while also boasting a supple body. Like other masterpieces produced by JMC, its tannins are polished with exquisite finesse, and its handling of spices and fragrances is nicely adept. On the finish, the peppery spiciness adds rich layers of complexity. If only the tannin structure could be a bit more balanced, it would be even better.

Vinous

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byNeal Martinthe5/17/2023

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.

The Vintage Journal

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byAndrew Caillard MWthe5/17/2023

Deep crimson. Vigorous and expressive, but elemental wine with ample elderberry, cassis, dark chocolate aromas, persistent fine bittersweet tannins and some savoury notes. Very good density and linear freshness. (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc 30% + new oak)

matthewjukes.com

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byMatthew Jukesthe5/15/2023

The Wine Independent

92-94

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe5/15/2023

The 2022 Haut-Batailley, 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot, is deep garnet-purple in color. It gallops out with bold notions of warm cassis, blackberry pie, and black raspberries, followed by hints of clove oil, tilled soil, and lilacs. The medium to full-bodied palate has a rock-solid backbone of firm, grainy tannins and plenty of freshness to support the taut, muscular fruit, finishing long and minerally. pH 3.73, TPI 92.

Yvesbeck.wine

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byYves Beckthe5/10/2023

Bouquet intense, détaillé, subtil et fin. Il est marqué par son terroir avec des nuances de cèdre et de graphite tandis que les nuances de baies noires plussoient l'expression fruitée… et la fraîcheur avec des nuances de menthe. En bouche le vin est énergétique, juteux, puissant et fin. Les tannins sont bien intégrés et assurent une évidente puissance tandis que la structure acide confère de la tension et de la fraîcheur. Belle réussite.

Bettane & Desseauve

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by Bettane & Desseauvethe5/10/2023

Puissant et coloré mais pour le moment pas encore tout à fait alléger de la solidité naturelle de son soutien tannique. Un vin sérieux.

Jeb DUNNUCK

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byJeb Dunnuckthe5/10/2023

The 2022 Château Haut-Batailley is much more structured and darker than the Verso, offering classic Pauillac cassis, currant, tobacco leaf, melted chocolate, and espresso nuances, with an almost iron-like hint that emerges with time in the glass. Full-bodied, concentrated, and powerful, it's nevertheless balanced and textured. It's a brilliant wine, if not the finest vintage I've tasted from this château. 94-96+

Vinous

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byAntonio Gallonithe5/9/2023

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. Drinking window : 2030-2052

Jancis Robinson

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byJancis Robinsonthe5/8/2023

Fragrant Cabernet nose. Juicy on the palate with plentiful but polished tannins. Builds to a long, persistent finish. Elegance and power combined. (JL)

The Wine Cellar Insider

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byJeff Levethe5/5/2023

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.

Wine Advocate

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byWilliam Kelleythe5/2/2023

A blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot, the 2022 Haut-Batailley offers up aromas of sweet berries and plums mingled with licorice and pencil shavings. Medium to full-bodied, firm and structured, it's a serious, rather muscular and extracted wine that begins to nod toward its stablemate Lynch Bages in style. 91 - 93+

Jamessuckling.com

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byJames Sucklingthe4/19/2023

Classy and very focused with blackberry and blackcurrant character. The tannins nicely melt into the wine with finesse and weightlessness. Elegant. 70% cabernet sauvignon and 30% merlot.

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

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byJane Ansonthe4/19/2023

Sculpted plum and raspbery puree fruits, fresh lift through the palte, this is a lovely wine that has intense liquorice and bilberry fruit, a little austere in its tannic structure on the finish, more so than in recent vintages at this sculpted fruit-forward Pauillac, but there is great spice here, and has the phenolic richness and density of the year. 3.73ph, 65% new oak.