Chateau Batailley Pauillac 2005 26REASONABLE The Gros family cleared the

The Gros family cleared the land in 1976 and planted 4 ha of Pinot Noir from 1981-1986 and 3 ha of Chardonnay in 1987

single pot still Irish whiskey

followed by at least 15 months in bottle

bursts with ripe blackberry

Chateau Batailley Pauillac 2005 26REASONABLE The Gros family cleared theTwenty plus years on, the 2005 Batailley is sitting squarely in its sweet spot. The Castja owned Pauillac Fifth Growth has long been the quiet, classical Pauillac in the family dependable, structured, never flashy and 2005 was one of the great Left Bank vintages of the decade, with the density and tannic spine to reward this kind of patience. Two decades have softened the wine into cedar, tobacco, and dried cassis territory while the core of Pauillac