The 2011 Haut-Batailley is a blend showcasing an open bouquet of blackberry and crushed stone, offering a medium-bodied, elegant wine with fine tannins and a satisfying fruit concentration. It’s an expressive wine with finesse, though not as concentrated as some previous vintages. This wine offers a unique balance of fruit and structure, and while it can be enjoyed now, it will continue to develop over the next 15-18 years.

Jamessuckling.com | JS 92
Published: Feb 18, 2014

A wine with extremely integrated fruit-tannin balance, with berry, currant and mineral character. it'sso polished and pretty. Full body, juicy fruit and a fresh finish. Needs five to six years of age to soften. 

The Wine Advocate | RP 89
Published: Jun 30, 2017
Drink: 2018-2035

Tasted at a vertical tasting at the Chateau. The 2011 Haut Batailley has an open and expressive bouquet with blackberry and crushed stone not as vibrant or displaying the same contrast as the 2012, but that powdered stone develops nicely in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin and satisfying fruit concentration. This is a more elegant Haut-Batailley, without the weight and concentration of the previous two vintages, but offering finesse and composure on the finish. You could actually drink this now, but it will give another 15-18 years of pleasure. Tasted July 2016. 

Jancisrobinson.com | JS 17
Published: Oct 21, 2021
Drink: 2019-2031

Tasted blind. Deep crimson. Oyster shells on the nose. Thick and sweet. Ambitious and dense. Somehow this manages to have more fruit than tannin or acidity. Lots of work went into this perhaps. It’s very atypical for the vintage but that’s probably a good thing.

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Château Haut-Batailley is a harmonious, elegant wine with a fine tannic structure and will develop even more complexity and depth over time.

The vineyard extends over 41 hectares on soils of deep Garonne gravel.

22 hectares are currently in production. In 2017, when the Cazes family took over, 19 hectares of land with planting rights within AOC Pauillac had not been planted (they were never reinstated after Phylloxera).

One year later, following an in-depth study of the terroirs, an extensive planting programme was carried out. The vineyard's total surface has doubled in only three years, from 22 to 41 hectares.

The vines are located on the southern part of the Pauillac appellation, bordering Saint-Julien.

Particularly representative of the Pauillac appellation, grapes are currently Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot.

Enhancing biodiversity and agroforestry is at the core of our contribution to nature. In 2022, 14 different varieties of over 910 trees and shrubs were  planted in the heart of the vineyard.