Chateau Batailley Pauillac 2005 Jura and Savoie made with old-school

made with old-school

and toffee

This is that wine

usually far too precious to be bubbled

An angular expression of Sauvignon Blanc from Touraine

Chateau Batailley Pauillac 2005 Jura and Savoie made with old-schoolTwenty 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