"Deep purple-red color with a violet hue and a black core. Powerful nose with excellent structure, restrained fruit, distinct minerality, subtle oak, and sweet spices. Powerful on the palate with a persistent character, ripe, well-structured tannins and good length." (Testing Book Markus Del Monego 2019) - Delivery in wooden crates for all orders of 6 bottles of this wine (excluding Point Relais delivery method).
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Eye
Beautiful deep, almost black color
Nose
Intense bouquet of blackberry and vanilla
Mouth
Round, mellow, and concentrated on the palate. The structure is accomplished and almost perfect.
Serve
At 16-18°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink from
2025
Drink before
2040
Food and wine pairings
Enjoy with a leg of lamb, pheasant casserole, or an assortment of cheeses.
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rated (2019 guide) 96/100
Rated estate (2021 guide) 4 stars (Producers of very high quality, the pride of French vineyards)
About wine:
Full-bodied, combining power, aromatic finesse, high maturity, but also freshness, very nice tannin extraction, exemplary of Bordeaux classicism.
About the estate:
Owned by the Castéja family and intelligently advised by the late Denis Dubourdieu, the wine has regained its full style, combining the power it often displayed between 1945 and 1961 with infinitely greater purity and aromatic finesse. The wines have improved spectacularly since the 2000s and offer one of the best value for money in Pauillac. Since 2015, a second wine, Lions-de-Batailley, has allowed for an even more rigorous selection of the grand vin blend.
Guide Hachette des vins
Rated estate (2021 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer's wines are regularly recognized by the guide)
About the estate:
The flagship wine of Borie Manoux, a venerable wine merchant founded in 1870 by the Castéja family, one of the oldest families in Pauillac, who have owned the estate since 1932. A beautiful 55-hectare estate at the southwestern edge of the appellation, which owes its name to a battle that took place on these lands in 1453.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Rated Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rated (2020 guide) 96/100
Rated estate (2022 guide) 2 stars (These very large estates, often blessed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, deserve a place in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).
About wine:
Ultra-classic in style, with pedigree, vigor, and muscle. Carried by sumptuous Cabernets, it has tremendous energy, definition, and length. A benchmark for this vintage.
About the estate:
Philippe Castéja produces a classic Pauillac in style and form, which has gained considerably in definition and precision in recent years. The wine also ages remarkably well, retaining a profile that is very typical of the great wines of the Médoc, combining integrity and precision. Prices remain very affordable. We are delighted with the consistency and excellent quality of the latest vintages.
James Suckling
Wine rated (2021 guide) 95/100
About wine:
Aromas of blackberry, cocoa, oyster shell, graphite, and black tea. It is medium-bodied with firm, tightly-grained tannins. The wine is structured, intense, tight, and precise. It needs a few years to soften and open up.
Yves Beck
Wine rated (2020 guide) 97/100
About wine:
What a superb bouquet! Intense, complex, and so typical of Pauillac! It combines the characteristics of this region with notes of cedar, graphite, and black berries (elderberry, blackberry). On the palate, the wine continues its Pauillac journey with brio. It is dense, intense, muscular, and refined! That's quite an achievement! The tannins are compact, perfectly integrated and in tune with the liveliness of the structure that supports the finish, both in terms of aroma and persistence. What a great wine... certainly one of the best Batailleys I have ever tasted!
Tastingbook - Markus Del Monego
Wine rated (2019 guide) 94/100
About wine:
Deep purple-red color with a violet hue and a black core. Powerful nose with excellent structure, restrained fruit, distinct minerality, subtle oak, and sweet spices. On the palate, it is powerful with a persistent character, ripe, well-structured tannins, and good length.
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