Château Batailley, 2023

This wine is offered En Primeur, with an est. delivery in 2026.

Batailley has always been a connoisseur’s choice in Pauillac, lying near the border with St Julien, flanked by Pichon Baron and Latour to the east. The team has clearly leaned into the vintage, upping the Cabernet Sauvignon to 79%, the highest in several years, and for Suckling the wine has “beautiful fruit … with very fine tannins on the deep and structured palate“.

96 points from Jane Anson and 95-96 points from James Suckling makes this easily the best value Pauillac of the vintage with only seven wines performing higher for Suckling (mainly First Growths & Super Seconds), so this really is a no-brainer @ £27 a bottle in bond.