Haut Batailley Vintage:2001 clean and moderately austere finale

clean and moderately austere finale

Punches above its weight

this is notably more aromatically elegant yet also more reserved and less expressive just now

yet will need time to fully express itself

Haut Batailley Vintage:2001 clean and moderately austere finaleThe 1986 Haut Batailley has matured in splendid fashion. The nose is engaging, a mixture of red and black fruit, gravel and spice. Juxtaposed against the 1996 Haut Batailley I find more energy in this, despite being ten years older. The palate is medium bodied with fine tannin, earthy black fruit with good acidity. It is not a complex Pauillac and the finish feels a tad staid, although the residue of white pepper and bay leaf on the finish is very