Batailley Vintage:2005 The full-bodied palate is plush

The full-bodied palate is plush and refreshing

Solid example of classic Pauillac

Powerful dark berry

especially for near and medium-term drinking

gentle grip with a persistent tarry finish that suggests that it needs more bottle age

Batailley Vintage:2005 The full-bodied palate is plushThe 1995 Batailley offers dusty black fruit on the nose, melted tar and graphite emerging with time. Personally, I would like more fruit for it comes across a little too austere. The palate is medium bodied with light blackberry, a little tough in the middle. Age has not softened this Batailley and it still feels unapologetically foursquare on the finish. Not bad, but it does not feel as if it is going anywhere interesting. Tasted at the chteau. Neal