WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 877; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 1998 which is 883. The average score for Château Batailley is 872, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Batailley they use words like Fruit, Black, Tannins, Ripe, Full, Cassis, Long, Tannin, Dark, Currant, Plum, Sweet, Acidity, Cedar, Purple. The 1998 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1998 but no other wine from Château Batailley: Traditionalist, Herb, élevage. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (12.5% vs 12.81%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 1998 (12.5% vs 12.66%). The wine has been ready to drink for 12 years (since 2004) and should be consumed within the next 1 years (by 2017). It normally takes wines from Château Batailley around 6 years to be ready to start drinking, and 12 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lynch-Bages 2005, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2005, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Léoville-Barton 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Clerc-Milon 2010, Château Beychevelle 2012, Château du Tertre 2010, Château Poujeaux 2005, Château La Tour-Haut-Brion 2005.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Batailley 1998
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2015-07-12 |
gbp |
41 |