WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 920; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2008 which is 858. The average score for Château Batailley is 870, 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 2008 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2008 but no other wine from Château Batailley: Fineness, Expressive, Exuberance, Brambly, Acid, Putty, Flowering, Drinkable, Subtle, Astringency. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 12.78%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 2008 (13% vs 13.02%). The wine has been ready to drink for 3 years (since 2013) and should be consumed within the next 8 years (by 2024). 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 Pontet-Canet 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Margaux 2008, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Cos d’Estournel 2008; but better value alternatives would be Château Labégorce 2010, Château Langoa-Barton 2006, Château de Fonbel 2010.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very high value for money, beating 80% of other wines when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Batailley 2008
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-24 |
gbp |
21 |
| 2015-07-12 |
gbp |
23 |