WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 866; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2011 which is 862. The average score for Château Batailley is 872, making this a below 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 2011 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2011 but no other wine from Château Batailley: Edges, Roasted, Fig, Sophisticated. 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 2011 (13% vs 13.13%). The wine has been ready to drink for 2 years (since 2014) and should be consumed within the next 14 years (by 2030). 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 Les Forts de Latour 2005, Château Léoville-Poyferré 2006, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012; but better value alternatives would be Château Langoa-Barton 2006, Château Labégorce 2010, Château Langoa-Barton 2008, Château Les Ormes-de-Pez 2009, Château Haut-Batailley 2014.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very good value for money, beating 70% of other wines when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Batailley 2011
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2015-07-12 |
gbp |
27 |