WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 912; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2001 which is 880. The average score for Château Haut-Batailley is 879, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Haut-Batailley they use words like Elegant, Tannins, Cassis, Black, Full, Soft, Long, Fruits, Fruit, Fresh, Ripe, Purple, Cherry, Fine, Plum. People use these words to describe the 2001 but no other wine from Château Haut-Batailley: Roasted, Meats. The wine has significantly lower levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (12% vs 12.75%); it has significantly lower levels of alcohol for the region in 2001 (12% vs 12.78%). The wine has been ready to drink for 11 years (since 2005) and has been past its best for 6 (since 2010). It normally takes wines from Château Haut-Batailley around 3 years to be ready to start drinking, and 10 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Latour 1996, Château Calon-Ségur 2010, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008; but better value alternatives would be Château Talbot 2010, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010, Château Branaire-Ducru 2010, Château Léoville-Barton 1999, Château Pontet-Canet 2006.
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 Haut-Batailley 2001
Date |
Currency |
Price |
2015-12-08 |
gbp |
58 |