Picks from the exchange
by CloMlr
2015-09-21
Chateau Batailley 2010
Region Bordeaux (Medoc)
Appellation Pauillac
Classification Cinquieme Cru Classe
Current Market Price
'Made in a more charming style than the normally backward, rather formidably tannic wines of Batailley, this 2010 is an endearing, elegant wine, but it has no shortage of power, richness and intensity. It displays loads of beautiful cassis, cedar and Christmas fruitcake notes along with impressive purity, texture and a full-bodied mouthfeel. Usually much more austere, this vintage seems to have produced a richer, more layered and opulent style of Batailley that can be approached in 3-5 years and consumed over the following 25 years.'
92 points - Robert Parker
Current best offer on the exchange £290 IB (12x75)
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Tenuta dell' Ornellaia Ornellaia 2001
Region Italy (Tuscany)
Appellation Bolgheri
Classification /
Current Market Price
'The 2001 Ornellaia is easily the finest in the history of the estate, warm and spicy on the nose with superbly focused plum and black currant fruit, much complexity and elegance in its concentrated and supple body, and a velvety, enveloping close. It will easily drink well for another two decades'
96 points - Robert Parker
Current best offer on the exchange £600 IB (6x75)
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Le Clarence de Haut-Brion 2010
Region Bordeaux (Graves) Pessac-Leognan
Classification /
Current Market Price
'It is a broad, powerful and more muscular wine than its cross-street rival, La Chapelle de la Mission, but all the same, it is wonderfully fresh and precise, with notes of blueberry and boysenberry as well as hints of smoke and wet stones. Endowed with gorgeous fruit, texture, purity and elegance, this relatively dense second wine demonstrates how draconian the selection process has become for the top estates in Bordeaux in recent years. The blend of this wine is 52% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest mostly Cabernet Franc with just a touch of Petit Verdot. I would expect it to last at least 20 years, which is remarkable.'
93 points - Robert Parker
Current best offer on the exchange £300 IB (6x75)
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Tags:
Bolgheri, Bordeaux wines, Chateau Batailley, fine wine, Le Clarence de Haut-Brion, Pauillac, Pessac-Leognan, Robert Parker, Tenuta dell' Ornellaia Ornellaia, Tuscany wines, wine,
