1947 Batailley

The 1947 Batailley is a wine that I have been lucky enough to taste on three occasions, most memorably a startling bright bottle poured at the property back in 2007. Most recently, at the Académie du Vin dinner, I found this to still be a splendid wine. There is that entrancing licorice and peppermint-tinged bouquet, quite exotic for Batailley and still with plenty of fruit in situ. The palate has commendable weight after so much time has passed, lower in acidity than other vintages yet still well defined, with that hint of tobacco and melted tart furnishing the finish. It is a great postwar Pauillac that continues to give so much pleasure. Tasted April 2017.