Chateau Haut-Batailley - Verso Pauillac 2018

Price: $34.99
Producer | Chateau Haut-Batailley |
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Country | France |
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Region | Bordeaux |
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Subregion | Pauillac |
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Varietal | Bordeaux Blend Red |
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Vintage | 2018 |
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Sku | 35674 |
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Jeb Dunnuck: 92 Points
First created in 2017, the Château Haut-Batailley Verso is the new second wine of this estate, which is now run by the talented team at Lynch-Bages. The 2018 Château Haut-Batailley Verso has a complex, nuanced, approachable style with classic Pauillac dark fruits, tobacco, lead pencil, and earthy aromas and flavors. Gorgeously fruited, succulent, and seamless, it nevertheless has the balance, structure, and purity to keep for 20 years or more.
James Suckling: 91-92 Points
Vinous: 90 Points
The 2018 Verso is laced with copious blue/black fruits, spice, new leather, smoke and lavender. Élevage has softened some of the angular contours that were present en primeur. Overall, though, Verso remains a bit on the burly side. I would prefer to drink it over the next decade or so.
Decanter Magazine: 90 Points
A little austere and closed right now, not giving much, but there are plenty of firm tannins and well-defined blackberry fruits, held in place by a tannic frame that has Pauillac character. Feels subdued but with potential. Drinking Window 2024 - 2036