Chateau Batailley widmet diesen Jahrgang Majestät Königin Elisabeth II. zum Gedenken an ihre Freundschaft für Frankreich und Bordeaux. Der Palast servierte regelmäßig Chateau Batailley. Mit dem Jahrgang 1947 -dem Hochzeitsjahr- feierte die Königin 1972 ihre Silberhochzeit mit Prinz Philip. Der Jahrgang 1947 ähnelt stilistisch dem Jahrgang 2022. 

Falstaff 
Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Feine rote Waldbeerfrucht, ein Hauch von Cassis und Herzkirschen, Nuancen von Mandarinen, einladendes Bukett. Saftig, rote KIrschen, frisch und lebendig, feine Fruchtsüße im Abgang, ein eleganter Speisenbegleiter mit Charme und Länge, gutes Reifepotenzial. 

Jeff Leve 
Licorice, flowers, mint, peach, currants, blackberries, tobacco and wet forest floor aromatics create the nose. The palate is rich, supple, creamy, fresh, and loaded with sweet, blackberries, white pepper, plums, currants and spice. The wine is full-bodied, round, and concentrated, with a long endnote leaving you with peppery licorice, spearmint, and creme de cassis on the backend. The wine is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot. 14.20% ABV. 3.7 pH. The harvest took place September 8 - September 27. Yields were 42 Hectoliters per hectare. 70% of the harvest was used to produce the Grand Vin. Drink from 2027-2055. 95-97 Pts. 

James Suckling 
A very tight and typical Batailley with medium to full body, linear and racy tannins, which are pure and focused. Spicy finish. Compacted. 

Decanter 
Drinking Window: 2025 – 2049. Vibrant and intense colour in the glass, richly scented, floral and perfumed, open and inviting. Intense and concentrated, the fruit is dark and ripe but there’s no hint of over ripeness here and instead you get cool blue fruits, chalky tannins and minty freshness with accents of liquorice, coffee, tobacco, cedar spice and clove. Tannins are clearly at the fore, giving the structure and the frame while the juicy acidity gives the energy and life. Still on the serious side, not tense so much as there’s good persistence, it’s lean and streamlined, but refined in a spiced and mineral way. Gorgeous terroir markers, lovely detail and precision, you can feel they haven't worked too much or tried too hard. It carries the signature of the estate in the serious structure, it’s a big wine, there’s such power here but so well controlled and delivered. Razor sharp, focussed and persistent. A gorgeous 2022, well executed and will be a clear success.