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2021 Verso

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Bordeaux

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

65% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon

Vintages
2023202220212020201920182017
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“The growing season started early,” Jean-Charles Cazes told me, the château was a hive of activity in preparation for their winery inauguration the following week. “Spring was wet and then summer was cool and rainy. There was mildew pressure all along. Yields were small for Lynch Bages at 34hL/ha and Les Ormes de Pez just under 40hL/ha. The low yields helped ripen the grapes; if we had had 50hL/ha, this would have made them more vegetal. We started picking on 27 September and finished on 9 October - classic dates compared to recent years. It was a discriminatory year between terroirs. Some decisions during blending were important, for example, whether to use the Merlot. In the new winery, we can work with better precision, and so it was a good year to have that new facility. The wines have evolved after fermentation and gained roundness during élevage.”

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Haut-Batailley is in the middle of pretty significant redevelopment under the Cazes family. There has been quite a bit of replanting and also rethinking of which parcels are best suited for the Grand Vin. As an example, in 2020 65% of the production went into the Grand Vin, while in 2021 it was about 50%. Of course, weather conditions in each year play a role in those decisions, as does the mix of older versus younger vines at any given moment. Even so, my feeling is that quality and precision are on the rise, and that is of course great to see.