Château Batailley is a
winery in the
Pauillac appellation of the
Bordeaux region of France. The wine produced at the estate was classified as one of eighteen ''Cinquièmes Crus'' (Fifth Growths) in the
Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.
[MacNeil, Karen, (2001). ''The Wine Bible'', Workman Publishing, p. 885, ]
History
The current name has been in use since the end of the 18th century, when the vineyard was owned by the Saint-Martin family. The property then saw a succession of owners and temporary partition until the estate was largely restored and expanded by Daniel Guestier of Barton & Guestier after 1816.
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by Abraham Lawton in 1815, as a "fifth growth" under the name of "Bedou", and in 1846 by Charles Cocks under the name of proprietor Guestier.[ The larger part, which included the château, became the sole property of Marcel Borie until his death in 1961, when it passed to his daughter Denise and her husband Emile Castéja.
Batailley is currently owned by the Castéja family, whose ]Borie-Manoux
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holdings also include the Pauillac fifth growth Château Lynch-Moussas
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[H. Johnson & J. Robinson (2005). ''The World Atlas of Wine'', p. 91, Mitchell Beazley Publishing, ] and the Saint-Émilion
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In the heart of the country of ''Libournais'' (the area around Libourne), in ...
estate Château Trotte Vieille
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Production
The vineyard area extends to , planted with 70% Cabernet Sauvignon
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, 25% Merlot
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, 3% Cabernet Franc
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and 2% Petit Verdot.[
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References
Château Batailley technical data
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Bordeaux wine producers