Château Batailley is a winery

Winery

A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the production of wine, such as a wine company. Some wine companies own many wineries. Besides wine making equipment, larger wineries may also feature warehouses, bottling lines, laboratories, and large expanses of...

 in the Pauillac

Pauillac

Pauillac is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:-Wine:The commune consists of only 3000 acres of vineyards in the Haut-Médoc between the villages of Saint-Julien to the south and Saint-Estèphe to the north, but is home to three of Bordeaux's five...

 appellation

Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée

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 of the Bordeaux

Bordeaux

Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...

 region of France. The wine produced here was classified as one of eighteen Cinquièmes Crus (Fifth Growths) in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855

Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855

The Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 resulted from the 1855 Exposition Universelle de Paris, when Emperor Napoleon III requested a classification system for France's best Bordeaux wines which were to be on display for visitors from around the world...

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History

The current name name is possibly linked to a military origin, and has been used since the end of the 18th century. Then under ownership of the Saint-Martin family, there followed a succession of owners and temporary partition until the estate was largely regathered and augmented by Daniel Guestier of Barton & Guestier in the time following 1816.

The estate was first mentioned in classification

Classification of wine

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 by Abraham Lawton in 1815, as a "fifth growth" but then under the name of "Bedou", and in 1846 by Charles Cocks

Cocks & Féret

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 under the name of proprietor Guestier. By Guestier's death in 1847 Batailley was established as a fifth cru ahead of the 1855 Médoc classification.

Following a period of heirs and partitions, the brothers François and Marcel Borie purchased the estate in 1932, and in 1942 divided it into the two properties that are today Batailley and Haut-Batailley

Château Haut-Batailley

Château Haut-Batailley is a winery in the Pauillac appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. The wine produced here was part of the property that was classified as one of eighteen Cinquièmes Crus in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.-History:Historically the estate was part of...

 in order to prevent future difficulties with the estate inheritance. 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 presently owned by the Castéja family whose Borie-Manoux

Borie-Manoux

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 holdings also include the Pauillac fifth growth Château Lynch-Moussas

Château Lynch-Moussas

Château Lynch-Moussas is a French winery in the Pauillac appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. Château Lynch-Moussas is also the name of the red wine produced by this property...

, and the Saint-Émilion

Saint-Émilion

Saint-Émilion is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-History:Saint-Émilion's history goes back to prehistoric times and is a World Heritage site, with fascinating Romanesque churches and ruins stretching all along steep and narrow streets.The Romans planted...

 producer Château Trotte Vieille.

Production

The vineyard

Vineyard

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 area extends 57 hectares (140.8 acre) planted with 70% Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world's most widely recognized red wine grape varieties. It is grown in nearly every major wine producing country among a diverse spectrum of climates from Canada's Okanagan Valley to Lebanon's Beqaa Valley...

, 25% Merlot

Merlot

Merlot is a darkly blue-coloured wine grape, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name Merlot is thought to derive from the Old French word for young blackbird, merlot, a diminutive of merle, the blackbird , probably from the color of the grape. Merlot-based wines...

, 3% Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc

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 and 2% Petit Verdot

Petit verdot

Petit Verdot is a variety of red wine grape, principally used in classic Bordeaux blends. It ripens much later than the other varieties in Bordeaux, often too late, so it fell out of favour in its home region. When it does ripen, it is added in small amounts to add tannin, colour and flavour to the...

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The grand vin Château Batailley has an average annual production of 22000 winecase and there is produced no second wine

Second wine

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