Strawberry nose and a nice mature colour. Full and viscous in the mouth with lots of leather and cigar smoke. Quite dry in the mid palate which then lifts into a fabulously long finish of dark cherry.
If this is what perfectly mature claret tastes like then I am a big fan!
Château Batailley 1982
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Château Batailley 1982
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Re: Château Batailley 1982
I think you should taste some more of it to be sure you like it.
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Re: Château Batailley 1982
Now on my fourth glass and have not fallen out with it yet. But it seems to be developing a terminal problemdjewesbury wrote:I think you should taste some more of it to be sure you like it.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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