Chateau Batailley Pauillac 2005 web-unpublished From the importer: Absolu is

From the importer: Absolu is 100% Chardonnay from two plots

Creamy a bit cloudy from lees yellow apple and minerals and completely dry

"La Plante" is a south-facing premier cru site

Santa Barbara County’s newest AVA

none of the allocation drama

Chateau Batailley Pauillac 2005 web-unpublished From the importer: Absolu isTwenty plus years on, the 2005 Batailley is sitting squarely in its sweet spot. The Castja owned Pauillac Fifth Growth has long been the quiet, classical Pauillac in the family dependable, structured, never flashy and 2005 was one of the great Left Bank vintages of the decade, with the density and tannic spine to reward this kind of patience. Two decades have softened the wine into cedar, tobacco, and dried cassis territory while the core of Pauillac