2000 Château Batailley, Pauillac, Bordeaux

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2000 Château Batailley, Pauillac, BordeauxThe palate is medium bodied with fine tannin; this bottle is more backward than others, with firm tannin providing sturdy backbone. It remains a burly Pauillac for the vintage, and it is certainly masculine in style. Then again, that is a leitmotif of the millennial vintage. As such, I can envisage this mellowing in four to six year's time, whereupon it will have the substance to give drinking pleasure over many years. Drink 2020 2045. 91 100, Neal

concentrated

The 1996 Vosne-Romanée Cros Parantoux 1er Cru should be considered a success for the vintage for Emmanuel Rouget

campfire smoke

A most unusual balance

This fine Orcadian dram leaps out of the glass with a surprisingly pungent wave of peat smoke – though

all sourced from across 200 Champagne crus

with a wonderful balance of acidity

with about 5% still red Pinot

Then again

with sweet spice and warm barley

sandalwood

had never intended to produce large volumes of spirit so the pot stills are amoungst the smallest being used in Scotland