Château Batailley
The origins of this estate date back to the 15th century with its 57ha vineyards sitting on gravel, clay and sandstone soils at the southern end of Pauillac, on the site of a battle (bataille in French) between the French and the English during the Hundred Years' War, hence the name Batailley. The modern history of Batailley started in 1961 when the property was inherited by the Castéja family of the famous négociants Borie-Manoux who also owns other Bordeaux estates, notably Trotte-Vieille in St-Emilion. Under the management of Philippe Castéja since 2003, now assisted by his son Frédéric, Batailley has made significant progress and the recent vintages have considerably gained in purity and aromatic finesse while remaining at brilliant quality-price ratio.