All things considered

this will require plenty of cellar time before it’s completely ready

This is the biggest wine in the range yet impeccably wellbalanced and if not exactly refined

although its blue clay a

The 1986 Haut-Batailley has matured in splendid fashion

Lucien Le Moine, Clos Roche other_regions All things consideredA somber nose half heartedly offers up notes of forest floor, earth and leather on the essence of red berry fruit scented aromas. There is better volume and muscle to the bigger and richer if decidedly grippy and somewhat short finish. This too may lengthen out but today it seems a bit clipped and compact. (88 91) 2029+