Chateau Haut-Batailley Verso Pauillac 2018 Wine Bar | Sparkling & Cider banana and lilac

banana and lilac

It's light-bodied and honest

soft citrus and a finish of freshly ground coffee and dark chocolate

then made with almost nothing added

Chateau Haut-Batailley Verso Pauillac 2018 Wine Bar | Sparkling & Cider banana and lilacVerso is the new second wine of Chateau Haut Batailley, launched with the 2017 vintage after the Cazes family of Lynch Bages took over the estate in 2017. The Cazes team has nearly doubled the planted vineyard area, replanting Pauillac land that had sat fallow since phylloxera. Verso is the declassification vehicle for younger vines and parcels not destined for the grand vin, but it carries the same fingerprint: dark fruit, graphite, the firm spine