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Château Batailley is one of the oldest estates in Bordeaux, dating from the 15th century.
A 5ème Cru Classé, it is known for producing wines of consistently high quality and excellent value in a classic Pauillac style.
In the 1700s, the Saint-Martin family were the owners of Batailley.
Chateau Batailley was well-known in those days due to its history as it was one of the older Bordeaux wine estates dating back to the 1400s.
In fact, the property took its name from a famous military battle that took place in 1452, during the hundred-year war.
In 1791 Marianne and Marthe Saint-Martin sold their part of Chateau Batailley to Jean Guillaume Pecholier.
In 1816 Chateau Batailley was sold to Daniel Guestier of Barton and Guestier, a famous and important Bordeaux wine negociant firm.
He acquired most of the estate and began buying more shares and land, including plots adjacent to Lynch Bages and Grand Puy Lacoste to enlarge the estate.
The Guestier family was quite well-known in Bordeaux at the time, as they also owned Chateau Beychevelle by the time of the 1855 Classification of the Medoc.
Daniel Guestier renovated the Left Bank chateau and improved the Bordeaux wine-making facilities of Batailley.
He died in 1847.
By that time, Chateau Batailley had a good reputation.
The chateau was managed by Guestier’s three children until they sold it in 1866.
It was acquired by a Parisian banker Constant Halphen.
Upon Halphen’s death in 1932, the Borie family purchased the estate and continued to make the wine for another decade before the vineyard was cut in two, which as you will see, gave birth to another wine.
In 1942 Chateau Batailley was divided into two separate properties that we know today: Chateau Batailley and Chateau Haut Batailley.
Francois Borie kept the smaller part of the Medoc vineyard which became Chateau Haut Batailley.
The larger portion, including the chateau, which was owned by Marcel Borie naturally retained the original name of Chateau Batailley.
In 1961 the estate was transferred to Marcel´s daughter Denise and her husband Emile Casteja.
Their son Philippe Casteja, with the help of his son, Frederic Casteja manages Chateau Batailley today.
The family also owns Chateau Lynch-Moussas, Chateau Trottevieille, and other Bordeaux estates as well as a massive Negociant company, Borie-Manoux, which dates back to 1870, when it was founded by Pierre Borie.
In 2006 Chateau Batailley renovated and modernized its vat rooms and winemaking facilities.
The Wine Merchant is pleased to be appointed exclusive distributor in of Chateau Batailley, part of the prestigious 1855 Classified Growth in Thailand.
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