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Le Batteleur NV

The great red 'battler' - gloriously 'illegal' but delicious Bordeaux tradition!

12 bottles -  £76.99 (£6.42 a bottle)
1 bottle -  £6.55

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Type:Still Red Wine Country:France Appellation:Vin de Table
Grape Type:Garnacha-based blend Drink Before:December 2009 Body:Medium Bodied
Alcohol:12.5% Bottle Size:75cl Bottle Bottle Code:38872

Description
Bordeaux reds were once called 'clairet', meaning light-coloured. So merchants of old found ways of beefing it up - wine books even give you the 'Bordeaux Recipe' of times gone by, using dark black Spanish wine Tarragona - illegal but tasty!

Le Batteleur shows you that beefy black Tarragona and fruit-fragrant Bordeaux marry together perfectly when done by a master winemaker, like out Jean-Marc Sauboua. It's named after the battle fought where our Chai now stands, where loyal Bordeaux was lost by the English king.

It's a great house red - dark ruby in colour, ripe berry/bramble fruit. Full, warm and rich - like claret with a touch of smooth, sunny Spain. A real pleasure to drink.

No confusion about the taste and quality it's ... Mr C J Abbott, West Sussex
No confusion about the taste and quality it's simply great stuff. Forget Parker, this one rates "the whole barrel" on the Hugh Johnson scale of merit. Lots of confusion over the label and name though. Was it named after a battle fought locally viz. the label - in which case perhaps it should be called Le Batailleur, or was it named after a showman or acrobatic entertainer or town crier in which case perhaps it should be called Le Bateleur. I think I shall just call it one of Jean-Marc's specials - Mr C J Abbott, West Sussex - 27/11/2008 22:31:56
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