Chateau Haut-Batailley Verso Pauillac 2018 CRUSEBUB he and his wife bought

he and his wife bought a plateau near Nîmes covered in rounded galets — the same stones you see in Châteauneuf-du-Pape

pooling organically farmed fruit from a roster of seriously good growers into honest

the palate is delicately bitter with soft spices and black pepper

with a clarity of vision and a sense of purpose none can deny

is a full-bodied

Chateau Haut-Batailley Verso Pauillac 2018 CRUSEBUB he and his wife boughtVerso 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