{"product_id":"chateau-batailley-1959-xm441959naa","title":"Château Batailley 1959","description":"\u003ch2 data-lfile-container=\"90bb6e52-5b6d-4239-875f-88208fa994f8\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eAbout Château Batailley 1959\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-lfile-container=\"90bb6e52-5b6d-4239-875f-88208fa994f8\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eChâteau Batailley 1959 is a red Bordeaux from Pauillac, the Médoc commune that is home to three of the five First Growths, and comes from an estate ranked as a Fifth Growth in the 1855 Classification. This 750 ml bottle still carries the original label naming Marcel Borie as proprietor, was bottled by the wine merchant Jérôme De Loore in Kortrijk, Belgium, and shows a lower mid shoulder fill level. It is offered to collectors looking for a classified Pauillac 1959 from one of the great Bordeaux years of the twentieth century, and to anyone searching for a meaningful gift from the 1959 birth year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eChâteau Batailley: a Fifth Growth with a long history\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChâteau Batailley lies in the south-west of the Pauillac commune, set back from the Gironde estuary. Its name recalls a battle (bataille in French) fought on this ground during the Hundred Years' War in the mid-fifteenth century. The Bordeaux merchant Daniel Guestier bought the property in 1816 and enlarged the vineyard, and the park was later laid out by Barillet-Deschamps, landscape architect to Napoleon III. In 1855 Batailley was ranked as a Fifth Growth, a status it still holds today as a 5ème Grand Cru Classé.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1930s the brothers Marcel and François Borie acquired the estate, and in the early 1940s they divided it to settle questions of inheritance. François took the smaller share, today's Château Haut-Batailley, while Marcel kept the château itself and the larger part of the vineyard. Marcel Borie therefore owned the property when Château Batailley 1959 was made, which is why his name appears as propriétaire on this label. After his death in 1961 the estate passed to his daughter Denise and her husband Emile Castéja, and the Castéja family still runs it today alongside their négociant house Borie-Manoux.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e1959 Bordeaux: one of the great vintages of the century\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1959 Bordeaux is remembered as one of the outstanding vintages of the post-war era. It was the hottest and driest year the region had seen in a decade, and well-timed rain in mid-September allowed the grapes to ripen fully before picking began around 20 September, with yields well below average. The free-draining gravel soils of the Left Bank coped particularly well with the heat, which is why Pauillac 1959 counts among the strongest communes of the year. The press soon spoke of the vintage of the century, and coming after the devastating frost of 1956, it restored both confidence and demand across the region. Collectors still treat a 1959 vintage wine from the Médoc as a benchmark, often set against the 1961 that followed two years later, and Château Batailley 1959 belongs firmly in that company.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLabel, capsule and Belgian bottling\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe main label shows the château inside an oval medallion, with the name Château Batailley above and, below it, Le Grand Batailley, Grand Cru Classé, Appellation Pauillac Contrôlée, the vintage 1959 and Marcel Borie Propriétaire, with a coat of arms to the left. Beneath it sits a strip label stating that the wine was bottled under the direction of the cellar master, together with the address of Jérôme De Loore – Vins Fins on Boulevard Van de Pereboom in Courtrai, the French name for Kortrijk. The green foil capsule is embossed on top with Jérôme De Loore Wijnen Kortrijk. There is no \"Mis en bouteille au Château\" on the bottle, so this Château Batailley 1959 is a Belgian merchant bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBottlings like this were common at the time, because many châteaux sold part of each crop in barrel to merchants in Bordeaux or abroad, who then bottled the wine themselves. Château bottling only became the rule for the classified growths in the early 1970s. A merchant-bottled Château Batailley 1959 is therefore a document of how the Bordeaux trade worked in that era; since many collectors prefer château bottlings, merchant bottlings usually trade at a discount, and this is reflected in the price of this bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFill level, storage and shipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fill level is lower mid shoulder, in the lower part of the bottle's shoulder. For a 1959 vintage wine that has spent more than sixty years in bottle, some loss through the cork is normal, but a level in this range means a noticeable air space, so we offer this Pauillac 1959 explicitly as a collector's piece. Full details of the label, capsule and glass are listed in the condition notes and can be seen in the six photographs, which show the bottle from every side and the capsule from above. Kept lying down, in the dark and at a steady cool temperature, Château Batailley 1959 will keep best; we ship it securely packed with DHL.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBuy Château Batailley 1959: a collector's piece and a gift for the 1959 birth year\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnyone who wants to buy Château Batailley 1959 gets a classified Pauillac 1959 with a complete, easily legible vintage label and a clearly identified bottler. For people born in 1959, a 1959 vintage wine makes a very personal gift, whether for a 70th birthday in 2029, a wedding anniversary or as a keepsake marking the 1959 birth year in the family. In a cellar, the bottle fits a run of classified growths from Pauillac, a selection of 1959 Bordeaux or a collection of historic merchant bottlings. With Château Batailley 1959 you add a piece of Fifth Growth history from the Marcel Borie era to your collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ewein-sammeln.de specialises exclusively in Bordeaux for collectors, connoisseurs and investors. If you are looking for another 1959 vintage wine to go with Château Batailley 1959, our range includes Château Angélus 1959 from Saint-Émilion and Château Guiraud 1959 from Sauternes, so the 1959 birth year can be celebrated with several bottles of 1959 Bordeaux. From Batailley's immediate neighbourhood in Pauillac, Château Haut-Batailley 2007, once part of the same estate, and Château Lynch-Moussas 1977, the Castéja family's sister estate, complete the picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFAQ\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is Château Batailley 1959?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA red wine from Pauillac in Bordeaux, made by Château Batailley, a Fifth Growth (5ème Grand Cru Classé) in the 1855 Classification, in the 1959 vintage. This particular bottle holds 750 ml, was bottled by Jérôme De Loore in Kortrijk, Belgium, and has a lower mid shoulder fill level. The label names Marcel Borie, the owner at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat does a lower mid shoulder fill level mean?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn Bordeaux bottles the level is read against the shoulder, running from top shoulder through upper and mid shoulder down to low shoulder. Lower mid shoulder sits in the lower half of the mid-shoulder zone and shows a noticeable air space. That is not unusual for a wine of this age, but the risk of oxidation is higher than at higher levels, which is why we sell this bottle as a collector's piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIs this bottle château-bottled?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo. The strip label below the main label and the embossing on the capsule name the wine merchant Jérôme De Loore in Kortrijk as the bottler, and the bottle does not carry \"Mis en bouteille au Château\". Merchant bottlings were common in the 1950s, even for classified growths, because many châteaux sold part of their crop in barrel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow is Château Batailley different from Château Haut-Batailley?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth were one estate until the early 1940s, bought by the brothers Marcel and François Borie in the 1930s. When it was divided, Marcel kept the château and the larger share as Château Batailley, while François took the smaller part, today's Château Haut-Batailley. Both are ranked as Fifth Growths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy is 1959 considered a great Bordeaux vintage?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1959 was the hottest and driest year in Bordeaux for a decade, mid-September rain brought the grapes to full ripeness and yields were low. The gravel soils of the Left Bank, Pauillac among them, handled these conditions especially well. The press called it the vintage of the century, and it was the first great vintage after the frost of 1956.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat does Fifth Growth (5ème Grand Cru Classé) mean?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the fifth tier of the 1855 Classification, which divided 61 red-wine châteaux, almost all of them in the Médoc, into five ranks; the fifth tier includes 18 estates. The ranking has barely changed since, the most significant change being Château Mouton Rothschild's promotion to First Growth in 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIs this bottle a good gift for someone born in 1959?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes, as a collector's piece and keepsake for someone born in 1959, for example for a 70th birthday in 2029. Anyone planning to open it should be aware of the lower mid shoulder fill level and the greater risk that comes with a wine of this age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Château Batailley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55367737934162,"sku":"XM441959NAA","price":199.58,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/7891\/9250\/files\/chateau-batailley-1959-flasche-frontal-20261107a.jpg?v=1794066573","url":"https:\/\/wein-sammeln.de\/en\/products\/chateau-batailley-1959-xm441959naa","provider":"wein-sammeln.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}