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Such a dreamy, perfumed aroma to this wine. Full-bodied, but wonderfully polished and integrated. It touches every millimeter of your palate and the texture makes you want to cry. It touches your soul. Goes on for minutes. Another perfect red? Score range: 97-100 -JS
Drinking Window: 2019 - 2035
What a sweet, ripe and gorgeous wine. It's fresh and round with amazing fruit and balance. Big velvety tannins and a long, long finish. It's incredibly powerful and deep. The strong acidity balances out the rich and intense fruit. Vibrant harmony. Barrel sample.
Drinking Window: 2019 - 2035
Review Date: 31st December 2010
97-99 Barrel sample. It may be 14.5 percent alcohol, but, with its huge freshness, the wine almost sings with elegance. The texture is opulent, with intense black fruits and a core of solid tannins. Impressive balance.
Drinking Window: 2019 - 2035
Review Date: 9th August 2010
A masterpiece in the making, proprietor Alain Vauthier’s 2009 Ausone boasts a dense purple color along with notes of powdered chalk, crushed rocks and wild blue, red and black fruits. Extravagantly rich with great minerality, precision and freshness as well as a voluptuous texture (unusual for a baby Ausone), this is an extraordinary wine. Sadly, there are fewer than 1,200 cases ... for the world. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2060+
Drinking Window: 2020 - 2060
Reviewer Name: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Review Date: 29th February 2012
(a 55/45 blend of cabernet franc and merlot; cropped at 27 hectoliters per hectare; ph 3.56; 14.5% alcohol; 100% new oak) Bright, saturated ruby-red. Very cabernet franc- and limestone-driven on the nose, offering enticing scents of red berries, cocoa, spicy minerals and violet. Impressively intense flavors of red and dark berries are complicated by bitter chocolate and minerals. This serious, weighty blockbuster is given great verve by strong, mouthwatering acidity. Substantial but even tannins saturate the palate, and a captivating note of cedar emerges with air. This wine is going to require a lot of time in the cellar, but is starting its life with outstanding balance and class.
Drinking Window: 2019 - 2035
Review Date: 1st May 2010
- Details
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- Year 2009
- Colour Red
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Sub Region Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
- Designation
- Classification
- Pack Size 3x75cl
- ABV 13.5°
- Drinking Window 2020 - 2060
- Drinking Recommendation Drinking Now, will improve
- LWIN 100620520090300750
- Reviews (5)
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97-100 Wine Spectator
Such a dreamy, perfumed aroma to this wine. Full-bodied, but wonderfully polished and integrated. It touches every millimeter of your palate and the texture makes you want to cry. It touches your soul. Goes on for minutes. Another perfect red? Score range: 97-100 -JS
Drinking Window: 2019 - 2035
98-99 James SucklingWhat a sweet, ripe and gorgeous wine. It's fresh and round with amazing fruit and balance. Big velvety tannins and a long, long finish. It's incredibly powerful and deep. The strong acidity balances out the rich and intense fruit. Vibrant harmony. Barrel sample.
Drinking Window: 2019 - 2035
Review Date: 31st December 2010
98 Wine Enthusiast97-99 Barrel sample. It may be 14.5 percent alcohol, but, with its huge freshness, the wine almost sings with elegance. The texture is opulent, with intense black fruits and a core of solid tannins. Impressive balance.
Drinking Window: 2019 - 2035
Review Date: 9th August 2010
98+ Wine AdvocateA masterpiece in the making, proprietor Alain Vauthier’s 2009 Ausone boasts a dense purple color along with notes of powdered chalk, crushed rocks and wild blue, red and black fruits. Extravagantly rich with great minerality, precision and freshness as well as a voluptuous texture (unusual for a baby Ausone), this is an extraordinary wine. Sadly, there are fewer than 1,200 cases ... for the world. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2060+
Drinking Window: 2020 - 2060
Reviewer Name: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Review Date: 29th February 2012
94-97 Stephen Tanzer - Vinous(a 55/45 blend of cabernet franc and merlot; cropped at 27 hectoliters per hectare; ph 3.56; 14.5% alcohol; 100% new oak) Bright, saturated ruby-red. Very cabernet franc- and limestone-driven on the nose, offering enticing scents of red berries, cocoa, spicy minerals and violet. Impressively intense flavors of red and dark berries are complicated by bitter chocolate and minerals. This serious, weighty blockbuster is given great verve by strong, mouthwatering acidity. Substantial but even tannins saturate the palate, and a captivating note of cedar emerges with air. This wine is going to require a lot of time in the cellar, but is starting its life with outstanding balance and class.
Drinking Window: 2019 - 2035
Review Date: 1st May 2010
- Producer
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Château Ausone vies with Cheval-Blanc to be Saint-Émilion’s most prestigious estate. Named after the Roman poet Ausonius who once resided in this area, Ausone is one of four Premier Grand Cru Classé (A) wines in the classification of Saint-Émilion (along with Angélus, Cheval Blanc and Pavie). Only three families have ever owned Ausone, and Alain Vauthier (who manages Ausone with his daughter Pauline today) are direct descendants of the c17th owners. The tiny 7ha vineyard of Ausone is 65% Cabernet Franc and 35% Merlot and is located at the southern edge of Saint-Émilion atop a steep south-facing slope. The steep, hillside terroir is clay with limestone and limestone over Asteria limestone in the soil. This is what gives Ausone its intense mineral character. Ausone has some of the oldest vines in Saint-Émilion. There are Cabernet Franc vines that are more than 100 years of age (planted 1906).
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