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Château Ausone 2022

Saint-Emilion 1er Grand Cru Classé AOC
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Château Ausone 2022
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Very high scores for this powerful, rich, but truly elegant Premier Grand Cru Classé Saint-Emilion, the apogee of the appellation, with arguably the finest soils of all Bordeaux. Under Alain Vauthier, the wines have excelled.
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Wine Details

  • Red - Medium Bodied
  • Fine wine
  • FranceFrance
  • Very Deep Ruby
  • Cabernet-based blend
  • 10.875 Units
  • 14.5% ABV
  • 750 ml
  • 31 December 2052

Flavour Profile

Tasting notes
Firm, fine-grained tannins, dense fruit, epic length, oceans of complexity
Aroma
Dense, ripe black fruit, floral, with pencil box and incense
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Contains Sulphites
The Wine
We hand over to James Suckling to describe this great wine: “Wow. This is such a big and beautiful Ausone with huge depth that slowly uncoils. Really powerful, mineral and naturally concentrated, with iron, chalk and a rich, almost opulent core of black fruit, but really fresh, with chiseled tapenade and wood spices that only tiptoe on the nose. Superb intensity hidden beneath the palate, with a matrix of chalky tannins that vibrate, shine and extend. Nothing stops it at the finish, which lasts well over a minute. Almost beguilingly drinkable considering the tannin quality, which is so fine and energetic. A bigger Ausone with higher alcohol, but fantastic and rather outrageous.”
We hand over to James Suckling to describe this great wine: “Wow. This is such a...
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Wow. This is such a big and beautiful Ausone with huge depth that slowly uncoils

James Suckling, 98 points

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