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This remarkable Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé A from the outstanding 2019 vintage offers aromas of black cherry, cassis, plum, violet, graphite, cedar, and exotic spice. Full-bodied and flawlessly balanced, the palate delivers immense concentration, velvety tannins, vibrant freshness, and an extraordinarily long, elegant finish.
Food Pairing: Roast lamb, beef Wellington, duck confit, venison, truffle dishes, foie gras, aged hard cheeses.
100 Points - James Suckling
Like a bouquet of fresh flowers on the nose, as well as blackberries, raspberries and blackcurrants. Sandalwood as well. Full-bodied with incredibly polished tannins that have the texture of the finest velvet. The palate is very fine, oriented with fabulously pure fruit and minerally and stone undertones at the finish. It’s so classical in nature. Essence of Ausone. 60% cabernet franc and 40% merlot. From organically grown grapes. Best after 2027.
99 Points - Wine Enthusiast
The wine's power and density shows against its beautifully textured black fruits. With richness and concentration, this is serious, impressive and needing plenty of aging. It is magnificent, not to be drunk before 2027.
98 Points - Jeb Dunnuck
A brilliant wine in every way, Alain Vauthier's 2019 Chateau Ausone reveals a dense purple color as well as an incredible bouquet of ripe black cherries, blueberries, acacia flowers, lead pencil, and classy oak. It shows the elegant style of the vintage yet brings a wealth of fruit, lavish richness, and a great, great finish, all while holding onto beautiful precision and purity. It has some accessibility today (surprising for a young Ausone) but deserves at least 7-8 years of bottle age and will evolve for well over three decades. Best After 2030
98 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Unwinding in the glass with deep aromas of wild berries, vine smoke, orange rind, exotic spices and violets, framed by a deft application of classy new oak, the 2019 Ausone is full-bodied, rich and concentrated, with beautiful purity of fruit, lively acids and ripe but abundant structuring tannins. Deep, layered and vibrant, it's full of potential and will likely emerge as one of the most long-lived 2019s. This is another magical wine from what many consider to be Saint-Émilion's greatest terroir, and it will demand and richly reward patience.
Description
This remarkable Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé A from the outstanding 2019 vintage offers aromas of black cherry, cassis, plum, violet, graphite, cedar, and exotic spice. Full-bodied and flawlessly balanced, the palate delivers immense concentration, velvety tannins, vibrant freshness, and an extraordinarily long, elegant finish.
Food Pairing: Roast lamb, beef Wellington, duck confit, venison, truffle dishes, foie gras, aged hard cheeses.
100 Points - James Suckling
Like a bouquet of fresh flowers on the nose, as well as blackberries, raspberries and blackcurrants. Sandalwood as well. Full-bodied with incredibly polished tannins that have the texture of the finest velvet. The palate is very fine, oriented with fabulously pure fruit and minerally and stone undertones at the finish. It’s so classical in nature. Essence of Ausone. 60% cabernet franc and 40% merlot. From organically grown grapes. Best after 2027.
99 Points - Wine Enthusiast
The wine's power and density shows against its beautifully textured black fruits. With richness and concentration, this is serious, impressive and needing plenty of aging. It is magnificent, not to be drunk before 2027.
98 Points - Jeb Dunnuck
A brilliant wine in every way, Alain Vauthier's 2019 Chateau Ausone reveals a dense purple color as well as an incredible bouquet of ripe black cherries, blueberries, acacia flowers, lead pencil, and classy oak. It shows the elegant style of the vintage yet brings a wealth of fruit, lavish richness, and a great, great finish, all while holding onto beautiful precision and purity. It has some accessibility today (surprising for a young Ausone) but deserves at least 7-8 years of bottle age and will evolve for well over three decades. Best After 2030
98 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Unwinding in the glass with deep aromas of wild berries, vine smoke, orange rind, exotic spices and violets, framed by a deft application of classy new oak, the 2019 Ausone is full-bodied, rich and concentrated, with beautiful purity of fruit, lively acids and ripe but abundant structuring tannins. Deep, layered and vibrant, it's full of potential and will likely emerge as one of the most long-lived 2019s. This is another magical wine from what many consider to be Saint-Émilion's greatest terroir, and it will demand and richly reward patience.
