CHÂTEAU AUSONE 2011

Item:302992
Size:750 mL (25.4 oz)
Type:2011 VINTAGES
Release Date:2014-04-01
Producer:Nath. Johnston & Fils
Location:France - Bordeaux
Price: $1195.85
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Style:Red Wine
Alcohol:13.0%
Varietal:Bordeaux
Sugar Code:XD (7.0 g/L)
Rating:96
Glass Style (NEW):Voigner/Chardonnay
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Tasting Notes
Not surprisingly, Alain Vauthier's 2011 Ausone is one of the greatest wines he has produced. I know this sounds impossible, but it is the reason why I spend so much time tasting and reflecting on what is in front of me. The 2011 could turn out to be better than his 2009 - sacre bleu! Probably the wine of the vintage, the 2011 exhibits a murky, inky, blue/purple color as well as an extraordinary nose of creme de cassis, plum sauce, crushed rocks (primarily chalk), acacia flowers and hints of graphite, truffles and damp forest floor. The riveting aromatics are followed by a wine that does not let the taster down in the mouth. Full-bodied with extraordinary purity, oozing richness and well-integrated velvety tannins, acidity, oak and alcohol, this is another superb achievement by Vauthier from this phenomenal site on the decomposed limestone hillsides of St.-Emilion. Possibly the longest-lived wine of the vintage, it should evolve for 30-40 years. Since few of us can afford Ausone (o
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