LiQuery - Ch�teau Ausone 2013

Item:	388082
Size:	750 mL (25.4 oz)
Type:	2013 VINTAGES
Release Date:	2016-04-01
Producer:	Nath. Johnston & Fils
Location:	France - Bordeaux
Price:	$899.85 Price History
Style:	Red Wine
Alcohol:	13.0%
Varietal:	Bordeaux
Sugar Code:	XD (5.0 g/L)
Rating:	93
Glass Style:	Voigner/Chardonnay Purchase Glass

Description
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Tasting Notes
Probably the wine of the vintage, once again. Only 9,000 bottles of the 2013 Ausone were produced, as crop size was 50% of normal. However, proprietor Alain Vauthier and his daughter certainly have proven a truly great wine can be produced in some of the most trying conditions Bordeaux wine producers have had to deal with over the last 20 years. Yields were only 22 hectoliters per hectare and the final blend was 55% Cabernet Franc and 45% Merlot. The haunting aromas of wet rocks, spring flowers, blue and black fruits and forest floor are followed by an incredibly dense, attractive wine with sweet tannin, stunning concentration and texture, medium body and a depth that is essentially unreal in a vintage such as this. The wine is a superb example of great winemaking under the most difficult circumstances. Unlike more recent Ausones, this should be reasonably drinkable in 5-6 years and yet be capable of lasting 25-30. Score - 93-95. (Robert Parker Jr., robertparker.com)

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