Ausone 2011

Ausone 2011

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  • Robert Parker rating 95
  • Jane Anson rating 94
  • Vinous rating 91
Ausone 2011
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HED11411

75 cl

13.5%
£495.00
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The 2011 Château Ausone is a Saint-Émilion Premier Grand Cru Classé A wine. This vintage is a blend of 55% Cabernet Franc and 45% Merlot. The wine shows intense elegance, complexity and length, with old-vine Cabernet Franc defining its structure. It is full-bodied with firm, silky tannins and a persistent finish. The open aromatics display exotic fruit, dark cherry, cassis and a violet-like perfume.
94 Jane Anson
Vibrant ruby colour, liqourice on the attack, cloves, smoke, blackberry purree, plenty of depths and nuance here, with a saline limestone character that gives punch and grip through the palate. There is a creaminess as it opens, and this is less austere than some St Emilion limestone-domiant wines right now, with the Ausone magic starting to assert itself. 100% new oak.Jane Anson29th June 2022
91 Vinous
The 2011 Ausone is ripe and perfumed, quite floral in style, touches of cassis and violet coming through with time. It is just missing a little charm compared to its peers. The palate is plush and rounded in the mouth, quite a sensual wine with piquant red fruit, white pepper and clove, although the finish is just missing a little complexity and personality at the moment. A fine Ausone, though I would be inclined to drink this over the next decade. Tasted blind at the annual 10-Year-On tasting.Neal Martin1st April 2022

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Chateau Ausone

Chateau Ausone

An Historic Saint-Émilion Estate

Named after the Roman poet Ausonius, who kept around 100 acres of vineyards in and around the area, Château Ausone is one of only four wines to be ranked Premier Grand Cru Classé A in the classification of Saint-Émilion wine. The winery is located on the Right Bank, close to the actual town of Saint-Émilion in Bordeaux. The smallest of the First Growths - with only seven hecatres of vines - 10% of which goes into producing the second wine, La Chapelle d'Ausone.

With its characteristic fresh limestone soils, Château Ausone produces wonderfully mineral red wines, all farmed organically. The key grape varieties are Cabernet Franc and Merlot, with smaller percentages of Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot also planted.

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