- BrandChateau Ausone
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- TypeRed Wine
- Size4
- SKU 210000049724
Blend: 55% Cabernet Franc, 45% Merlot
Professional Ratings
100 Points James Suckling
Incredible nose of currants and blueberries. Flowers too. Licorice. Such purity on the nose of Cabernet Franc. Full body, incredible structure, with fabulous tannins and a long, long finish. Built out of stone. The prefect Ausone. Try after 2022.
97-100 Points Wine Spectator
Such a dreamy, perfumed aroma to this wine. Full-bodied, but wonderfully polished and integrated. It touches every millimeter of your palate and the texture makes you want to cry. It touches your soul. Goes on for minutes. Another perfect red?
Barrel Sample: 97-100 Points
97-99 Points Wine Enthusiast
With huge freshness, the wine almost sings with elegance, despite its 14.5 percent alcohol. The texture is opulent, full of intense black fruits and a core of solid tannins. Impressive balance.
Barrel Sample: 97-99 Points
98+ Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
A masterpiece in the making, proprietor Alain Vauthier’s 2009 Ausone boasts a dense purple color along with notes of powdered chalk, crushed rocks and wild blue, red and black fruits. Extravagantly rich with great minerality, precision and freshness as well as a voluptuous texture (unusual for a baby Ausone), this is an extraordinary wine. Sadly, there are fewer than 1,200 cases ... for the world. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2060+.
Rating: 98+