2020 Château Ausone, 1er Grand Cru Classé (A) St-Emilion

2020 Château Ausone, 1er Grand Cru Classé (A) St-Emilion

We haven't tasted the 2020 Ausone, but this tiny property is increasingly difficult to secure, and warrants buying En Primeur.

Critic score
99/100 info
Pricing
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Case, 3 Bottles - 75cl
From a client
1 available
£1,080.00
Case, 3 Bottles - 75cl
From a client
Report
1 available
£1,080.00
Bottle
From a client
2 available
£360.00

Wine details

  • Region & country
    Saint-Emilion, Right Bank, Bordeaux, France
  • Maturity
    Young 2028 - 2055info
  • Colour
    Red
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Style
    Still
  • Unit Volume
    Bottle (75cl.)
  • ABV
    14%

Tasting notes

This is powerful and blows away much of the competition with its depth and layers. This needs you to pull up a chair, take a beat, and let the flavours unroll. There is so much density to the blueberry, bilberry and smoked raspberry fruits that they start out knitted down, then as the oxygen opens them up the body of the wine widens and becomes fleshier and creamier, adding chocolate and mocha notes. The limestone scrape is there in spades through the finish, and this is a cleverly constructed wine. As ever Ausone is just a masterclass in how to take apart and then put back together a terroir. Great stuff. First year of official conversion to organic farming. 100% new oak, some in 30hl oak casks. Could go up after tasting in bottle, a potential 100 points.

Jane Anson, Decanter (May 2021)
99/100

Deep and intense with mineral, dark fruit and chocolate notes. Initially broad across the palate then firm, long, fresh and structured. Plentiful tannins but very fine and enrobed in generous fruit. Powerful but elegant with loads packed into the wine. Striking potential.

Jancis Robinson MW, jancisrobinson.com (April 2021)
18+/20

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