2012 | Chateau Ausone OWC of 3

Description

Red Wine: 2012 | Chateau Ausone OWC of 3

The aromas are delicately smoky and the palate is all in elegance with very fine tannins, the whole displays a good length with freshness and above all a superb purity of the fruit. Great success.

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Producer: Chateau Ausone

Ratings: WA | 96JS | 98

Vintage: 2012

Size: 3x750ml

ABV: 13.5%

Varietal: Cabernet Franc, Merlot

Country/Region: France, Bordeaux

The aromas are delicately smoky and the palate is all in elegance with very fine tannins, the whole displays a good length with freshness and above all a superb purity of the fruit. Great success.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: One can’t say enough about the amazing job that Alain Vauthier and his daughter have done at this historic property on the decomposed limestone slopes of St.-Emilion. Not surprisingly, the 2012 Ausone is one of the candidates for the wine of the vintage. Inky purple in color, with notes of crushed rocks, spring flowers and blueberry and black raspberry, the wine grows on the palate, offering up amazing concentration. There is no heaviness or cloying characteristics. Pure, rich, full-bodied and, although accessible, it is capable of lasting 30 or more years. This will be one of the profound 2012s, following what Haut Brion and Mission Haut Brion did in Pessac-Léognan.

• James Suckling: Wild aromas of mint, spearmint, cool chalk and dark fruits. Full-bodied, tight, linear and incredibly long with a evening-stone, blueberry, cherry and mineral undertone. Crisp and extremely persistent. Iodine and oyster shell here to round it all off.

Producer Information

The estate took the name of a famous Latin poet of the 4th century AD, Ausone, who is said to have owned a house on the very spot where the castle stands today. It is undoubtedly an old vineyard but it took a long time to come out of anonymity. From the end of the 18th century, its history becomes clearer: it is successively the property of the Cantenat then of the Lafargue and still currently belongs to the descendants of these families. In the middle of the 19th century, informal classifications show it among the very best wines of Saint-Emilion. However, it was not until the 1970s and the arrival of Pascal Delbeck as manager to see Ausone appear among the greatest wines of Bordeaux. The current owner, Mr. Vauthier, has taken this wine even further.