2020 | Château Ausone | Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Description

Red Wine: 2020 | Château Ausone | Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

The 2020 has a very fragrant floral bouquet with fine definition and clarity, notes of wild strawberry and raspberry lifting from the glass with a hint of rose petal. The oak is very well integrated. The palate is well balanced with fine tannins.

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Producer: Château Ausone

Ratings: D | 99V | 99

Vintage: 2020

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.3%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: France, Saint-Emilion

The 2020 has a very fragrant floral bouquet with fine definition and clarity, notes of wild strawberry and raspberry lifting from the glass with a hint of rose petal. The oak is very well integrated. The palate is well balanced with fine tannins.

Reviews:

• Decanter: This is powerful and blows away much of the competition with its depth and layers.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.

• Vinous: reveals intense black cherry, blueberry and violet aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent, ripe tannins and a fine bead of acidity.

Producer Information

Château Ausone is a highly regarded wine estate in the Saint-Émilion region of northeastern Bordeaux. It is one of the prestigious few Saint-Émilion producers with Premier Grand Cru Classé A status – and one of only two estates (the other being Château Cheval Blanc) to hold this status since the inception of the classification in 1955. The wider estate is relatively small compared to other top rated Bordeaux châteaux, and its seven-hectare (17-acre) vineyard is planted almost entirely to Cabernet Franc and Merlot. A small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon appears in its second wine, Chapelle d’Ausone. The estate is named for the Fourth Century Roman poet Decimius Magnus Ausonius, who owned extensive property in Bordeaux, including some vineyards. However, the modern château and estate, which sit on a highly coveted spot just south of Saint-Émilion town on the edge of the Saint-Émilion plateau, date back to the 18th Century.