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  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    from 2020
  • Food Pairing

    Beef

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The 2015 Ausone is a blend of 50% Cabernet Franc and 50% Merlot this year, cropped at 30 hl/ha between 29 September and 2 October for the Merlot and 8-10 October for the Cabernet Franc. Matured in 85% new oak, it has a very intense bouquet of small dark cherries, cassis, violets and incense, a hint of blood orange originating from the Merlot tucked underneath. The palate is medium-bodied with svelt...

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The Story

Ausone owes its unique quality and longevity to a magic marriage of situation and soil. The steep slopes of the vineyard are arranged like an amphitheatre, facing southeast, which gives perfect exposure and maximum protection, and the soil is a mixture of clay and sand on limestone. When old vines and the ability to pick the entire vineyard quickly, due to the small size, are added to the recipe the result is something special. Ausone grows in...

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Wine Information

Excitement about the potential of the 2015 Bordeaux vintage – and wine made in several other parts of France last autumn – has been rising for months. In Bordeaux,  but also in Burgundy,  Champagne and the Rhône, conditions were close to  ideal last summer.

Hours of sunshine and average temperatures were the highest since records began – even higher than in “mythical” wine-growing years such as 1921 and 1947. “We think we have something ver...

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Vintage 2015

Full report of Bordeaux 2015 by Andrew Caillard MW “Next in line in a great series of vintages; 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2015.

 

2015 is a wonderful Bordeaux vintage without the hype or hysteria associated with 2009 and 2010. The wines are generally expressive and generous with wonderful concentration and structure. Given another year in barrel, the wines should gain more complexity and fruit volume. Châteaux, in all sub-regions, are e...

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Ruby. Scented, dark fruity, blueberries, minerals, nuanced, layered, superb nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, dark berries, anise, spices, layered, playful, superb texture, intense and long. Superb. Stunning length. 100

  • 100p
Ausone - immense wine, with healthy dosage of oak, stunningly refined and sophisticated, classy elegance, silky fruit and tannin. Fabulous balance and finish. Truly remarkable wine. 97-98.
  • 97p
Nice structured and complex wine. Apart from loads of dark and red plum, some mint, cigar leaves, pencil sharpen can be detected. Oak and vanilla were well integrated without over power. Tannin was firmed and velvet. Length was very long. This wine showed a combination of masculine and feminine characters- a powerful tannin structure yet in a delicate silky way of fineness and freshness. A highly sophisticated wine. 98+
  • 98p
A truly great wine. Dark purple red colour with violet hue and black core. Powerful yet elegant nose with complex approach. Blackberries, elderberries, hints of sloe, elegant spiciness. On the palate rich yet elegant with great length, freshness and excellent tannins. A wine with a very persistent character, excellent complexity and finesse.
  • 99p
Dark plum, roasted chestnut aromas. Substantial and involved wine with concentrated ripe dark plummy blackberry fruits, brambly yet spinuous tannins and plenty of mocha oak. Powerful and generous yet lovely precision and line. Elemental and richly flavoured with al dente grippy firmness. Paneforte plum flavours at the finish. 99 points 
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Ausone Saint Emilion 1er Grand Cru Classe A- 50% Merlot 50% Cabernet Franc - 85% New Oak - 30 hl/ha 50 year old vines at Ausone. Composed perfumed nose, pure and mineral, violet, earth, there is the extra density here, very mineral with lots of freshness too. It is constituently impressive, long spiced finish, a calm wine, linear, will evolve beautifully I suspect. Leaves a real buzz on the finish. Femininity and elegance. 96- 99/100 2030-2060
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Origin

St.Emilion, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

Very Good

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