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  • Country ranking ?

    476
  • Producer ranking ?

    15
  • Decanting time

    5h
  • When to drink

    from 2025
  • Food Pairing

    Lamb with aubergines

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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

A Snap-shot of the 2014 Vintage by Markus Del Monego MW

2014 had an early start with budbreak around 10 days ahead of the 10 years average. End of May flowering started on the early terroirs in heterogeneous conditions, whereas the later varieties such as Cabernet-Sauvignon and Franc as well as later terroirs took advantage of a warm and sunny period beginning of June. July and August where quite cool and humid and in the second half of Aug...

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Vintage 2014

Bordeaux Vintage 2014 - is not a great vintage like 2005, 2009 or 2010 but it will be able to secure a position as one of the very good vintages of Bordeaux.

Generally scheduled between the end of March and the beginning of April, Primeur Week in Bordeaux is always an exciting time because it allows a first glimpse of the latest vintage. The sheer number of wines available for tasting is impressive and a week almost seems short. This is why...

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Tasting note

color

Deep

nose

Intense, Pure, Fresh and Refined

taste

Perfectly balanced, Multi-dimensional, Youthful, Full-bodied, Firm, Elegant and Fresh

Verdict

nice but not special and Intelligent

Written Notes

Tasted in April 2015. Packed with sweet fruit and oak, very concentrated, very complex and with great length. Excellent complexity and structure. Fabulous stuff.

  • 95p

Medium deep colour. Roasted chestnut, dark plum aromas. Fresh red plum flavours, fine slinky tannins and underlying roasted chestnut cedar oak. Finishes bitter sweet and long. Beautifully balanced.

  • 96p

This is another fabulous wine and a perfect expression for this vintage. It is difficult to forget the gorgeous blueberry and raspberry fruit, full body, sweet tannin, a multi-layered texture, and purity and palate presence of this stunning wine.

  • 93p

Ruby. Scented, violets, blueberries, detailed nose, some spices behind, light mineral note nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fresh, fruity, lively, detailed, nuanced, elegant, long and almost playful. 95-97

  • 96p
TOP 25 Bordeaux 2014 : Château Ausone was one of the best ones -Dark purple red with violet hue and almost black centre. Elegant but persistant nose with complex approch, perfect balance of fruit and minerality. On the palate very elegant with velvety character, ripe tannins, depth and length, great potential. The quintessence of elegance. 97 points
  • 97p
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Information

Origin

St.Emilion, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Above Average

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

Below Average

Fake factory

None

Glass time

3h
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