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2016 Chateau Ausone, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
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11.6% of All Producers of Fine Wine
Limited ProductionLess than 500 cases made per year. Good luck finding this at your local wine store.
7.5% of All Fine Wine
Top VintageBehold! One of the finest vintages of this wine ever made.
61.1% of Vinovest WinesWhy We're Buying
Château Ausone is widely considered one of the finest producers in Saint-Émiltion and with good reason. Its flagship wine is stunning. The sand and clay on limestone soil contribute to a clear expression of terroir with concentrated fruit flavors, tangy acids, and forward mineral characteristics. The 2016 Château Ausone features equal parts merlot and cabernet franc aged in 80 new oak barrels. The resulting grand vin leads with confidence, flaunting a full body of dark berries, spice, lavender, and wildflowers. While the red blend has a commanding presence with prominent muscularity, it manages to stay graceful and poised on the palate. Expect 2016 Château Ausone to hit its stride shortly and keep for a half-century. The Final Sip: With only 2,000 cases made annually, the demand for the stunning 2016 Château Ausone is bound to exceed supply.
Critics Scores
Decanter
The incredible succulent power in Ausone puts a different perspective on other wines, as it so often does. The epitome of perfumed finesse. The yield is up at 40hl/ha, high for these poor limestone soils, and the remarkable clarity of expression that runs right through the delicate but fleshy raspberry and smoke-tinged palate is helped by a pH of 3.5 (compared to 3.6 last year). In my book this counts as one of the truly exciting signatures of the vintage and that is only boosted by the limestone terroir. Stunning, with enormous persistency and a finish that just doesn't want to quit. From a blend of 50 Merlot and 50 Cabernet Franc, aged in 80 new oak barrels.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2016 Ausone is a blend of 50 Cabernet Franc and 50 Merlot. Deep garnet-purple colored, it's quite closed at first glance, slowly unfurling to reveal the most incredible perfume of violets, chocolate-covered cherries, warm black plums, Black Forest cake and roasted nuts with suggestions of charcuterie, wood smoke and cedar chest. The medium to full-bodied palate offers a quiet intensity of flavors that grow in the mouth to unveil layer after layer of black and red berries intertwined with beautiful savory notions framed by firm yet velvety tannins, finishing with epic length and amazing energy. It practically tingles on the palate!
James Suckling
Very exotic and fascinating with dark-berry, floral and violet aromas that follow though to a full body that is tight and polished with ultra-fine and driven tannins. They really are amazing. A wine with such strength and finesse at the same time. Confident and real Ausone. A blend of 50 per cent merlot and 50 per cent cabernet franc. Better after 2025.
Wine Enthusiast
Beautifully structured, this wine has elegance despite its heft and richness. It has the enticing acidity of the year as well as concentration and generous, spicy, perfumed Cabernet Franc. This is a wine to age and it will not be ready before 2025.
Jeb Dunnuck
The 2016 Château Ausone is up with the crème de la crème of the vintage and isn’t far off the thrilling 2015, although it shows a more seamless, elegant character. Loads of spice, crushed violets, floral notes and subtle oak give way to a full-bodied beauty that has thrilling cassis and black raspberry fruits, polished tannin, perfect balance, and a great, great finish. This thrilling Ausone needs 4-6 years of bottle age but will keep for 30 years or more.