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2001 Chateau Ausone (750ml OWC)
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QUANTITY AVAILABLE: 12
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PRICE ABOVE IS PER BOTTLE, ONLY AVAILABLE IN 12 BOTTLE ORIGINAL WOOD CASE
Vintage: 2001
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Chateau Ausone
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Appellation: St. Emilion
Producer: Chateau Ausone
Varietal: Red Bordeaux Blend
Type: Red
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Sub-Region: Libournais
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Tasting note: The 2001 Ausone has put on even more weight than I anticipated. The “wine of the vintage,” this inky/purple-colored 2001 boasts a provocative, floral perfume of crushed stones, raspberries, blackberries, creme de cassis, licorice, and smoke. What makes it so sensational are the layers of flavor and nuances that unfold as the wine sits in the glass as well as on the palate. This is an extraordinarily intense effort, but remarkably elegant and well-balanced. It ideally needs another decade of cellaring; it should last for 4-5 decades! Alain Vauthier is a perfectionist, which is evidenced by what he has produced over the last half dozen vintages at Ausone. Kudos to readers lucky enough to find a bottle or two ... and live long enough to enjoy them in their prime. (98pts. Robert Parker)
Tasted: Jun. 2004
Score: 98
Drink: 2012-50
Tasting note: Medium ruby. Tarry black fruits and minerals on the nose. Began extremely tight and austere, with penetrating black fruit and mineral flavors. With aeration, this showed more flesh and complexity, hinting at blackberry, graphite, espresso and sexy oak. For such a vibrant, juicy, minerally wine, the tannins are extremely fine. This may well merit an even higher score 12 to 15 years down the road. (93+pts. Stephen Tanzer)
Tasted: May/Jun 2004
Score: 93+
Drink: N/A
Tasting note: You have to love the beautiful plum, berry and vanilla character in this wine. Full-bodied, with fine tannins and a long finish. Very refined and beautiful. Not the 2000, but classic just the same. (95pts. JS, Wine Spectator)
Tasted: Mar. 31, 2004
Score: 95
Drink: After 2007
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