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Ausone 2002

St Emilion, Premier Grand Cru Classé A

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Tasting Notes

Tasted blind at Farr’s 2002 Bordeaux tasting. This is a beautiful wine. A bouquet surfeit with joie-de-vivre and elan, ripe black cherries, cassis and a touch of damson, but underneath all that precocious fruit is a real, tangible sense of minerality. The palate is silky smooth on the entry with vestiges of creamy oak still to be resolved, wonderful persistency on the licentious finish. Gorgeous! Tasted October 2009.

Score: 96

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 January 2010

Taut , tough and a bit introvert. Drying tannins on the finish.

Score: 16 - 17

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2011-2018 04 November 2009

Saturated ruby-red. Explosive aromas of blackberry, minerals, violet, espresso and bitter chocolate. Fine-grained and pliant but with terrific precision of flavor and grip. Finishes juicy and very long, with substantial dusty tannins and excellent life and lift. (93+ points)

Score: 93

Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar 01 May 2005

In many respects, the 2002 may be even more impressive than the 2003. A far more challenging vintage to get everything right, and especially in St.-Emilion, where many disappointments have been produced, this is one of the wines of the vintage and (along with Pavie) among the finest wines from the Right Bank. It possesses a deep purple color as well as a gorgeous nose of creme de cassis, blackberries, wet stones, and wonderfully perfumed floral notes. When the wine hits the palate, it exhibits impressive purity, medium to full body, a multi-layered texture, and extraordinary precision and intensity with a finish just short of 50 seconds.

Score: 95

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2011-2035 30 April 2005

Beautiful blackberry and decadent aromas of meat and earth. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a rich, long finish. Should develop really nicely in the bottle. Tight. Best after 2007. 1,665 cases made.

Score: 92

James Suckling, Wine Spectator Maturity: 2007+ 31 March 2005