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Ausone 2007

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux > Right Bank > St Emilion
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyMerlot/Cabernet Franc

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Tasting Notes

The 2007 Ausone is a candidate for one of the wines of the vintage, rivaling Pavie and Lafite Rothschild. Its deep ruby/purple hue is accompanied by a beautiful nose of spring flowers, raspberries, black currants, and crushed rocks. The wine is dense, medium to full-bodied, and pure with sweet tannin as well as a surprisingly evolved, forward style. It is one of the few Ausones I have tasted that can be drunk with great pleasure at this stage, yet it promises to evolve for two decades. Drink 2010-2030.

94
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (188), April 2010

Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 2007 Bordeaux tasting. The 2007 Ausone has a high-toned bouquet, a little flashy in style compared to its peers with touches of salted licorice coming through with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins and fine acidity. This is more cohesive and mild-mannered than the feisty aromatics, with good depth and a caressing, quite plush finish. It is a fine Saint Emilion, though it does not quite possess the breeding of the Cheval Blanc 2007 that was tasted alongside. Tasted March 2015.
Drink Date 2015 - 2028

92
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate (231), June 2017

Berry and milk chocolate aromas, with hints of flowers, followthrough to a medium-to-full body, with very silky tannins and adelicious, fruity finish. Subtle and pretty, balanced and gorgeous.So refined and caressing. Best after 2013.

91
James Suckling, Wine Spectator Insider, January 2010

55% Cabernet Franc, 45% Merlot. Heady. Rich and heady. A bit angular, not exaggerated but in this damp vintage not as mellifluous as Cheval’s gravel-based wine. Some green notes, a little awkward. Not Ausone’s finest hour, I feel. A bit chewy and green. We have to take the development on trust really, although I know the wine provoked greater enthusiasm a couple of days before. Drink 2013-2020

17.5+
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, April 2008

Bright medium ruby. Dark berries, graphite and violet on the perfumed nose and palate. Suave, creamy and seamless, with terrific inner-mouth energy to the concentrated fruit flavors. Boasts wonderful volume and sweetness for the vintage. Not at all a blockbuster-and less structured and youthfully aggressive than the 2006-but shapely and long on the aftertaste, with rather suave tannins. This is likely to give pleasure much earlier than the 2006 and 2005.

91/93
Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar

The mass of black fruits are rich and ripe, there is real power on the nose. The mix has complexity with sweet cassis mixed in with lighter bilberry and bramble, richness tempered with freshness. Towards the back it is supple and fleshy yet gracefully elegant. 2014-2025.

93/96
Derek Smedley MW, April 2008

Clearly another impressive wine from this very consistent estate but with less tannic power than 2005 or 2006. 55% Cabernet Franc in the blend provides a perfumed aroma and freshness. The tannins are long, linear and silky and there's a solid depth of fruit behind. Drink 2015-2030. 4 stars.

18
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91/94
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (176), April 2008

A deep black/purple colour. Like many other wines, the nose is quite taciturn at first, but it unfurls just like the Cheval Blanc to reveal some lovely pure blackberries, briary and bilberry. Very good definition and sense of minerality. This has immense concentration, very ripe black fruit and no evidence of any greenness at all. Lovely texture and focus, sappy finish. Great length, minerals all over the show. Excellent. Tasted April 2008

94/96
Neal Martin, RobertParker.com, April 2008

Complex aromas of rose, mineral, blackberry and licorice follow through to a full body, with fine, racy tannins and a medium-long finish. Racy and stylish.

90/93
James Suckling, WineSpectator.com, April 2008
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