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2015 Château Ausone, St Emilion, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Merlot
Not ready (Drink 2028 - 2070)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
100/100
Neal Martin MW
98/100
Jancis Robinson MW
18.5/20
Jancis Robinson MW
19/20
James Suckling
100/100
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
99/100
James Suckling
99/100
James Lawther MW
96/100
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2015 Château Ausone, St Emilion, Bordeaux

Description

There is a wonderful quality to this grand vin in 2015. Its hilltop location looking out over the appellation always makes it a glorious property to visit and we loved the wine this year. Sweet, succulent and beautifully perfumed with floral aromas and a touch of vanilla spice, there is real focus here.

This great estate has used its renowned terroir to create something which is full of multi-layered fruit complexity. Really focused, rewarding and utterly charming, the mouth-filling creamy palate offers a richness of flavour which lingers long on the finish. This epic wine is one of the very best produced by the Bordelais in 2015.

Blend: 50% Merlot, 50% Cabernet Franc

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2015
Alcohol % 14.5%
Maturity Not ready (2028 - 2070)
Grape List Merlot
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Ausone

Critics reviews

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 100/100
Ausone 2015 is a blend of 50% Merlot and 50% Cabernet Franc and has a medium to deep garnet color. It needs considerably swirling and air to begin to reveal notes of iron ore, Chinese five spice, underbrush, and black truffles, before it opens out to a core of fruitcake, dried roses, licorice, and blueberry preserves, plus a hint of kirsch. Full-bodied, rich and powerful in the mouth, the palate delivers a solid core of muscular fruit with firm yet velvety tannins and seamless freshness, finishing with incredible length and jaw dropping layers. Incredible!Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW , The Wine Independent (November 2022)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, TheWineIndependent.com (Nov 2022)
Neal Martin MW 98/100
The 2015 Ausone has a detailed, precise bouquet whose intense, graphite-infused black fruit gains intensity with each swirl. This is very sophisticated and compelling. The poised, medium-bodied palate delivers filigreed tannin, perfect acidity and an extraordinarily persistent finish that outclasses almost everything around it. This is outstanding and surely represents one of the wines of the vintage. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting.Neal Martin, Vinous.com.com (Jul 2019)
Neal Martin MW, Vinous.com (Jul 2019)
Jancis Robinson MW 18.5/20
Dark crimson with some purple. Real class and concentration on the nose - all vineyard, surely. Brisk yet very opulent. Lots of drive and no oak in evidence. Very fine. Very long. Drink 2025-2042 jancis_robinson_mw MW - JancisRobinson.com - Apr 2016
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2016)
Jancis Robinson MW 19/20
Dark crimson with some purple. Real class and concentration on the nose - all vineyard, surely. Brisk yet very opulent. Lots of drive and no oak in evidence. Very fine. Very long.Drink 2025 - 2050jancis_robinson_mw MW, JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2019)
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2019)
James Suckling 100/100
A mindbinder of a wine with pure fruit and so much fine tannins and mineral character. It’s hyper tight and super polished. The palate starts off slowly and ends with a bang. Amazing endless finish. What an energy. james_suckling - jamessuckling_com - Apr 2016
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Apr 2016)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 99/100
Composed of 50% Cabernet Franc and 50% Merlot aged in French oak barrels, 85% new, for 20 months, the 2015 Ausone features a deep garnet-purple color and comes bounding out of the glass with expressive plum preserves, wild blueberries and cherry pie aromas plus fragrant nuances of roses, licorice, Indian spices, bakers chocolate, new leather and cedar chest plus a touch of underbrush. Big, rich, opulent and full-bodied in the mouth, it is laden with bold blue and black fruits, superbly supported by very firm, very finely grained tannins and wonderfully seamless freshness, finishing with long-lingering exotic spice hints.Lisa Perrotti-Brown - 21/02/2018
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, RobertParker.com (Feb 2018)
James Suckling 99/100
Very intense and aromatic Ausone with rose petals, fresh herbs, dark berries and raspberries. Full body and great intensity and brightness. Purity and focus reminiscent of crushed grapes. Such beauty, greatness and elegance to this wine. Goes on for minutes. Needs four or five years to come completely together but so long and beautiful. Try drinking in 2021.james_suckling, jamessuckling_com (Feb 2018)
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Feb 2018)
James Lawther MW 96/100
50% each Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Suave texture but so much power behind. Fine, fragrant nose of pure berry fruit then real density and depth on the palate. Layered fruit and tannins but finely etched. Clean, long and persistent. Drink: 2025-2045 james_lawther MW - decanter.com
James Lawther MW, Decanter.com

About this wine

Saint-Emilion

Saint-Emilion

First officially classified in 1954, St-Émilion is one of Bordeaux's largest winemaking appellations, producing more wine than Listrac, Moulis, St Estèphe, Pauillac, St Julien and Margaux combined. Many of the region's finest vineyards can be found atop the steep limestone slopes of the village itself, although a fledgling band of garagiste producers are eschewing terroir to make small-batch, deeply-concentrated wines from their homes.
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