Chapelle d'Ausone, St Emilion Grand Cru
Château Ausone

Chapelle d'Ausone, St Emilion Grand Cru


Destination

vintage


portfolio

Portfolio
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2017
75cl
DP
£168.20

2017
6x75cl
DP
£1,009.22

2019
6x75cl
DP
£889.22

2020
3x75cl
DP
£441.61

2020
3x75cl
DP
£441.61

2020
6x75cl
DP
£883.22

2020
6x75cl
DP
£883.22

Broking

Broking
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2010
6x75cl
DP
£1,135.22

2011
6x75cl
DP
£703.22

2019
6x75cl
DP
£697.22

En primeur

En Primeur
The following wines are either En Primeur or Ex-Chateau and currently abroad awaiting shipment to the UK. These wines are subject to final confirmation from the Justerini & Brooks team.


2022
6x75cl
EP
£870.00


Chapelle d'Ausone, St Emilion Grand Cru

2010
2011
2017
2019
2020
2022

Tasting Notes


Maturity:
Keep

ABV:
14.5 %

Notes

Ausone's second wine will rival just about any other St Emilion (apart from Ausone itself) in 2010. Chapelle is a blend of 65% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon from the finest terroir in the commune. It represents just a quarter of the production from yields of 26 hl/ha. When one tastes the Chapelle one wonders how the grand vin will eclipse it; it is complex, refined and utterly pitch perfect. On the nose there are notes of fine herbs, minerals, cut flowers, crème de mûre, dark chocolates and sweet earth. The palate is awash with multilayered fruit; this is seriously intense and svelte with a mass of purple and dark fruit, precise tannins and wonderfully refreshing acidity. Exquisite.

Critics score


Score:
90

100

Source:
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous

Date:
07/2013

Notes
Good deep red-ruby. Vibrant aromas of blueberry, menthol and flowers. Juicy, concentrated and tactile, with a distinctly penetrating quality to the blueberry, licorice, fresh herb and mineral flavors. A bit lean and wound-up today in an Old World way, this nicely concentrated second wine needs time to soften in the bottle.

specifications

country:
France

region:
Bordeaux

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Allergen Information:
This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.


Château Ausone

Château Ausone

Ausone is undoubtedly one of the legendary properties in Bordeaux, its reputation supported as much by its rarity as by the exceptional quality of its wines. In 1996, the 7-hectare vineyard and its elegant chateau, which stands guard above the main approach to St Emilion from the valley of the Dordogne River, were bought in full by Alain Vauthier. His family had previously shared ownership with the Dubois-Challon family, and the arrangement had not been a happy one for the wines. For the last decade quality has been on the up and up, the chateau is nearing completion of a lengthy and extensive renovation and the goals of the quiet but devoted M. Vauthier are one by one being achieved, with considerale help from regisseur Pascal Delbeck. A sensational run of successes from 2000 onwards has whipped up international interest in this property which, for a while in the 1980s, had managed to retain a band of devout followers without igniting much broader demand. The vineyards are planted with 50% Merlot, 50% Cabernet Franc and have an average age of 50 years old. Harvest is manual and the wine is aged in 100% new oak for 18 months on average. Ausone offers ultra ripe fruit, huge richness, thick-set tannins in its youth and is generally one of the more powerful and ageworthy St Emilions. Production is limited to no more than 2000 cases.

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