Château Ausone

Château Ausone, St Emilion, 2022

Name: Château Ausone, St Emilion
Brand: Château Ausone
Price: 1648.37 GBP

100/100

Inside Bordeaux

94-96/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

99/100

The Wine Independent

98/100

Vinous

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2022
3x75cl
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£2,050.37
2022
3x75cl
DP
£2,050.37

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2022
3x75cl
DP
£1,648.37

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Provenance in fine wine

When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of utmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.

Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

99/100

Chris Kissack,

The Wine Independent

The grand vin is 50% each Cabernet Franc and Merlot, and the élevage was in 100% new French oak barrels for 20 months. Dark and a little brooding on the nose, this starts off with a little matchsticky reduction beneath which the fruit is currently hiding. With a little time it begins to emerge, led by confit red cherry and crushed summer fruits, then rose petals, verbena and mint all eventually coming to the fore. The palate is a delight, charming and fresh, with a supple upper layer of juicy cherry and currant fruits, garlanded with rose petals, verbena, acacia and mint, which rests over a tightly knit base of tannins which persist beneath the fruit and runs into the finish, gently coating rather than dominating the palate. This is a stunning Ausone, with such purity and finesse, such completeness of tannic structure and floral fruit, so integrated and yet clearly brimming with potential, its future seems destined to be magnificent. The alcohol is declared on the label to be a striking 15%, of which there is no real suggestion on the palate at all, but if that bothers you, now you know. A remarkable wine.

drinking window 2032 - 2072

date of review 06/2025

100/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Hands down one of the wines of the vintage, shows power and depth coupled at every point with lift and grip, stretches out through the palate, slowly but surely delivering a tickle of spiced sage and saffron, with sappy blackcurrant and graphite. 100% new oak, harvest september 5 to 27, organic conversion, 54 years average vines, Vauthier family shows once again how well they judge construction and architecture. First year not officially a Premier Grand Cru Classé A, but they have kept the ranking off the label for a number of years, so no change on that level.

drinking window 2030 - 2050

date of review 03/2025

98/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Ausone, which was the earliest-picked ever on September 5 (although that is later than Cheval Blanc) has another very intense bouquet with layers of plush blackberry, blueberry, crushed violet and incense aromas that are beautifully entwined with the 100% new oak. Hints of blood orange emerge with a few minutes in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with silky tannins and perfectly pitched acidity. The slightly higher proportion of Cabernet Franc imparts a touch more pepperiness toward the finish. You can feel this on your tongue long after it has departed. There is a surfeit of freshness on the finish. This is an outstanding Ausone that can look forward to a very long future.

drinking window 2030 - 2065

date of review 02/2025

94-96/100

William Kelley,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

A blend of equal parts Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the 2022 Ausone unwinds in the glass with aromas of plums, raspberries and cherries complemented by hints of crushed mint and spices, framed by a lavish patina of creamy new oak. Full-bodied, layered and rather muscular, it's deep and concentrated, its vibrant core of fruit framed by a serious chassis of rich, powdery tannins, concluding with a long, saline finish. Given its imposing levels of structuring extract, it will require patience.

date of review 04/2023

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