Bottle
750 ml
HK$4,000.00
2 in stock
Château Ausone
Premier Grand Cru Classé “A”
Grand Vin
Bordeaux
Red
2013
Merlot
Poultry
Wine Maker
Michel Rolland
Conditions
Other offers
Vintage
Packing and size
Price
Order Qty.
2009
Pack of 6
(750 ml)
HK$85,500.00
2009
Bottle
(750 ml)
HK$15,000.00
2010
Pack of 3
(1500 ml)
HK$99,750.00
2010
Pack of 6
(750 ml)
HK$182,400.00
2010
Bottle
(750 ml)
HK$16,000.00
2011
Pack of 6
(750 ml)
HK$34,200.00
professional wine critic
93 - 95
Probably the wine of the vintage, once again. Only 9,000 bottles of the 2013 Ausone were produced, as crop size was 50% of normal. However, proprietor Alain Vauthier and his daughter certainly have proven a truly great wine can be produced in some of the most trying conditions Bordeaux wine producers have had to deal with over the last 20 years. Yields were only 22 hectoliters per hectare and the final blend was 55% Cabernet Franc and 45% Merlot. The haunting aromas of wet rocks, spring flowers, blue and black fruits and forest floor are followed by an incredibly dense, attractive wine with sweet tannin, stunning concentration and texture, medium body and a depth that is essentially unreal in a vintage such as this. The wine is a superb example of great winemaking under the most difficult circumstances. Unlike more recent Ausones, this should be reasonably drinkable in 5-6 years and yet be capable of lasting 25-30.
June, 2023
91
Plenty of ripe red and black berries, but also some candied orange and mint. Generous blackcurrant-pastille character is married to slightly rustic tannins, but they were (quite rightly) cautiously extracted. Nice length and pretty good harmony at the finish for this vintage. Drink or hold. Château Quintus vertical tasting. SP.
June, 2023
91
The Ausone 2013 was on of the superior wines from the challenging growing season like few others. I remember Pauline Vauthier telling me that it was thanks to 10 hot days in July that any greenness was eradicated. From freshness, if not quite delivering the complexity and sensuality one often finds with Ausone.
June, 2023
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