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    Chateau Ausone

    Ausone St Emilion 1er GCC A 2008

    Bottle Size
    75CL
    Rating
     
    About Professional Wine Ratings
    A wine score is the quickest, simplest way for a wine critic to communicate their opinion about the quality of a wine. Professional wine rating scores from a wide range of critics, for example Robert Parker's Wine Advocate and Wine Spectator, are usually adjusted for the 100-point scale. A mean of these scores is presented for specific vintages of a wine, as well as across all vintages.
    RP
    Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
    WS
    Wine Spectator
    JH
    James Halliday
    BC
    Bob Campbell MW
    JS
    James Suckling
    BH
    Burghound
    RP
    98
    WS
    94
    JS
    96

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    Ausone St Emilion 1er GCC A 2008

    HK$7,160

    About The Wine
    Possibly the “wine of the vintage,” the 2008 boasts an inky/blue/purple color as well as a glorious perfume of spring flowers, blueberry and blackberry liqueur, camphor, truffles and crushed rocks. With great fruit on the attack and mid-palate, a medium to full-bodied, multidimensional mouthfeel and a skyscraper-like finish, this prodigious effort over-delivers, even for this phenomenal terroir. Give it 5-8 years of cellaring and drink it over the following 40-50 years. RP
    Region
    Grape
    Cabernet Franc, Merlot
    Type
    Body
    Medium to Full-Bodied
    Sweetness
    Dry
    Food Match
    A good marriage of food and wine ideally provides more pleasure than enjoying either one separately. As each of us have different sensitivities to various flavours and preferences, the definition of 'perfect pairing' varies, and this makes up the fun part of food and wine pairing.
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    RP
    92
    WS
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    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. RP
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    RP
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    JS
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    RP
    96
    WS
    94-97
    JS
    98
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    WS

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