Château Ausone 2007

Magazine RVF "Grande amplitude de bouche dès son attaque avec une matière tapissante, grasse et ample. Très belle allonge mêlant caractère minéral graphite à une expression séductrice apportée par un boisé très stylé et complexe, finement fumé (vingt mois d’élevage). Très grande longueur en finale et doté déjà d’un fondu de tanins exceptionnel. Le terroir d’Ausone a parfaitement répondu au millésime."

"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 fullbodied, 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. Drink 2010-2030."

"Berry and milk chocolate aromas, with hints of flowers, follow through to a medium-to-full body, with very silky tannins and a delicious, fruity finish. Subtle and pretty, balanced and gorgeous. So refined and caressing. Best after 2013."

"55% Cabernet Franc, 45% Merlot. Heady. Rich and heady. A bit angular, not exaggerated but in this damp vintage not as mellifluous as Cheval’s gravel-based wine. Some green notes, a little awkward. Not Ausone’s finest hour, I feel. A bit chewy and green. We have to take the development on trust really, although I know the wine provoked greater enthusiasm a couple of days before. 17++."