Ausone - St. Emilion (Futures Estimated Arrival Fall 2025) 2022 (Pre-arrival) (750ml)
Price: $800.00
| Producer | Ausone |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | St. Emilion |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blends |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 1005889 |
| Size | 750ml |
Jane Anson: 98-100 Points
The 2022 Ausone was picked from 5 to 30 September and matured for 20 months in French oak. These aromatics take a little time to open in the glass. Once they do they are precise with wilted iris flowers infusing the black fruit and background pencil box and incense hints. The palate is medium-bodied with silver bead acidity threaded through the blackberry and bilberry fruit. Fresh and focused this Ausone possesses a structured finish with a pinch of black pepper on the finish. Elegant in style this Ausone almost creeps up in you and seduces intellectual and persistent in the mouth. Upon departing I couldn't help wondering if I had witnessed this Saint-Émilion demonstrates its full potential hence the plus sign against my score. 14.4% alcohol.
jsJames Suckling: 97-98 Points
13 Apr 2023 ? This is really open with bright and flamboyant aromas of cassis and cherries. Blueberries. Some peaches as well. I don't remember a young Ausone like that. Full-bodied with flamboyant fruit and energy. Very fine tannins. They are there but you don't feel them. Supple but very fruity. And intensely fruity at the end.
Vinous: 95-97+ Points
The 2022 Ausone was picked from 5 to 30 September and matured for 20 months in French oak. These aromatics take a little time to open in the glass. Once they do they are precise with wilted iris flowers infusing the black fruit and background pencil box and incense hints. The palate is medium-bodied with silver bead acidity threaded through the blackberry and bilberry fruit. Fresh and focused this Ausone possesses a structured finish with a pinch of black pepper on the finish. Elegant in style this Ausone almost creeps up in you and seduces intellectual and persistent in the mouth. Upon departing I couldn't help wondering if I had witnessed this Saint-Émilion demonstrates its full potential hence the plus sign against my score. 14.4% alcohol.
Wine Advocate: 94-96+ Points
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.
