Wine Advocate: 98+ Points
Two bottles were badly corked which is certainly a scary situation for a wine where only 1000 or so cases were produced. However a third bottle was magical and just short of perfection. Its saturated purple color was followed by a surprisingly more evolved and open wine than I had written in my tasting note in 2003 where I predicted maturity between 2020 and 2075. This wine displays wonderful sweet tannin and a big sweet kiss of truffle crushed rock blueberry blackberry and licorice. Extremely rich full-bodied with astonishing power precision and delicacy this is a sumptuous wine that should age well for 50-60 years but in the case of the one bottle out of three that was not corked it seemed far more evolved and forward than I suggested in my write-up in 2003.
Vinous: 97 Points
The 2000 Ausone was tasted on no less than three occasions during March 2015 once with Pauline and Alain Vauthier. It is a great millennial Saint-Émilion with intense blackberry and cassis fruit laced with cedar and violets. Less opulent than it showed in its youth it is a perfect marriage of Merlot and Cabernet Franc. The palate even at 15 years of age is quite backward and you could argue rather glossy. Yet there is poise here that lingers in the mouth with a brilliant mineral-driven finish. It is an Ausone that will give five or six decades of drinking pleasure but will certainly repay the more patient. Tasted at a private dinner in Bordeaux. - By Neal Martin on March 2018
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