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The Winter 2011 Auction
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Lot 189
Estimate: $1,600
OWC. Nicked label.
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95JG
"In contrast to the powerful 1989, the 1988 vintage at Château Ausone has produced an absolutely textbook example of this great terroir and this is now clearly my candidate for wine of the vintage in all of Bordeaux in this vintage! The wine wafts from the glass in a very refined aromatic constellation of red and black cherries, blood orange, menthol, gentle nutskin elements, a touch of eucalyptus, a beautiful base of chalky soil tones and lovely chocolaty tones. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, focused and shows off really lovely mid-palate depth, with great soil signature, suave, seamless tannins, outstanding purity and focus and a very long, vibrant and complex finish. This will be more exotic aromatically with further bottle age, but it is already an absolutely complete wine and is a joy to drink today. That said, try to give it another four or five years in the cellar to let some of the inherent exoticism of the old school to join the party."
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"In contrast to the powerful 1989, the 1988 vintage at Château Ausone has produced an absolutely textbook example of this great terroir and this is now clearly my candidate for wine of the vintage in all of Bordeaux in this vintage! The wine wafts from the glass in a very refined aromatic constellation of red and black cherries, blood orange, menthol, gentle nutskin elements, a touch of eucalyptus, a beautiful base of chalky soil tones and lovely chocolaty tones. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, focused and shows off really lovely mid-palate depth, with great soil signature, suave, seamless tannins, outstanding purity and focus and a very long, vibrant and complex finish. This will be more exotic aromatically with further bottle age, but it is already an absolutely complete wine and is a joy to drink today. That said, try to give it another four or five years in the cellar to let some of the inherent exoticism of the old school to join the party."
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