Château Ausone - St.-Emilion 1989 (3L)
Price: $3000.00
| Producer | Château Ausone |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | St.-Emilion |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 1989 |
| Sku | 3486 |
| Size | 3L |
Vinous: 90 Points
The 1989 Ausone is a good but not great wine certainly one that ought to have been far better given the benevolent growing season. The nose is well defined with dark berry fruit mocha leather and undergrowth scents fully matured but nicely focused. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly better acidity and more freshness than the 1990. The tannins feel rather rugged – certainly an Ausone that needs to look up the word “finesse” in the dictionary yet there is good substance and an agreeable pencil lead tinged finish. What is it missing? Just a sense of personality. Tasted at the Ausone vertical in London.
vWine Spectator: 90 Points
More Burgundian than Bordeaux in color and density but delivers pretty berry tobacco and leather character. Medium-bodied round and silky with plenty of opulent fruit. This needs drinking.?'89/'99 Bordeaux blind retrospective (2009). Drink now.
