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1979 Château Ausone
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Libournais
- St. Émilion Grand Cru
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Community Tasting Notes 18
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glou.sf Likes this wine: 95 points
January 13, 2023 - Lovely, mature Bordeaux nose of leather, cherries, red fruit, underwood, and smoke. Perfectly balanced with similar notes on the palate and a long finish. Very elegant and pretty wine, what a nice experience!
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tinybubbles Likes this wine: 93 points
July 9, 2020 - Dark and deep with a textured palate. Quite a success for the vintage. 93-94
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Ericsson wrote:
November 8, 2019 - Bordal chez Albert (Vega, Ausone, Haut-Brion, Mouton...) (Chermignon): Aveugle. Couleur légèrement trouble et très poivron au nez, maigre et raide en bouche.
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tinybubbles Likes this wine: 92 points
April 21, 2019 - Balanced but somewhat subdued. Dark fruit beginning to dry, some tannins remain on the finish, and notable dark soil tones. Moderate length and intensity finish. Good on balance, but overall restrained.
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wineappreciation wrote: 94 points
April 21, 2018 - Sous bois, truffle, molded blackberry, cigar box; molded fruit becoming more dominant on nose as time progresses; a little thin but still with considerable depth and presence; poised, balanced, structured, long, lingering, engaging, defined; only a faint outline of fruit remaining, but with a purity and nobility of character; though fading, it is still strangely enticing; a beautiful decrepitude; lovely
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By John Gilman
Jan/Feb 2019, Issue #79, Château Ausone The Most Magical Terroir in St. Émilion(Château Ausone) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Neal Martin
Long and Winding Road: Ausone 1912–1999 (Mar 2018), 3/18/2018 (link)(Ausone Ausone Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
May/Jun 2006, Issue #3, The 1979 Vintage in Bordeaux: Not Consistently Excellent, But Some Truly Fine Wines(Château Ausone) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1979
- Type Red
- Producer Château Ausone
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Libournais
- Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 6 (3%)
- In Cellars 140 (69%)
- Consumed 56 (28%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerChâteau Ausone
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionLibournais
- AppellationSt. Émilion Grand Cru
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