Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews. Learn more.
Manage Subscriptions
Important Update From the Founder
Read message >
Red
1999 Château Ausone
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Libournais
- St. Émilion Grand Cru
Label borrowed from 2000
Label borrowed from 2000
Label borrowed from 2000
Label borrowed from 1998
Label borrowed from 1998
Label borrowed from 2000
Label borrowed from 2001
Label borrowed from 2001
Label borrowed from 1997
Label borrowed from 1997
Label borrowed from 2001
Label borrowed from 2001
Label borrowed from 1997
Label borrowed from 2001
Label borrowed from 1996
Label borrowed from 2002
Label borrowed from 1996
Label borrowed from 2002
Label borrowed from 2002
Label borrowed from 1996
Label borrowed from 2003
Community Tasting Notes 48
-
brr003 wrote:
November 6, 2023 - maybe
-
acyso wrote: 93 points
April 14, 2023 - St. Emilion night (Chicago, IL): Shows very ripe, with plenty of plummy notes on the nose and palate. The distinction between this at the 2001 Chapelle really is the texture -- whereas the Chapelle is a bit coarse, this has a full, silkiness on the palate that is really enjoyable. The tannins on the back end aren't yet fully resolved, but there's a velvety, almost dusty quality to them. To me this feels like it's just entered its secondary stage.
1 person found this helpful Comment -
dream Likes this wine: 94 points
March 20, 2023 - This has an incredible nose of black cherry spice and chalky minerals. Leaner and certainly in it's drinking window and it reminds me a lot of Cheval Blanc in the leaner vintages like '96 and '06. Really crisp and precise with a regal texture and lovely secondary flavors of truffles and . The finish is taut and still grippy with phenomenal flavors of graphite and chalk minerals. No doubting this terroir in my opinion.
1 person found this helpful Comment -
Jeff Leve wrote: 97 points
July 16, 2022 - A clear candidate for wine of the vintage, this stunner is concentrated, full-bodied, deep, long, and intense Multi-faceted and multi-layered, the wine finishes with ample freshness and crushed stones with a touch of thyme that builds and lingers. Drink from 2025-2055.
3 people found this helpful Comment -
mclanew Likes this wine: 94 points
April 9, 2022 - Very good but not great Ausone. Decanted for two hours. Pretty, lithe nose of blackberries, brambles and truffle. The wine is medium to full bodied, in early maturity and nicely balanced. Blackberry, plums, smoke and herbs come through. The wine is delicious, elegant but a tad thin and short on the finish. Overall a different kind of wine than recent Ausone’s. More classic in style.
1 person found this helpful Comment
1 - 5 of 48
More notes
Pro Reviews 5
Add a Pro ReviewVinous
-
By Neal Martin
Long and Winding Road: Ausone 1912–1999 (Mar 2018), 3/18/2018 (link)(Ausone Ausone Red) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
-
By Jancis Robinson, MW
6/25/2009 (link)(Ch Ausone St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
-
By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2001, IWC Issue #96 (link)(Chateau Ausone Saint Emilion) Subscribe to see review text.
-
By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2000, IWC Issue #90 (link)(Chateau Ausone Saint Emilion) Subscribe to see review text.
RJonWine.com
-
By Richard Jennings
1/28/2005 (link) 94 points(Château Ausone) Big, oak, fruit bomb nose; concentrated vanilla, coffee, black fruit palate with depth; medium-plus finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1999
- 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
- UPC Code 000002263168
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 1,260 (76%)
- Consumed 394 (24%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 17 votes
More About This Wine
Articles
- ProducerChâteau Ausone
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionLibournais
- AppellationSt. Émilion Grand Cru
Add Articles
- Wine1999 Château Ausone (add)
- FamilyChâteau Ausone (add)
- ProducerChâteau Ausone
- VarietalRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionLibournais
- AppellationSt. Émilion Grand Cru