Community Tasting Notes 25

• RAB007 Likes this wine: 94 points

  May 26, 2023 - A well kept bottle with minimal amber rim and top shoulder fill. Tasted next to a 1964 Cheval Blanc, and while excellent, still a notch below the CB. Dark fruit (and still adequate fruit) intriguing bouquet, definitely a point. Delicious.

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• Cailles wrote: 94 points

  May 21, 2023 - 20 Mature Magnums (mostly Bdx, w/ Unico, Vogue Musigny, Marthas): From magnum. Three 1964 Bordeauxs side-by-side. All three wines couldn’t hide the fact that 1964 isn’t the strongest vintage. The common denominator here was a medium complexity but especially a bit of missing weight mid palate. Nevertheless, being all in their prime, these wines were drinking quite beautifully today. The Ausone (94pts) and Mouton (93pts) were fresh and with even some exciting traits (Mouton’s coconut nose). The Margaux (93pts) initially showed almost completely over-the-hill. Dismissed by many, I kept my glass and my intuition was not wrong: after 30-40 minutes in the glass we had a new wine, no faulty notes anymore and at least on par with the others.
  
  TN: Expressive nose with a strong dark fruit core, herbs and some bbq notes. Very intriguing. On the palate there is a beautiful freshness with fine melted tannins, good tension and an airy texture. It misses a bit of aromatic weight but shows nice dark red and darker fruit, some sweeter coffee notes and a tiny bit of minerality. Beautiful to drink and with a good freshness as the highlight at first and with time an increasing sweetness. It has not the weight and aromatic density to truly excite but is fun to drink today.

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• sirpat00 wrote: 92 points

  May 6, 2023 - Magnum Rarities Tasting in Zurich (Zunfthaus zur Waag, Zurich): From Magnum: Beautiful nose of tobacco, earth and leather which form a finely layered base. Ripe and on balance more red type of berry fruit but also with darker elements of plum, green herbal aromatics, cold smoke and sweet wooden notes. This could have been excellent if it wasn’t for the palate which was a tad thin resulting in an acidic imbalance. Even bigger issues were no mid-palate to speak of and a pretty short finish.

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• G_H wrote: 94 points

  May 6, 2023 - Annual Richter All-Magnum Extravaganza: Iodine, Oysters, tobacco, malt, warm. Medium body, quite long

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• acyso wrote: flawed

  April 14, 2023 - St. Emilion night (Chicago, IL): Extremely high amounts of volatile acidity. Red wine vinegar, acetone, Sharpie marker, the whole shebang.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1964
• 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

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• In Cellars 55 (52%)
• Consumed 51 (48%)

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