Chateau Ausone 1950

Professional reviews

Vinous (91)

The 1950 Ausone, born in a vintage that favoured the Right Bank, was surprisingly dark in colour. It feels a little withdrawn at first, atypically austere although well defined, eventually if reluctantly offering cedar and woodland scents with aeration though not the fruit intensity of say, the 1950 Cheval Blanc. After ten minutes, that leitmotif of mint gradually unfurls. The palate is pretty with black cherry and boysenberry fruit and here things get more interesting. Like other vintages of this era there is a Left Bank personality to this Saint-Émilion, hints of blueberry coming through with graphite and bay leaf and hints of Earl Grey. It is a fascinating Ausone and though the Cheval Blanc was better this year, this 1950 still has plenty to offer. Tasted at the Ausone vertical in London. Tasted 2018.

BOW (9)

Rene Gabriel (18)

Sheer perfection. Such an incredibly dense, complex wine aristocrat with fine herbal notes and incredible length, intense minerality, tremendous structure, fine sweetness, a wine of the brand "Speechless"