Château Ausone 2000
Château Ausone 2000 is a truly special vintage from one of Saint-Émilion’s most historic and revered estates. The 2000 vintage was exceptional across Bordeaux, and this is everything you would hope for from Ausone: powerful and concentrated, yet beautifully balanced by the elegance, precision and finesse that make the estate so distinctive.
With more than 25 years of bottle age, Château Ausone 2000 should now be showing beautifully, offering layers of ripe dark fruit, floral complexity and savoury depth, while retaining the structure and freshness to evolve for decades to come. A remarkable wine for collectors of mature Bordeaux and one of the great Right Bank wines of the vintage.
Robert Parker of The Wine Advocate awarded Château Ausone 2000 100 points, describing it as “The greatest Ausone I have ever tasted… phenomenal presence… astonishing richness and purity… should prove to be legendary.”
A legendary Saint-Émilion from an exceptional vintage, and a superb opportunity to experience Château Ausone at a remarkable stage of its evolution.
Fine Wine
Chateau Ausone Premier Grand Cru Classe A, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2000 6x75cl
Pack Size: 6x75cl£5,200 (In Bond)£6,261.46 (Inc. UK Duty & VAT)
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