Chateau Ausone - Chapelle d´Ausone 2011

JAMES SUCKLING: "Wonderful aromas of dried berry and light black truffle. Full body, intense tannins and a long, flavorful finish. This shows backbone and depth. A blend of 60% merlot, 30% cabernet franc and 10% cabernet sauvignon. Second wine of Ausone. Try in 2020."

WINE ENTHUSIAST: "This complex wine has rich tannins and layers of new wood atop dark black berries. At the same time, it is rounding out well, offering spice, sweet acidity and a terse freshness that is infectious. It´s a very fruity wine for the medium term. Drink from 2017."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The beautiful second wine is Alain Vauthier’s 2011 La Chapelle d’Ausone. It possesses a dense ruby/purple color along with the nobility, class, finesse, precision, purity and copious blue and black fruits intermixed with a floral component, good minerality, and a medium-bodied, intense, rich personality. Never heavy or over-bearing, this is a beauty. As I have written many times in the past, the Vauthiers are making a “second wine” that is greater than many of the outstanding wines produced at this estate in the 20th century. This wine should drink well for 15 or more years." - Robert M. Parker, Jr.

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: 91 THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Blending 60% Merlot , 30% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon , the wine opens with crushed stone, smoke, floral and cherries. Supple and sweet, the wine feels like polished black cherry. This is definitely the best second wine in Bordeaux today."