WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 944; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2011 which is 881. The average score for Château Ausone is 919, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Ausone they use words like Fruit, Black, Freshness, Ripe, Sweet, Tannins, Purple, Intense, Oak, Dark, Fruits, Tannin, Acidity, Deep, Flowers. The 2011 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2011 but no other wine from Château Ausone: Peel, Unbridled, Beguiling, Vanillary, Cloaked, Luscious, Decomposed, Phenomenal, Riveting, Forest. The wine will be ready to drink in 3 years (in 2019) and should be consumed within the next 24 years (by 2040). It normally takes wines from Château Ausone around 11 years to be ready to start drinking, and 26 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Latour 2009, Château Haut-Brion 2010, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Haut-Brion 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Palmer 2012, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008.
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Prices & Deals for Château Ausone 2011
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-24 |
gbp |
329 |