Chateau Ausone, Saint-Emilion, France 2000 Chateau La Bridane as well as complexity

as well as complexity

The palate is spicy and complex

and delicious with bright acidity and citrus flavors of meyer lemon and grapefruit to go along with a nice backbone of ocean salinity

notes of ripe red fruits and a subtle hint of oak

A blend of 49% merlot

Chateau Ausone, Saint-Emilion, France 2000 Chateau La Bridane as well as complexityForget all those garage wines, forget the upstarts of Saint Emilion. When you want real class, you have to turn to Ausone. What a wine magnificently dense and opaque, hugely rich and sensual. Yet it doesn't seem in the least decadent for deep inside the wine is a huge backbone of ripe tannins. 98 Pts Wine Enthusiast