Château Ausone--Vintage 1976

6 bottles per lot
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Château Ausone--Vintage 1976
Saint-Emilion, 1er grand cru classé (A)
Levels: bottom neck or better; bin soiled and torn labels
"The finest Ausone of the seventies, and along with Lafite-Rothschild of Pauillac, one of the two outstandingly great wines of this vintage, the 1976 Ausone is indeed a profound wine. Surprisingly dark colored for the vintage, with a voluptuous, intense, complex bouquet of minerals, licorice, truffles, and ripe, spicy blackcurrant fruit, this full-bodied, powerful, large-scaled Ausone has remarkable size given the vintage. Amazingly, it is a bigger wine than more recent Ausone such as the 1978, 1979, 1985, and 1986. It is a winemaking triumph for this difficult vintage. Anticipated maturity: now-2010." Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, #95, (Oct 1994)
6 bottles per lot

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