3 magnums per lot
Details
AUSONE
A Saint Emilion château renowned for wines of great longevity.
1918***
A good summer with ripe grapes harvested, still with labour shortages, just before Armistice.
MB, Vintage Wines
Château Ausone--Vintage 1918
Saint-Emilion, 1er grand cru classé (A)
Levels: two bottom neck and one very top shoulder; one partially illegible and bin soiled label, two missing labels, one cut capsule
Vintage identified from cellars records
...Richly coloured; glorious bouquet; excellent despite teeth-gripping astringency. A good period for Ausone. Oct 1982 ****
MB, Vintage Wine
3 magnums per lot
A Saint Emilion château renowned for wines of great longevity.
1918***
A good summer with ripe grapes harvested, still with labour shortages, just before Armistice.
MB, Vintage Wines
Château Ausone--Vintage 1918
Saint-Emilion, 1er grand cru classé (A)
Levels: two bottom neck and one very top shoulder; one partially illegible and bin soiled label, two missing labels, one cut capsule
Vintage identified from cellars records
...Richly coloured; glorious bouquet; excellent despite teeth-gripping astringency. A good period for Ausone. Oct 1982 ****
MB, Vintage Wine
3 magnums per lot
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