9 bottles per lot
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Château Ausone--Vintage 1981
Saint-Emilion, 1er grand cru classé (A)
Levels: bottom neck or better; three glue stained labels
This medium ruby wine remains closed, but exhibits adequate ripeness of fruit. However, the hard tannins are cause for concern. The 1981 Ausone is a medium-weight wine, with good concentration, but I believe it will always be an austere, tough-textured, charmless wine. It still needs 10 years to soften and develop. Anticipated maturity: Now-2010. Last tasted, 1/90. Robert Parker, Bordeaux Book, 3rd Edition (1998)
9 bottles per lot
Saint-Emilion, 1er grand cru classé (A)
Levels: bottom neck or better; three glue stained labels
This medium ruby wine remains closed, but exhibits adequate ripeness of fruit. However, the hard tannins are cause for concern. The 1981 Ausone is a medium-weight wine, with good concentration, but I believe it will always be an austere, tough-textured, charmless wine. It still needs 10 years to soften and develop. Anticipated maturity: Now-2010. Last tasted, 1/90. Robert Parker, Bordeaux Book, 3rd Edition (1998)
9 bottles per lot