La Chapelle d'Ausone 2011

This elegant second wine of Château Ausone reveals aromas of black cherry, blackberry, violet, graphite, and subtle spice with beautifully integrated oak. Medium to full-bodied, the palate offers refined dark fruit, silky tannins, lively acidity, and a long, polished finish with classic Saint-Émilion finesse.

Food Pairing: Roast lamb, beef tenderloin, duck breast, truffle dishes, wild mushrooms, aged hard cheeses.

93 Points - James Suckling

Wonderful aromas of dried berry and light black truffle. Full body, intense tannins and a long, flavorful finish. This shows backbone and depth. A blend of 60% merlot, 30% cabernet franc and 10% cabernet sauvignon. Second wine of Ausone. Try in 2020.

93 Points - Wine Enthusiast

This complex wine has rich tannins and layers of new wood atop dark black berries. At the same time, it is rounding out well, offering spice, sweet acidity and a terse freshness that is infectious. It's a very fruity wine for the medium term. Drink from 2017.

91 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The beautiful second wine is Alain Vauthier’s 2011 La Chapelle d’Ausone. It possesses a dense ruby/purple color along with the nobility, class, finesse, precision, purity and copious blue and black fruits intermixed with a floral component, good minerality, and a medium-bodied, intense, rich personality. Never heavy or over-bearing, this is a beauty. As I have written many times in the past, the Vauthiers are making a “second wine” that is greater than many of the outstanding wines produced at this estate in the 20th century. This wine should drink well for 15 or more years.