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The April 2020 Auction: Part 2

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Auction Ends: 4/9/2020 6:00:00 PM PDT

Lot #42. Ausone 1990

Description: Consists of 1 Bottle, 0.75L
Score: 96 JG.
"he 1990 vintage of Château Ausone is a stunning wine. There is a purity and soil signature front and center here that is not always evident in wines from this torrid vintage on the Gironde, and Ausone’s signature elegance is now very much this wine’s calling card. The beautiful bouquet wafts from the glass in a blend of red and black cherries, nutskin, cigar wrapper, chalky soil tones, a touch of blood orange and a lovely, floral topnote. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and deep at the core, with superb transparency and grip, modest tannins and a very long, complex and vibrant finish. At age twenty-nine, the 1990 Ausone is just starting to blossom and drink with generosity and refinement, but the more exotic topnotes here have not yet fully emerged and there is even more magic to come for those who can defer gratification . . ." John Gilman, View From the Cellar, Mar/Apr 2019, Issue #80
Provenance: The Brioche Cellar
Lot Location: Orange County
Estimate: $425

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