95+pt Insider's secret from the Ausone stable... Gorgeous La Clotte 2015
95+pt Insider's secret from the Ausone stable... Gorgeous La Clotte 2015
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Wine Advocate (95+)
This was the first vintage for the Vauthier family of Château Ausone off this tiny three-hectare estate. Composed of 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon aged for 18 months in French oak barrels, 85% new, the 2015 La Clotte displays a medium to deep garnet-purple color and a very spicy nose of cinnamon stick, cloves, star anise and allspice over core of red and black currants, mulberries and black soil plus a waft of violets. Full-bodied and decadently fruited with a firm backbone of very ripe, beautifully velvety tannins, it has a lively backbone providing loads of lift throughout the very long finish.HK$4,595.00


"Chateau La Clotte is a true, Saint Emilion insider’s secret wine." - Jeff Leve, Wine Cellar Insider
"The Vauthier family continues to do terrific work at La Clotte, a property that is clearly on the rise." - Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Since 2014,...
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