Chapelle d’Ausone – Saint-Emilion

(100% Cabernet Franc) Lovely fruity, fresh, floral nose and offers a lovely brightness in accuracy of fruit. It reveals notes of pulpy/juicy red cherry, violet and small notes of bright/juicy violet plum, associated with touches of small brilliant fruits, brilliant redcurrants, as well as hints of cornflower and vanilla. The palate is beautifully juicy, fruity and offers minerality, a fresh frame, acidity, a certain gourmandise, brilliance, as well as a lovely definition. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of brilliant redcurrant, bright cassis and small notes of cornflower, combined with touches of juicy/pulpy cassis, hints of bergamot, as well as a hint of cherry stem, lilac and a subtle, almost iodized hint (in the background). The tannins are precise, elegant, polished and gourmand. Good length. Freshness, suppleness, straightness, minerality, lovely definition and structure in freshness/acidity.