Château Ausone 2022 – Saint-Emilion

(50% Cabernet Franc, 50% Merlot) Nice fresh nose, precise, elegant and offers power in finesse, an airy side in its grain as well as depth/elegance from the limestone. We find notes of fresh pepper, fresh spices and slight notes of fresh wild blackberry associated with touches of small bright blue fruits, bright strawberry as well as hints of sense of the place (local biotop) and nutmeg. The palate is nicely structured and offers freshness, tension, accuracy, a lovely finesse of fatness, roundness, elegance, a lovely freshness/acidity which carries complexity as well as a tangy structure. On the palate this wine expresses notes of pulpy blackberry, cornflower, violet and small notes of small fleshy/juicy red fruits associated with touches of toasted almond, fresh hazelnut, hints of crushed plum as well as hints of fine hints of vanilla and toast. A subtle chewiness at the end of the mouth. Beautiful delicious persistence. Lovely flavor! A sunny side, quite ripe but full of lightness, finesse and freshness.