Ausone other_regions redcurrants and blackberry compote with

redcurrants and blackberry compote with touches of licorice

Time has been kind to this wine

An interesting and equally fresh and ripe nose combines notes of black fruit coulis

moderate levels of acidity that segues to a very peppery and vivacious finish

Ausone other_regions redcurrants and blackberry compote withThe 1990 Ausone is a vintage that I have tasted half a dozen times, waxing lyrical when I first tasted it way back in 2000, but then my sentiments cooling off with each encounter. It has an exotic bouquet that articulates the growing season more than the terroir camphor and eucalyptus, quite heady and showy (some might say vulgar but that would be too pejorative.) There is a smear of chocolate on the entry, moderate acidity, fleshy and ripe but