1981 Ausone

1981 Château Ausone;
Ruby, thin brick rim. A level fill, splendid cork. Very little on the nose, maybe a faint touch of brett, some cassis, getting somewhat more sexy with air, coffee and chocolate, ripe plums. Good acidity, tannins more or less gone, easy going, a bit simple even if better with air. 83

Back in 1990 Parker felt this was an austere, tough-textured and charmless wine that needed ten more years to soften and develop. This bottle got twenty, and the tannins was almost gone.