Moulin Saint Georges 2006

A sleeper of the vintage, regardless of vintage conditions, this St.-Emilion owned by Alain Vauthier (also the proprietor of Ausone) offers a dense ruby/purple color as well as sweet notes of incense, spring flowers, blueberries, black currants, and crushed rocks/minerals. The 2006 is deep and medium to full-bodied with sweet tannin, and a layered mouthfeel. It should last for 10-15 years.

Tasted at Ausone. This is one of the best MSG's that I have tasted. A ripe, opulent nose with a lot of vanillary new oak at this stage. But there is ample fruit concentration to support it, a fine tannic structure and a lush, rounded, succulent mid-palate. Black cherries, violets and blueberry on the sappy finish. A great wine for those who cannot afford Ausone! Tasted April 2007.

Dark purple. Very opulent and velvety on the nose. Then quite lively and kicks up its heels but there is not the density that there has been in some other recent vintages. Sandy tannins on the finish. Some slightly green notes on the end. Quite sophisticated texture but it can’t mask what is missing - flesh. A Vauthier wine (Ausone stable).

Bright red-ruby. Vibrant nose offers blackberry, licorice, mint and minerals. Juicy, penetrating dark berry and crushed rock flavors lifted by violet. Pure and sweet, with firm acids and calcaire energy contributing grip and clarity. The tannins are firm but not hard. An excellent, ageworthy vintage for this Alain Vauthier property, which faces his Chateau Ausone.