text: The flagship restaurant of the Mandalay Hotel and Casino, Aureole is architectural and design wonder.  The sleek open space is punctuated by the 3 story wine tower, home to nearly 10,000 bottles  (a fifth of their overall inventory).  This version of Aureole is far different from the small, intimate original in Manhattan's Upper East side, but in Vegas, bigger is better.  Visuals are great and all, but how is the food?  Excellent.  Chef Charlie Palmer's \"progressive American\" focuses on dishes of high-quality ingredients simply prepared and presented.  The menu is straightforward, either choose the 3 course prix fixe or the 7 course \"Celebration of Great American Food\" tasting menu.  Selections are mostly seasonal, although consistent on the menu are the \"Peking\" duck and Colorado lamb, both very good.\n\nAureole is home to one of the largest and diverse wine lists one will ever see.  Over 2,000 selections and 50,000 total bottles, the list is presented electronically on a wireless tablet PC.  There is an initial \"wow, this is cool\" upon seeing this, in practice it would be best to have a good ol' analog (paper) wine list.  Although I am usually too proud to ask for help selecting a bottle, there is simply too man options here.  The sommeliers are incredibly knowledgeable, and I suppose they had better be with an inventory such as this.  I would prefer to see a better by-the-glass list.  Unless you get the 7 course meal, with the wine pairings, your single serving options are rather limited.