Why this vintage
- The 2008 vintage in Saint-ÉmilionA luminous back end to the season redeemed the vintage: fine fruit and delicate balance, from very small yields.
- Limited production16 000 bottles of this vintage.
The 2008 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 90/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A luminous back end to the season redeemed the vintage: fine fruit and delicate balance, from very small yields.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Saint-Émilion. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Blend of the 2008 vintage
- 55 % Cabernet franc
- 45 % Merlot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2008 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 65 % cabernet franc, 30 % merlot, 5 % cabernet sauvignon — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2008 sheet
- 27 hl/haYield
- 50 yrsVine age
- 16,000 bottlesProduction
Label
Winemaking
Traditional winemaking in wooden vats. Fermentation and maceration of 4 weeks in thermoregulated wooden vats.
Ageing
Aged for about 20 months in 100% new oak barrels.
Terroir
Clay-limestone and limestone over asteria limestone.
An offer on Château Ausone 2008
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Texts and documents 2008
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Visuals
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