The 2018 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 96/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: After the mildew, the heat concentrated a small harvest: rich, ripe and very dense wines.
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 2018 vintage
- 60 % Cabernet franc
- 40 % Merlot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2018 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 2018 sheet
- 52 yrsVine age
Label
Winemaking
Traditional fermentation in oak vats.
Ageing
Aged for 20 months in barrels.
Terroir
The vineyard is exceptionally located and sheltered on the heights of Saint-Émilion, facing east-south-east, close to the southern ramparts of the medieval town. The vines lie on the asteria limestone plateau and on the clay-limestone slopes.
An offer on Château Ausone 2018
Availability, allocations and terms: the Compagnie Médocaine will reply promptly. The estate and vintage are already filled in in the message.
Texts and documents 2018
The texts below copy in one click for your product sheets, catalogues and social channels. The printable sheet condenses the whole page onto a single A4 page.
Visuals
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