Grands crus atlas
Area under vine at the estate, from its technical sheet — it does not change from one vintage to the next. Each vintage’s blend, by contrast, departs from it: that figures on its own page.
For eleven generations the Vauthier family has cultivated seven hectares of vines on the same limestone rock, at the top of Saint-Émilion's southern slope. A viticultural myth since Roman times, Ausone favours finesse, refines every detail and never yields to display.
From the vineyard to the underground quarry, every gesture is measured. Vintage after vintage, an identity reasserts itself through a wine that marks the palate rather than trying to explain itself.
The vineyard faces east-southeast. The plots lie on two distinct geological formations: a quarter of their total area on asteria limestone and three quarters on the Fronsadais molasse. The vines have an average age of 50 years. The planting is 45% Merlot and 55% Cabernet Franc. The vineyard is located on a steep hillside facing east-southeast. At the top of the slope it is surrounded by a belt of rocks that shelters it from the north and west winds.
Alcohol, yield and vine age are those of the 2025 vintage; they vary from year to year. Only the area above stays stable from one vintage to the next.
| Vintage | Best score | Vintage character | Technical sheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | A dry summer and cool nights gave balanced merlots, pure and without excess ripeness. | fiche · PDF |
| 2024 | — | A difficult flowering and a wet summer reduced the harvest: light, aromatic wines, to be drunk early. | PDF français · PDF anglais · PDF français — chapelle-d-ausone · PDF anglais — chapelle-d-ausone |
| 2023 | — | Mildew cost a good share of the harvest; what was brought in is early, fresh and promising. | PDF français · PDF anglais · PDF français — chapelle-d-ausone · PDF anglais — chapelle-d-ausone |
| 2022 | — | The extreme drought was absorbed by the clays: a sun-driven concentration, but without the expected harshness. | PDF français · PDF anglais |
| 2021 | — | Frost followed by a cool summer brought back classic wines, lighter and more taut, to be drunk in their youth. | PDF français · PDF anglais · PDF français — chapelle-d-ausone |
| 2020 | — | An early, dry year gave splendid wines, which many rank above 2018. | PDF français |
| 2018 | — | After the mildew, the heat concentrated a small harvest: rich, ripe and very dense wines. | PDF français |
| 2012 | — | Merlots brought in just before the rain made for a vintage markedly more successful than on the Left Bank. | fiche · PDF |
| 2011 | — | A warm spring followed by a wet summer gave classic wines, best drunk relatively young. | fiche · PDF |
| 2010 | — | The dry summer and cool nights gave dense, tannic wines of extraordinary ageing potential — the exact opposite of 2009. | fiche · PDF |
| 2009 | — | An ideal sun-drenched season carried the style of seduction to its peak: sumptuous, fleshy wines, immediately accessible. | PDF français |
| 2008 | — | A luminous back end to the season redeemed the vintage: fine fruit and delicate balance, from very small yields. | PDF français |
| 2007 | — | A cool, wet summer gave light, silky wines, with a short ageing potential. | PDF français |
| 2006 | — | A wet August diluted the merlots: straightforward, restrained wines, less expressive than on the Left Bank. | PDF français |
| 2005 | — | A drought that never stalled ripening gave opulent, perfectly structured merlots: a legendary vintage. | PDF français |
“Best score”: the highest score recorded for this wine, with its source. “Character”: the overall reading of the year across the appellation, which an estate may depart from.
The estate’s grand vin and other cuvées, vintage by vintage: VinCod sheet and printable PDF.
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