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Chapelle d'Ausone 2005

Bordeaux - Saint-Émilion - 2nd wine - Château Ausone
$289.08
Bottle 0.75L
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Stored in air-conditioned cellar
Stored in air-conditioned cellar
Data sheets
Grape varieties
Merlot 60%
Cabernet Franc 30%
Cabernet Sauvignon 10%
Château Ausone

Château Ausone

The Château Ausone is a mythical name in the Saint-Émilion vineyard, charting its course off the beaten track and embodying a style that's uniquely its own. It's a Domaine that owes its name to the Latin poet Decimus Magnus Ausonius, also a professor and political advisor in the Late Roman Empire, who was born in Bordeaux in the year 309.

In the 1960s and 1970s, two families fought over the estate, the Dubois-Chalon and the Vauthier families, particularly over how to run the vineyard and vinifications. Alain Vauthier finally took over the reins in 1995, and from 1998 onwards, Château Ausone regained its place among the most prestigious wines of Bordeaux.

In the first edition of the Saint-Émilion classification in 1955, Château Ausone achieved the privileged position of Premier Grand Cru Classé "A". It retained this distinction up to and including the 2021 vintage. At the beginning of 2022, Domaine chose to withdraw from the classification, the next edition of which was due to be made official in September of the same year. Thus, from the 2022 vintage, the label of Château Ausone will mention only the appellation Saint-Émilion Grand Cru. 

The Château Ausone is located on a 7-hectare south-facing vineyard mid-slope of the Saint-Émilion hillside, on limestone soils covered with a superficial layer of gravel. The grape varieties are 55% Cabernet franc and 45% Merlot. The wines are aged for 16 to 18 months in French... See more ...

Description Chapelle d'Ausone 2005.

Arboring a superb ruby color with lightly tiled highlights, the wine gives off seductive aromas of black fruits.

A subtle, complex blend, it doesn't take long to express spicy notes of white pepper and cedar.

On the palate, it reveals all its finesse and elegance through a smooth attack and ample mid-palate.

The perfectly integrated and very silky tannins are velvet-like.

A little liveliness on the finish balances the whole, which ends on a very aromatic finish.

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