Château Ausone 1985 ELA
Château Ausone 1985 is a red wine from Saint-Émilion in Bordeaux, produced by Château Ausone and classified as a Premier Grand Cru Classé A of Saint-Émilion. It is an equal blend of Cabernet Franc and Merlot, under the ownership of Alain and Catherine Vauthier. The estate's vineyards spread across limestone and clay-limestone slopes in Saint-Émilion; harvesting is carried out plot by plot, and ageing is traditionally conducted for about 20 months in new French oak barrels. Wine Spectator awarded it 92/100 and advised drinking it after 1997, while The Wine Advocate rates it 75/100 and judged it to be mature. Critics describe a wine with red fruit notes, notably raspberry and strawberry, featuring fine tannins that may evolve toward a drier, more vegetative, and austere profile.
The bottle offered
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Slightly Damaged
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Wine details
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Saint Emilion
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château Ausone
- Millésime
- 1985
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 50% Cabernet Franc, 50% Merlot
Château Ausone
Château Ausone is a wine estate in Saint-Émilion, situated on a limestone hillside overlooking the Dordogne valley. Its 7-hectare vineyard, laid out in terraces, is predominantly planted with Cabernet Franc and supplemented with Merlot. The estate is owned by the Vauthier family, who have been associated with the estate since 1690.
- Owner
- Alain et Catherine Vauthier
- Maître de chais
- Philippe Baillarguet
- Surface (ha)
- 7.25 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 20 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The estate’s archives mention the ‘pierrières et casteau Dauzonne’ as early as 1592, providing ancient evidence of the site’s occupation and its limestone quarries. The Vauthier family acquired Ausone in 1690 and has ensured its continuity within the family ever since. The estate is now run by the eleventh generation of this family of winegrowers. Its vineyard covers 7 hectares of small terraces situated on a rocky promontory in Saint-Émilion. The plots are planted on soils of asterian limestone and clay-limestone. Cabernet Franc predominates, alongside Merlot; some vines are over a century old. Alain Vauthier and his eldest daughter, Pauline, are currently involved in the winemaking process. Philippe Baillarguet, cellar master at Château Ausone since 1997, is also in charge of the cellar for Ausone at Vignobles Vauthier. The wines are aged in the estate’s limestone quarries.
