Château Ausone is a Premier Grand Cru classe A family owned vineyard from St Emilion wine region in Bordeaux. The Château dates back to the 4th century and its vineyards create top quality Bordeaux wines from classic Bordeaux grape varieties such as Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Nowadays Château Ausone is managed by Alain Vauthier alongside his daughter Pauline Vauthier who are direct descendants of the 17th century owners, the Dubois-Challon-Vauthier family.

Bordeaux Wines

It's hard not to associate Bordeaux with fine wine. For centuries Bordeaux has built its fame and prestige as a wine region of excellence. Great chateaux lie on both banks of the river Gironde, as a result of what Bordeaux wines have achieved. The main grape varieties for Bordeaux classic reds are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot complemented by Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc that produce great white wines.

Cabernet Franc Wines

Cabernet Franc is a black-skinned grape variety from France that grows in almost all wine producing countries in the world. Cabernet Franc is famously known as Cabernet Sauvignon’s parent and as one of the grapes to be found in the world's finest Bordeaux Blend wines. Its nose is usually described as herbaceous with tones of tobacco, dark spice with its signature note: bell pepper. Besides France, Cabernet Franc is famous in Italy, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa. USA, Canada, Argentina and Chile.