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Alain Vauthier's 2003 may well turn out to be the single right-bank wine that's at the quality level of the best Medoc wines of this extreme vintage. Vauthier began his harvest on September 15, then brought in his superb cabernet franc during the last week of the month. He told me that the blend today is close to 14% alcohol, and that the cabernet franc was even riper than the merlot. The yield here was just under 30 hectoliters per hectare, and the IPT was 77, vs. 72 for the 2000. Unlike many of his colleagues, who sought to protect their grapes from the broiling sun in 2003, Vauthier carried out his normal leaf-pulling at veraison He felt that it was important to get the grapes used to the sun, "like someone who starts his summer at the beach in April." And he also did his normal green harvesting, to eliminate grapes that were green or grilled. Vauthier considers 2003 to be a great vintage, with outstanding longer-term potential. In comparison, he told me, 2002 is a fruitier style of Ausone, while the 2001 is austere and classic.

From The Annual Red Bordeaux Report (May 2004) by Stephen Tanzer

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