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2006 Ausone

Wine Details
Producer

Ausone

Place of Origin

France

Saint Emilion

Bordeaux

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Bordeaux Blend

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Alain Vauthier reported yields in the low 33-hectoliters-per-hectare range in 2006, in large part because he carried out three separate green harvests beginning at the end of June. He picked the merlot between September 21 and 30 and brought in the cabernet franc on September 30 and October 1. Following a selection in the vines, he also uses a vibrating sorting table after the fruit has been destemmed to eliminate any remaining bits of stems. Vauthier now owns two-hectoliter tanks that can quickly chill the must to 6oC. Incidentally, Vauthier declined to show the 2005, which was being fined and was in an awkward stage. This wine was a knockout last spring.