Chateau Ausone
Only three families have successively owned the legendary, somewhat mysterious château and wine—Château Ausone, 1er Grand Cru Classé A. Its majesty has ruled over the Saint Emilion area since the beginning of the fame of local wines. From the 8th to the 17th century, the Lescours family owned the estate, followed by Jacques Lesure and his heirs; from the late 17th to the 19th century, the Chantonnet-Cantenat family; and finally, up to the present, the Dubois-Chalon-Vauthier family of the same lineage. But the history of Château Ausone itself begins in 1770, when Jean Cantenat, a master cooper and barrel maker, married Jeanne Chantonnet, heiress of an extensive estate. The couple gradually concentrated the estate around the manor they had built in 1781. In the lower part of the estate, in a place called La Gaffelière, the Cantenats discovered the remains of a villa from the Gallo-Roman period. Since 1996, when he bought out the Dubois-Chalon family's share, Alain Vauthier has become the sole owner of Château Ausone and the entire vineyard estate.
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