Château Ausone is named after the 4th Century Gallo-Roman poet Ausonius, who was born in Bordeaux and owned 100 acres of vines around St-Emilion.  The remains of a Roman Villa lie on the estate and it is speculated that this could have been Ausonius'.  The estate has been owned by the Vauthier family since the 1920s.   Michel Rolland is employed as consultant. The wines are famously rich and powerful in style.  The vineyard is just 7.3 hectares in size.  The château sits on the steep side of the limestone plateau.  Beneath it are miles of quarries, dug in the sixteenth century.   A medieval chapel sits next to the château and gives the second wine its name, Chapelle d'Ausone.