Pauline Vauthier

Since 2009, the Vauthier family estates have been part of Pauline Vauthier’s daily remit, with the work centered on vineyard care and the discipline it requires over time. At Château Ausone, the management role sits close to the vines themselves: continuity is maintained row by row, season by season, through attention to detail rather than display. The estate’s long view depends on that kind of consistency.

Château de Fonbel is the other side of that same family framework, and Pauline Vauthier co-manages it with the same steady approach. On the property, she has said, “We have owned this Saint-Emilion Grand Cru since 1971, which is located in the plain south of the village of Saint-Emilion.” The line marks both ownership and place. In practice, the role is about holding the estate’s identity in line with the family’s larger method while keeping Château de Fonbel distinct within it.

The signature wines associated with Pauline Vauthier are Château Ausone and Château La Clotte. They point to the range of her work within the Vauthier family’s key labels, but the through-line is the same: refinement carried by balance, with cellar decisions and vineyard work treated as one continuous task. The style is built patiently, not asserted.

Saint-Émilion Grand Cru at Château de Fonbel frames Pauline Vauthier’s work in an appellation where continuity matters as much as reputation. The recognition sits with the practice: family ownership, steady management, and wines shaped for clarity and grace rather than volume or force. She is working at Château Ausone since 2005 and a qualified oenologist involved in winemaking at the family properties. She returned to the family fold in 2006 after studying viticulture and oenology and working in South Africa.