It is quite simple to see the layout of the vineyards. The village, with its old center, its troglodyte caves and its quarries, the narrow paths behind Ausone where you can imagine the Roman soldiers guarding the property almost 2,000 years ago, the drive atop the village along the stone wall, all make you wonder why you would ever want to leave. Since the landscape is dotted with so many wineries and so little else, you get a sense that vineyards, land and people all belong to this area in a very special way. Whatever side of the mountain you are driving from, there are beautiful properties to lure you even before you reach the village with its majestic tower and tall church reaching for the firmament. Charming village of Saint-Émilion, with its narrow streets and Monolithic Church.
