grape varieties: syrah, grenache, carignan terroir: shale (looks like slate but is formed from clay crystals) Vinification: manual harvest in 15 kg boxes, then maceration of the whole bunches.
Aging for 12 to 15 months in oak barrels.
Very aromatic and a beautiful expression of the terroir.
Taste: beautiful black color with ruby red reflections, the tannins are very fused.
The nose is powerful with scents of India ink, graphite and very ripe red fruit.
Rich while retaining soft and silky tannins.
Ideal with pieces of game and meat in sauce. Like many towns and villages in Languedoc, Faugères has had a violent history.
It was a center of the Huguenots and it underwent the 'dragonnades' and successive destructions
after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. It was only after the Revolution that
the village could fully devote itself to its first vocation: the vineyard.
In the 19th century it became known for a brandy, which obtained the appellation Fine AOC.
The brandy was distilled in an alembic from Charentes, a device that was not used
in the Languedoc. The sense of quality products was also expressed in wine production.
In 1948 the area of Faugères received a VDQS label and in 1982 the AOC followed for the red
and rosé wines.
grape varieties: syrah, grenache, carignan terroir: shale (looks like slate but is formed from clay crystals) Vinification: manual harvest in 15 kg boxes, then maceration of the whole bunches.
Aging for 12 to 15 months in oak barrels.
Very aromatic and a beautiful expression of the terroir.
Taste: beautiful black color with ruby red reflections, the tannins are very fused.
The nose is powerful with scents of India ink, graphite and very ripe red fruit.
Rich while retaining soft and silky tannins.
Ideal with pieces of game and meat in sauce. Like many towns and villages in Languedoc, Faugères has had a violent history.
It was a center of the Huguenots and it underwent the 'dragonnades' and successive destructions
after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. It was only after the Revolution that
the village could fully devote itself to its first vocation: the vineyard.
In the 19th century it became known for a brandy, which obtained the appellation Fine AOC.
The brandy was distilled in an alembic from Charentes, a device that was not used
in the Languedoc. The sense of quality products was also expressed in wine production.
In 1948 the area of Faugères received a VDQS label and in 1982 the AOC followed for the red
and rosé wines.