Faugeres AOC and IGP Pays d'HeraultSyrah, Grenache, Mourvedre, Carignan, Cinsault11 haFounded 2007Brigitte ChevalierWinemaker Brigitte ChevalierORGANIC CERTIFIEDFaugeres
Eleven-hectare hilltop Faugeres estate founded in 2007 by Brigitte Chevalier after a Bordeaux trade career, set on schist bedrock inside the Haut-Languedoc Natural Park with a tasting room and gite among the vines.
Tasting: Cellar tastings at the hilltop winery by appointment; gite accommodation available
Signature wines: cebene-belle-lurette, cebene-felgaria, cebene-les-bancels
Tip: Felgaria (Mourvedre-led) is the schist flagship; Belle Lurette (old-vine Carignan-Grenache) is the heritage cuvee.
Faugeres AOCSyrah, Grenache, Mourvedre, Carignan, Roussanne, Marsanne22 haFounded 2018Sophie and Thibaud Bardi de FourtouORGANIC CERTIFIEDFaugeres
Historic Faugeres estate (formerly Jean-Michel Alquier, an early architect of the appellation), joined and renamed in 2018 by Sophie and Thibaud Bardi de Fourtou, with the schist parcels still at the core of the wines.
Tasting: Cellar tastings at Faugeres by appointment
Signature wines: bardi-alquier-les-bastides, bardi-alquier-maison-jaune, bardi-alquier-blanc
Tip: Les Bastides (Syrah-Grenache-Mourvedre) is the cellar bottle; the Maison Jaune is the entry-level Faugeres rouge.
Faugeres AOCCarignan, Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, Roussanne, Marsanne36 haOllier familyWinemaker Luc OllierORGANIC CERTIFIEDFaugeres
Five-generation Faugeres family estate at Fos run by siblings Luc and Francoise Ollier on 36 hectares of schist in conversion to organic agriculture, with their parents Nicole and Alain among the architects of the 1982 AOC decree.
Tasting: Cellar tour and tasting at Fos by appointment
Signature wines: ollier-taillefer-castel-fossibus, ollier-taillefer-collines-bleues, ollier-taillefer-allegro
Tip: Castel Fossibus (old-vine Syrah-Mourvedre-Grenache) is the prestige bottle; the Allegro white (Roussanne-Marsanne-Vermentino) is a rare AOC Faugeres blanc.
Faugeres AOC and IGP Cotes de ThongueSyrah, Carignan, Grenache, Mourvedre, Lledoner Pelut15 haFounded 2014Adele Arnaud and Olivier GilWinemaker Olivier GilORGANIC CERTIFIEDFaugeres
Faugeres estate established in 2014 by Adele Arnaud and Olivier Gil, 11 hectares of old-vine schist and 4 hectares of Cotes de Thongue clay-limestone planted to Syrah, old Carignan and the rare Lledoner Pelut.
Tasting: Cellar tastings and on-site accommodation; visits by appointment
Signature wines: mas-lou-angaco, mas-lou-aksou, mas-lou-blanc
Tip: Angaco (Faugeres rouge) is the schist flagship; the estate runs five guest rooms for vineyard stays.
Faugeres AOCCarignan, Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, CinsaultFounded 1959Les Crus Faugeres cooperative membersFaugeres
Faugeres cooperative winery founded in 1959 and operating under the Mas Olivier label, with the Vilavigne cellar door at Faugeres open year-round and a broad range of Faugeres AOC reds, whites and roses.
Tasting: Cellar tour and tasting at the Vilavigne cellar door at Faugeres
Signature wines: mas-olivier-expression, mas-olivier-grand-fontaine, mas-olivier-tradition
Tip: The Expression rouge is the cooperative's value Faugeres; the Grand Fontaine is the upper-tier old-vine bottling.
Saint-Chinian AOCSyrah, Grenache, Mourvedre, Carignan, Cinsault16 haFounded 1988Pascaline and Yves BourWinemaker Noemie VidlSaint-Chinian
Saint-Chinian estate at Bramefan, 16 hectares of vines (in a 25-hectare property) at 210 to 300 metres elevation, built from 1988 by Isabelle and Mathieu Champart and acquired in late 2020 by Pascaline and Yves Bour, who entrusted the cellar to Noemie Vidl while keeping the Bordeaux-meets-Languedoc precision intact.
Tasting: Cellar tastings at Bramefan, Saint-Chinian by appointment
Signature wines: champart-cote-d-arbo, champart-causse-du-bousquet, champart-clos-de-la-simonette
Tip: Causse du Bousquet is the prestige Syrah-led cuvee; Clos de la Simonette is the old-vine Mourvedre that often outlives the warmer Languedoc reds.
