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FRANCE
Figuière
WINERY OVERVIEW
Figuière is a 210-acre (85 hectares) organic wine estate located in La Londe, a sub-appellation
of the Côtes-de-Provence AOP. Alain Combard arrived from Chablis in 1992 and purchased
the property after discovering its unique terroir. Today, the second generation of the Combard
family carries on the pioneering spirit of their father. Alain’s daughter, Magali runs the
commercial side of the business while her brother, François, works in the cellar. La Londe
enjoys cooler temperatures than the rest of the Côtes-de-Provence thanks to the influence of
the sea and its schist soils bring an underpinning of minerality to the wines. “The schist in La
Londe seduced my father,” says daughter Magali, “schist and the sea make our style.”
LOCATION OF VINEYARD
Figuière is in La Londe-les-Maures between Marseille and Nice with vineyards that lie just
a few hundred meters from the Mediterranean Sea. “There’s a five-degree difference in
temperature from our vineyards to those of the interior,” says Magali, “the freshness found in
our wines is very singular to the La Londe region.” The original 44 acre (18 hectare) estate, has
been farmed organically since 1979. Over time, Alain Combard grew Figuière to its current
size of 210 acres (85 hectares) of vineyard, certified organic by Ecocert. Additionally, Figuière
purchases grapes from contracted growers to produce their Côtes-de-Provence Signature
series and Saint André Var IGP.