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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.” 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. LOCATIONOF VINEYARD

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