Château de Figuières

When Alain Bovis saw Figuières for the first time, love at first sight was immediate. This estate, one of the magical places in the south of France, is an ancient terroir where nature imposes itself by its power, its beauty, its omnipresence. Alain Bovis wanted to go in the direction of this close relationship with nature, and develop an almost carnal relationship with wine. There have always been vines here, and today, among the few surrounding estates, Figuières is particularly intriguing. 150 meters above sea level, a maritime influence - the sea is 5 kilometers away, behind a rocky bar -; a dominant blue side with the ponds, Bages, Gruissan; and a large plateau, smelling of garrigue, in the colors of limestone. "The estate has always existed, but after phylloxera, the vines became grazing land for sheep." Until we replanted... That was in 1980. The Mediterranean-type climate gives us warm days, the sea and the La Clape massif cool nights. The prerogative of great wines made from extremely fine grapes that need to mature slowly without being "burnt". The soils, mainly native marl and marl-limestone dating from the Cretaceous, mixed with the products of the erosion of the limesto