Château Fougas

The origin of the vineyard dates from the 17th century. Long ago Chateau Fougas belonged to the Priory of Bellegarde. A surveyor’s watercolour from this period shows the lands surrounding the Chateau belonging to one owner, as is the case today. A beautiful stone building in the gironde style was constructed in 1778.

Château Fougas was mentioned in the first edition of Feret’s publication as a “ Great Cru Bourgeois”.

It is a family prope...

The vineyard of 17 hectares is situated on the right bank of the Gironde, thirty kilometres from Bordeaux in a beautiful region known as the, « Petit Suisse Girondine » (“Little Switzerland “).

The proximity of the estuary bathes the vines in a soft and temperate climate.

Several studies of the soil have been carried out on the terroirs of the Côtes de Bourg.

The first, by the French Ministry of Industry and Research under the directi...

“For us, the wine we wish to make should be an expression of the Terroir. We search for as wide a range of flavours as possible; the violet rather than the tar, the refined more than concentrated…. We don’t blindly follow current trends but prefer to rest closer to the earth and attach importance to that which is authentic, refined, elegant, rich with beautiful aromas, spices and fruits….”

Chateau Fougas’s fixed objective is to produce an o...