Faugères facts

My last post talked about schist and a couple of producers of note. Here are a few more facts about Faugères, courtesy of the Faugères Appellation Press Dossier.

- The appellation consists of 2075 hectares of vines

- There are 7 villages in the Faugères appellation

- Faugères was awarded the appellation for red and rosé wine in 1982

- They had to wait until 2005  for it to be extended to white Faugères

- the average altitude in Faugères is 250 metres

- the average yield for AOC Faugères in 2007 was 34 hectolitres per hectare. The maximum yield permitted by the AOC regs is 50 hl/ha

- 11% of Faugères is exported