Château les Arbousiers, Faugères
Château les Arbousiers in Cabrerolles is a new venture for Fabien Pujol. His father arrived at the Château de Grézan in Laurens in 1988, and Fabien began working there in 2012. However, there are significant differences between the two properties. Les Arbousiers was started in 2019, with a first vintage in 2020, taking over the cellar and vineyards of the former Les Fusionnels which was run by Arielle Demets. Fabien was looking for something small and exclusive. The vineyards at Grézan are HVE; Arbousiers is organic. And there is a difference of 120 hectares at Grézan as opposed to 10 for les Arbousiers. The altitude is different and so is the atmosphere. At Cabrerolles the vineyards are at 300 metres and Fabien described the area as very aerien, solaire . It is all on a much more human scale. Fabien has taken over Arielle’s spacious cellar outside Cabrerolles, with its fibre glass and stainless-steel vats. The cellar is partially underground, making for natural insu
