Family estate in Cabrerolles making Faugères reds, whites and rosés from exclusively schist soil.
The producer
Château de la Liquière famille Vidal Dumoulin is a multigenerational family estate in Cabrerolles, in the highest part of Faugères. The vineyards sit on exclusively schist soil. Sophie Vidal handles administration, Laurent Dumoulin manages the vineyards, and François Vidal works in sales. The estate's wines are made for a pure, exact style while retaining southern character. Its range includes reds, whites and rosés.
Known for
Faugères from exclusively schist soil
Notable facts
Organic certification dates from 2009.
The estate produces 13 distinct wines, comprising 8 reds, 3 whites and 2 rosés.
The vineyard work includes pheromone confusion across almost all parcels, experimental biodynamics in places and sheep grazing.
The story
Bernard Vidal's First Bottlings
In 1961, Bernard Vidal made his first bottlings from a separate domaine. The two domaines merged in the 1980s with the family château, forming the unified operation now associated with the Vidal Dumoulin name. The estate's work continued as a multigenerational family enterprise in Cabrerolles, within Faugères AOC. Today the vineyards are worked parcel by parcel, with separate fermentations carried out in nearly 60 vats. The cellar reflects the shape created by the merger: one family estate, many parcels and each parcel given its own fermentation vessel.
From the atlas
Château de la Liquière famille Vidal Dumoulin
A family estate in Cabrerolles, making Faugères wines from exclusively schist soil across a range of reds, whites and rosés.
At A Glance
Field
Detail
Appellation
Faugères AOC
Place
Cabrerolles
Main wines
Red, white and rosé wines
Signature wine
Château de la Liquière Faugères
Defining feature
Exclusively schist soil
The Producer
The Vidal Dumoulin family operates Château de la Liquière across multiple generations. Sophie Vidal handles administration, her husband Laurent Dumoulin manages the vineyards, and François Vidal works in sales. The estate operates 55 hectares in Cabrerolles within Faugères AOC and follows organic farming.
The wines are made for a pure, exact style that retains southern character. The family keeps the range broad in colour while working within one appellation and one family estate.
Place
The vineyards occupy the highest part of Faugères, where the ground is exclusively schist. Faugères is the appellation on the label, and Cabrerolles is the estate's home place.
Schist gives the estate one geological constant across its parcels, while the portfolio extends across red, white and rosé wines. The wines retain the southern character associated with the estate's production philosophy.
Wines
The range includes Château de la Liquière Faugères and Terre du Sud Château de la Liquière. Château de la Liquière Faugères 2023 is a red wine made from Grenache, Syrah and Carignan. Terre du Sud Château de la Liquière is a 2024 red wine from Faugères.
The white wines are hand harvested and aged in tank. The 2023 Faugères is intense and aromatic, with mineral notes and a savoury finish. Its tannins are abundant, fine and long lasting. It is served at 16 to 18°C and recommended before 2030.
Final Word
Château de la Liquière famille Vidal Dumoulin pairs family farming in Cabrerolles with Faugères's exclusively schist ground and a broad range of red, white and rosé wines.