Saint-Honore

About Saint-Honore

Château Saint-Honoré is in the seaside Côtes de Provence sub-appellation of La Londe between Hyères and the Saint-Tropez Peninsula. The estate’s 160 acres of vines thrive on forested slopes amid oaks, pines and mimosa overlooking the Mediterranean’s Îles d’Or: Porquerolles, Port Cros, Le Bagaud and Le Levant. Schist and sandy soils containing significant amounts of quartz dominate the Maures-Esterel coastal range. La Londe’s unique terroir, delimited from the larger, diverse Côtes de Provence appellation in 2008, yields high-toned rosés with floral aromas, red fruit flavors and a long, minerally finish.

Château Saint-Honoré is owned by the Fabre family, vignerons in Provence since the 1920s. The Fabre Domains are the largest family vineyard in the Var region. The descendants of founder Henri Fabre are also the proprietors of Château de l’Aumérade in Pierrefeu and Château de la Clapière in Hyères, two of the eighteen estates elevated to Cru Classé status in the 1955 classification. In 1956, Charlotte Fabre designed a unique bottle, one of the first in Provence, taking inspiration from one of Emile Gallé’s pâtes de verre vases and called it the Marie-Christine. Like the two Cru Classé wines, Saint-Honoré is packaged in this elegant proprietary bottle. The Fabre’s custom Marie-Christine bottle was launched commercially in 1950 and along with Domaine Ott’s distinct vessel, inspired the classic flûte à corset now recognized as Provence’s signature bottle.