- The first known historical reference to the Figeac estate dates back to the 2nd century AD, when extensive lands and a large Gallo-Roman villa were known to bear the name of their owner, Figeacus.

- In the 15th century, the mediaeval manor was passed on from the Lescours family to the Decazes family.

- In the 18th century, Marie Descazes married a member of the Carles family. The latter were important not only in Saint-Emilion, but also on a national level. One of their sons, Francois IV de Carle, was appointed "Perpetual Mayor" of Saint-Emilion by King Louis XIV in 1694. The Carles were businessmen, bankers, shippers and winegrowers all at the same time, quite a rare feat for the time.

They owned many properties in the area, including Camfourtet (Clos Fourtet), Beauséjour (to which they gave its name in 1787), Montbousquet, Rivallon, Petit-Val, a beautiful house in the centre of Saint-Emilion (now the Town Hall), as well as wine cellars in Libourne and estates in the Périgord (which were left to a godson, Duke Decazes, a minister of King Louis XVIII).

- In the early 19th century, despite the difficulties caused by the Continental Blocade and a serious depression in the Libourne area, the widowed Countess de Carle-Trajet was still living a life of luxury. In order to maintain her lifestyle, she was obliged to sell off several portions of her magnificent 175 hectare estate, the largest in Saint-Emilion. This included woodland, good arable land, gravely slopes planted with vines, a pond and a stately home. The Countess sold plots at Beauregard and La Conseillante, and part of the Petit-Figeac tenant farm. In 1832, Monsieur Ducasse purchased 16 acres from her, comprising a house, a barn, and the Cheval-Blanc tenant farm. In 1838, M. Ducasse bought 15 hectares more, and then another 5 from Figeac.

The heart of the vast Figeac estate, which still covered 130 hectares and contained practically all the vineyards, was sold at the end of the same year to the Lebels, and later on to the Laveines, distant relations of the Decazes family. The estate then passed through a series of owners until the arrival of the present family in 1892.

- In 1892, Henri de Chevremont enabled his daughter, the wife of André Villepigue, Director of the City of Paris at the Seine Department Prefecture, to acquire Figeac. At this stage, the estate had been sold five times over the previous 50 years, preventing any sustained commercial policy with the Bordeaux wine merchants.

- In 1947, André Villepigue’s grandson, Thierry Manoncourt took over at Figeac. He left his family in Paris to live on the estate permanently with his wife, Marie-France Duboys de Labarre. Figeac had been deserted by its owners for the previous century, although its wine never lost its reputation as one of the finest in Bordeaux. However, with the arrival of the Manoncourts, and thanks to Thierry Manoncourt's experience as an agricultural engineer, the wine reached new heights.

Since 1988, Monsieur and Madame Manoncourt have been assisted by their daughter, Laure, (who has a masters degree in business economics from the Sorbonne as well as winetasting and winemaking qualifications from the Bordeaux Faculty of Oenology), and by their son-in-law, Count Eric d’Aramon, a graduate of the Reims Business School and holder of a DUAD qualification (diploma showing proficiency in wine tasting) from the Bordeaux Faculty of Oenology.