Agenais

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The vineyard extends across both banks of the Garonne, a broad river set within a vast alluvial plain, with hills oriented south-south-west on the right bank and north-north-east on the left bank.
• To the north of the Garonne stretches a zone of limestone hills with gently rolling forms, while to the west and south the sands of the Landes cover the tip of the Landes plateau beneath a forest of conifers.
• The balanced climate of the Moyenne Garonne sits midway between oceanic tendencies and the more continental climate of the Toulouse region, with mild, wet winters and summers prone to intense heat and sometimes devastating hailstorms.
• Rainfall peaks occur in autumn and spring, fogs are frequent in the valleys for a good part of the year, and the département is subject to a mosaic of microclimates depending on topography, aspect, geology, plant cover, and prevailing winds.
• The prevailing winds in the département are westerly without being exclusively so, and spring, especially towards its end, is rainier than winter, unlike the Aquitaine coastline. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• The Néracais, south of the Garonne, extends the molasse hillsides of the Gers, while the Duraquois to the north-east extends the Gironde plateaux and supports both vines and plum trees, and the Lémance to the north-west extends the Périgord noir with extensive broadleaf woodlands.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

All appellations in France

Sources

• Product specification (BO Agri, PDF) — approved 6 décembre 2019 publié au JORF du 8 décembre 2019, JORF 8 décembre 2019
• Official INAO text (show_texte)
• INAO product entry
• Official trade body site — Confédération des Vins IGP de France