Atlantique

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The geographical area extends across the Charente, Charente-Maritime, Dordogne, Gironde, and the western part of Lot-et-Garonne, bordered to the west by the Atlantic Ocean for 250 kilometres.
• The temperate oceanic climate, influenced by the major rivers and the warm Gulf Stream current, features mild, wet winters and warm, dry, sunny summers with approximately 1,950 hours of sunshine per year.
• The maritime mildness, carried by the tides rising up the estuaries and the prevailing westerly sea winds, is felt more than one hundred kilometres inland from the river mouths.
• Three soil types favour the vine: brown clay-limestone soils over a limestone substratum, leached silty-sandy boulbènes soils, and alluvial soils of gravel, clay, sand, and silt on the river terraces.

• The first harvest under the PGI took place in 2006, with the vins de pays de l'Atlantique forming the foundation of the new segmentation of production basins.

• The wines produced are supple, fruity, and aromatic, a character that may be preserved in partially dealcoholised wines.

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 26 novembre 2025, JORF 3 décembre 2025
• Official INAO text (show_texte)
• INAO product entry
• Official trade body site — Confédération des Vins IGP de France