Chalosse (; oc-gsc, Shalòssa or ) is a wine-growing area in

Gascony Gascony (; french: Gascogne ; oc, Gasconha ; eu, Gaskoinia) was a province of the southwestern Kingdom of France that succeeded the Duchy of Gascony (602–1453). From the 17th century until the French Revolution (1789–1799), it was part o ...

, in south-west

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. It lies in the ''departement'' of Landes and is centred on the town of

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. Chalosse also gives its name to ''coteaux de Chalosse'', the wine of the area, and is used to describe both the

Ondenc Ondenc is a white French wine grape found predominantly in the Gaillac region of southwest France. In the 19th century, it was a popular planting in Bordeaux but fell out of favor following the phylloxera epidemic due to poor yields and sens ...

and the

Graisse Graisse is a white French wine grape variety that is grown primarily in the Armagnac region of western France where the grape is used for both wine production and distillation. The pulp of the grape is characterized by its high viscosity levels ...

varieties of grape.

Location

Chalosse is located in the foothills of the

Pyrenees The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to C ...

, around the valleys of the river Louts and the river

Luy The Luy is a left tributary of the Adour, in the Landes, in the Southwest of France. It is long, including its right source river ''Luy de France''. Geography The Luy is the union of two neighboring rivers, the Luy de Béarn, which is long ...

, both left tributaries of the river

Adour The Adour (; eu, Aturri; oc, Ador) is a river in southwestern France. It rises in High-Bigorre (Pyrenees), in the commune of Aspin-Aure, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay) near Bayonne. It is long, of which the uppermost ca. i ...

. The region is bounded by the Adour and the Pays de Marsan to the north, the river Gabas and the

Tursan Tursan, first a Vin délimité de qualité supérieure (VDQS) for wine in South West France since 1958 (decree of 11 July 1958, last modified 26 February 2003), has been granted AOC status in 2011. Presentation Its production zone covers potent ...

to the east and by the region of

Béarn The Béarn (; ; oc, Bearn or ''Biarn''; eu, Bearno or ''Biarno''; or ''Bearnia'') is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Bas ...

to the south. The neighbouring ''

terroir (, ; from ''terre'', "land") is a French term used to describe the environmental factors that affect a crop's phenotype, including unique environment contexts, farming practices and a crop's specific growth habitat. Collectively, these conte ...

s'' are L'Orient (west), Pays de Marsan (north), Tursan (east), and Bearn (south). The main town is Dax, to the west of the region. Other important towns are

Pomarez Pomarez (; oc, Pomarés) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Landes department The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Landes department of ...

and

Montfort-en-Chalosse Montfort-en-Chalosse (, literally ''Montfort in Chalosse''; oc-gsc, Monhòrt de Shalòssa) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population Politics Between 2001 and 2014, Françoise Dartigue-Peyr ...

Viticulture

Chalosse is a wine-growing region, and it gives its name to a number of grape varieties.

and

are both known as Chalosse; it is also used as a synonym for

Claverie Claverie is a white French wine grape variety that was once widely planted in the Landes region by Dutch traders who prized the variety’s ability to produce wines with high alcohol levels Alcohol by volume (abbreviated as ABV, abv, or alc/v ...

(Chalosse blanche),

Fer Fer (also known as Fer Servadou, Pinenc, Mansois and several other synonyms) is a red French wine grape variety that is grown primarily in South West France and is most notable for its role in the ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (AOC) ...

(Chalosse noir) and

Meslier-Saint-François Meslier-Saint-François is a white French wine grape variety that is now grown predominantly in the Loir-et-Cher department of the Loire Valley (wine), Loire Valley. Historically, the grape was found more widely throughout the Loire and western F ...

(Chalosse de Bordeaux). Chalosse Noire can also refer to a number of black grape varieties.

References

*D Faracos, M Pauls (1995, updated 2004) ''Gascony and The Pyrenees'': Cadogan

External links

Landes Chalosse
(Fr)
Pays Adour, Chalosse, Tursan
(fr) {{Coord, 43.6932, N, 0.7300, W, source:wikidata, display=title Wine regions of France