Armagnac
Armagnac (, ) is a distinctive kind of brandy produced in the Armagnac region in Gascony, southwest France. It is distilled from wine usually made from a blend of grapes including Baco 22A, Colombard, Folle blanche and Ugni blanc, traditionally ...
area. The decree of 13 September 1968 created the difference between a ''Vin de Pays'' and simpler table wine, the so-called ''
Vin de table
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In the United States, the term primarily designates a wine style: an ordinary wine which is not forti ...
''. The designation ''Côtes de Gascogne'' obliges the producers to respect the stricter rules and production standards, which were adopted with the decree of 25 January 1982.
red
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Abouriou
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Malbec
Malbec () is a purple grape variety used in making red wine. The grapes tend to have an inky dark color and robust tannins, and are known as one of the six grapes allowed in the blend of red Bordeaux wine. In France, plantations of Malbec are n ...
and
Tannat
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Tannat is also grown in Argentina, Australia, Brazi ...
.
The types of grapes for white wine are
Colombard
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,
Petit Manseng
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Muscadelle
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Armagnac
Armagnac (, ) is a distinctive kind of brandy produced in the Armagnac region in Gascony, southwest France. It is distilled from wine usually made from a blend of grapes including Baco 22A, Colombard, Folle blanche and Ugni blanc, traditionally ...
Bas-Armagnac
Bas-Armagnac is one of the three terroir, plantation areas in the Armagnac (region), Armagnac area of France where grapes for the distillation of the Armagnac (drink), Armagnac eau-de-vie can be cultivated. It extends over the Landes (department), ...
and Haut-Armagnac form in a way the Côtes de Gascogne.
The region is mainly in the Gers where two thirds of the vineyards, nearly 12 thousand hectares are used for the production of the Côtes de Gascogne wines.
In Gers the cantons: Auch, Cazaubon, Condom,
Fleurance
Fleurance (; oc, Florença) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France
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Lectoure
Lectoure (; Gascon: ''Leitora'' ) is a commune in the Gers department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France.
It is located north of Auch, the capital of the department, south of Agen and approximately northwest of Toulouse.
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Nogaro
Nogaro (; Gascon: ''Nogaròu'') is a commune in the Gers department, Southwestern France. It is the site of a distillery of Armagnac brandy.
Geography
The commune is bordered by six other communes: Caupenne-d'Armagnac to the northwest, Sa ...
,
Riscle
Riscle (; Gascon: ''Riscla'') is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Cannet was merged into Riscle.Plaisance, Aignan, Valence-sur-Baïse,
Vic-Fezensac
Vic-Fezensac (; Gascon: ''Vic en Fesensac''; Occitan: ''Vic de Fesensac'') is a commune in the Gers department in the Occitanie region of Southwestern France. In 2017, it had a population of 3,474.
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Armagnac
Armagnac (, ) is a distinctive kind of brandy produced in the Armagnac region in Gascony, southwest France. It is distilled from wine usually made from a blend of grapes including Baco 22A, Colombard, Folle blanche and Ugni blanc, traditionally ...
Lot-et-Garonne
Lot-et-Garonne (, oc, Ã’lt e Garona) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Named after the rivers Lot and Garonne, it had a population of 331,271 in 2019.Atlantic Ocean
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although far away behind Les Landes still has influence, further spring is rather wet and it is sunny in the rest of the year.
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French wine
French wine is produced all throughout France, in quantities between 50 and 60 million hectolitres per year, or 7–8 billion bottles. France is one of the largest wine producers in the world, along with Italian, Spanish, and Amer ...