Barsac (wine region)
The Barsac wine-growing region is located in the vicinity of the French commune Barsac in the Gironde department on the orographic left side of the Garonne . The area is located about 30 km southeast of Bordeaux . The approximately 605 hectare area has had the status of an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée since September 11, 1936 .
Barsac is part of the supra-regional wine-growing region of Bordeaux .
On the loamy limestone soil, sweet white wines similar to those in the Sauternes appellation are produced from the Sémillon grape variety . In addition to Sémillon, the Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle grape varieties are also permitted.
Barsac is near the confluence of the Garonne and the small river Ciron . In autumn, the different water temperatures of the rivers create fog, which promotes the development of noble rot through Botrytis cinerea . All appellation wines produced in Barsac also have the right to be marketed as Sauternes. It is said that the wines from Barsac are a little lighter because the terrain is less steep.
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Premiers crus Château Coutet
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Barsac is almost an enclave within the Graves wine region . Most of the winegrowers in Barsac market both dry white wines from the Graves appellation and sweet wines.
literature
- Féret: Bordeaux et ses vins . Féret, Bordeaux 2000, ISBN 2-90241-617-2
- René Gabriel : Bordeaux Total . Orell Füssli, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-280-05114-2
- Robert Parker : Parker Bordeaux . Gräfe & Unzer, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-774-26580-1
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7742-0914-6 .
- Pierre Galet : Cépages et Vignobles de France . Lavoisier Publishing House, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-7430-0585-8 . (French language)
- Benoît France: Grand Atlas des Vignobles de France . Éditions SOLAR publishing house, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-263-03242-8 . (French language)