Buzet (wine region)
The Buzet wine-growing region is located in the middle of the Sud-Ouest wine-growing region and connects to the northern edge of the Armagnac area . The vineyards cover around 1,920 hectares of vineyards on the upper reaches of the Garonne and are spread over the municipalities of Ambrux , Anzex , Barbaste , Bruch , Buzet-sur-Baïse , Calignac , Caubeyres , Damazan , Espiens , Feugarolles , Lavardac , Leyritz-Moncassin , Moncault , Montagnac-sur-Auvignon , Montesquieu , Mongaillard , Nérac , Pompiey , Puch-d'Agenais , Razimet , Sainte-Colombe-en-Bruilhois , Saint-Léon , Saint-Pierre-de-Buzet , Sérignac-sur-Garonne , Vianne , Villefranche-du-Queyran and Xaintrailles in the Lot-et-Garonne department .
Almost 14,000 hectares of land are permitted, but only a small percentage is actually used for viticulture. After the area was added to the list of VDQS wines on January 23, 1953 , Buzet received the status of an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC for short) on April 19, 1973 . The area was also called Côtes de Buzet until February 12, 1986.
After the phylloxera infestation at the end of the 19th century, viticulture almost came to a standstill; It was not until the mid-1950s that there was an upswing due to those returning from Algeria, which was supported by recognition as a quality wine from the VDQS.
- Red wine and rosé wine are made from the grape varieties Merlot , Cabernet Sauvignon , Cabernet Franc and Malbec (called Côt here).
- The white wine consists of Sémillon , Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle .
The harvest restriction is 55 hectoliters / hectare.
literature
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 3. Edition. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .
- Pierre Galet : Cépages et Vignobles de France . Lavoisier Publishing House, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-7430-0585-8 .
- Benoît France (ed.): Grand Atlas des Vignobles de France . Solar publishing house, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-263-03242-8 .
- Paul Strang: Vins du Sud-Ouest . Editions du Rouergue, Rodez 1997, ISBN 2-84156-054-6