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The appeal lies to the southwest of Wine Country Southwest France and is one of the oldest vineyards in France. It was classified as early as 1948 and formerly known as Vic Bilh. For a long time as the red wine gekelterte here the pilgrims from the 11th Century to the famous pilgrimage route 'Camino de Santiago "(Way of the Apostle James = Santiago) to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain attracted. The vineyards with almost 1,400 hectares of vineyards are mainly concerned with the variety Tannat planted, which was allegedly brought by monks from Bordeaux. This yields a deep, dark, tannic and extremely durable red wine with raspberry bouquet. In the 1970s limited the INAO the tannate-share to a maximum of 40% for Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc (Bouchy) and Fer Servadou (Pinenc) to the strong astringent taste of the wines to soften.
But on the other hand, fought the winemakers and leading the young winemakers Alain Brumont, who on his Château Montus four fifths stocked with Tannat and innovative new features introduced. In the meantime, many winemakers have followed him, and experiment with new techniques, such as the locally invented Mikrooxigenation . Well-known producers are Castelnau-Riviere-Basse, , Barréjat Domaine, Domaine Barthoumieu, (Brumont), Domaine Brana, Capmartin Domaine, Domaine du Crampilh, Château de Crouseilles, Clos Fardet, Domaine Labranche Laffont-, Château Laffitte-Teston, Domaine Laffont, Domaine de Lanestousse, Chapelle Lenclos, Château Montus (Brumont), Château de Peyros, Primo palate and Domaine Sergent. The white wines of Madiran area are under the AC Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh produced.
But on the other hand, fought the winemakers and leading the young winemakers Alain Brumont, who on his Château Montus four fifths stocked with Tannat and innovative new features introduced. In the meantime, many winemakers have followed him, and experiment with new techniques, such as the locally invented Mikrooxigenation . Well-known producers are Castelnau-Riviere-Basse, , Barréjat Domaine, Domaine Barthoumieu, (Brumont), Domaine Brana, Capmartin Domaine, Domaine du Crampilh, Château de Crouseilles, Clos Fardet, Domaine Labranche Laffont-, Château Laffitte-Teston, Domaine Laffont, Domaine de Lanestousse, Chapelle Lenclos, Château Montus (Brumont), Château de Peyros, Primo palate and Domaine Sergent. The white wines of Madiran area are under the AC Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh produced.