Bas-Armagnac
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Bas-Armagnac is one of the three terroirs (plantation areas) in the Armagnac area where grapes for the distillation of the Armagnac eau-de-vie can be cultivated, it extends over the Landes and Gers departments and represents 57% of the vineyards.
It lies in the west, beside Armagnac-Ténarèze, an undulating area; the wine grows here on an acid poor argillaceous and stony. Here and there iron rust colours the soil, these spots are called ’’sables fauves’’. This area produces a light, fruity and delicate Armagnac with a very good reputation.
Together the three areas form in fact one region where Armagnac, Côtes de Gascogne and Floc de Gascogne can be produced and, because the three productions share the same AOC-limits.
