Tursan

Tursan is a Vin délimité de qualité supérieure (VDQS) for wine in South West France since 1958 (decree of 11 July 1958, last modified 26 February 2003).

A bottle of red Tursan wine.

Presentation

Its production zone covers potentially 4,000 hectares (although less than 500 hectares of it is covered by vineyards). It lies 35 km south-east of Mont-de-Marsan and covers 39 communes of the département Landes, 2 communes of Gers, and the area of Adour, between the Landes and Béarn.

It can be produced as white, rosé or red wine.

  • Red Tursan is produced with Tannat (40% maximum), Cabernet franc and Cabernet sauvignon.
  • White Tursan is composed of Baroque (30 to 90%), de Gros manseng and Sauvignon blanc (roughly 10%).
  • Rosé Tursan is based on Cabernet franc and Cabernet sauvignon.

Production area

In Landes:

In Gers:

See also

References

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