It was the second ever entry in this blog when I used the above picture and wrote about Jurancon, Madiran and Pacherenc, but the other wines from this area are also quite interesting too. I have seen a bottle or two of Tursan, tasted Irouleguy (+/- Bearn) and also seen a Fronton wine (just going off the edge of the picture), A number of these appelations found in this map of South West France started off as VDQS and slowly upgraded to AOC, such as Bearn, Buzet and Cotes du Marmandais. Others such as Tursan, Cotes de St-Mont ( now just Saint-Mont) are aiming for AC status as the VDQS designation is eliminated. This is in contrast with Jurancon, Madiran and Pacherence which were designated AOC right from the start.
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