Haut-Armagnac

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Haut-Armagnac, one of the three terroirs (plantation areas) in the Armagnac area where the grapes for the distillation of the Armagnac eau-de-vie can be cultivated. It lies in the south and is very extended, geographically it touches Bas-Armagnac and Armagnac-Ténarèze, the two other areas.

Together the three areas form in fact one region where Armagnac, Côtes de Gascogne and Floc de Gascogne can be producedand, because the three productions share the same AOC-limits.

It is called "white" Armagnac because of the abundance of limestone, includes the east of Gers and a small part of Lot-et-Garonne. Viticulture was developed here in the 19th century to meet a the high market demand. Today these vineyards still exist but only represent a small amount of the production.

One finds here Marciac, Lectoure and the capital of Gers, the city of Auch.

On the chalky clay hills you will find the vineyards in a way as islands.