Pacherenc du Vic Bilh AC
[pah-shuh-RAHNK doo veek BEEL]
In this part of SOUTHWEST FRANCE, the local dialect uses the word pacherenc for "posts in a row." This refers to the modern method of planting vineyards in regular rows, using a post to support each vine. Vic Blih is the name for the local hills in this area, which are part the Pyrenees foothills, along the Adour River south of ARMAGNAC. This APPELLATION produces only white wines and shares the same geographic area as the MADIRAN AC, which produces only red wines. The grapes used for these white wines are Arrufiat (or Ruffiac), Gros Manseng, and Petit Manseng, with some SAUVIGNON BLANC and SÉMILLON. These wines are similiar to those from the JURANCON AC (SPICY and FLORAL) and should be drunk young.
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