A.C. Irouléguy
>Ameztia Etxaldea
>Bordatto Etxaldea (Cider)
The people of Southwest France have been making wines here since the Romans occupied this area. Famous long before some of its more modernly famous neighbors, this region managed to stay hidden from the limelight and drifted into relative obscurity. The region was devastated by phylloxera in the nineteenth century, prompting many vineyard owners to abandon all hope as they left in search of an easier life in the cities.
Made up of eighteen appellations, this area varies greatly in its grapes and its people. At the very southwestern tip of this region one enters into the land of the Basques. This is Irouléguy with its vineyards carved into the mountains. Here at the foot of the Pyrenees, the Tannat grape rules. Irouléguy is emblematic of Southwest France’s main unifying characteristics: its remoteness and limitless potential.
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