Southwest PDO and PGI :

• 29 PDOs – 8% of French PDOs
• 13 PGIs – 18% of French PGIs

The territory :

• A presence in 2 regions
• A presence in 12 départements

Wineries : 

• 8,261 vineyards
• 28 cooperative cellars

PRODUCTION 2021

• PDO: 0.9 million hectoliters (6% of national production)
• PGI: 1.3 million hectoliters (13% of national production)
• VSIG (wine with no specific geographic origin): 0.3 million hectoliters (23% of national production)
• Wines for making Armagnac (distillation): 0.11 million hectoliters (1% of national production)

Total: 2.7 million hectoliters (7.9% of French production)

SOUTHWEST VINEYARD SIZE 2021

• PDO: 25,218 hectares (46% of the Southwest vineyard)
• PGI: 22,798 hectares (41% of the Southwest vineyard)
• VSIG (wine with no specific geographic origin): 5,632 hectares (10% of the Southwest vineyard)
• Wines for making Armagnac (distillation): 1,393 hectares (3% of the Southwest vineyard)

Total: 55,040 hectares or 7.3% of national land

• Red 963,304 hl (30%)
• Rose 307,922 hl (14%)
• White 1,450,672 hl (56%)

Total 2.6 million hectoliters

PDO

• Red 510,018 hl (54%)
• Rosé 149,875 hl (16%)
• White 276,877 hl (30%)

PGI

• Red 206,810 hl (16%)
• Rose 180,058 hl (14%)
• White 905,566 hl (70%)

VSIG (wine with no specific geographic origin)

• Red 44,477 hl (13%)
• Rosé 27,990 hl (8%)
• White 271,228 hl (79%)

TURNOVER: 1 billion Euros

JOBS (annual work unit): 13,294

White grape varieties

• COLOMBARD B: 7,845 ha – 67% of the Colombard vines in France
• SAUVIGNON B: 5,811 ha – 18% of the Sauvignon vines in France
• GROS MANSENG B: 3,860 ha – 99% of the Gros Manseng vines in France
• SEMILLON B: 3,812 ha – 40% of the Sémillon vines in France
• UGNI BLANC B: 2, 928ha – 3% of the Ugni Blanc vines in France
• PETIT MANSENG B: 1,438 ha – 96% of the Petit Manseng vines in France
• CHARDONNAY: 1,247 ha – 3% of the Chardonnay vines in France
• MUSCADELLE B: 690 ha – 50% of the Muscadelle vines in France
• MAUZAC B: 587 ha – 43% of the Mauzac vines in France
• LOIN DE L’OEIL B (aka Len de l’el): 608 ha – 100% of the Lendelel vines in France

Red grape varieties

• MERLOT N: 8,493 ha – 8% of the Merlot vines in France
• COT N (aka Malbec): 4,609 ha – 52% of the Cot vines in France
• CABERNET SAUVIGNON N: 3,329 ha – 7% of the Cabernet Sauvignon vines in France
• CABERNET FRANC N: 3,202 ha – 10% of the Cabernet Franc vines in France
• TANNAT N:  2,662 ha – 98% of the Tannat vines in France
• FER N (aka Fer Servadou, aka Mansois, aka Braucol, aka Pinenc): 1,518 ha – 100% of the Fer vines in France
• NEGRETTE N: 999 ha – 95% of the Negrette vines in France
• SYRAH: 1,481 ha
• GAMAY: 1,166 ha
• DURAS N: 756 ha – 100% of the Duras vines in France

TOTAL SOUTHWEST WINE EXPORTS 

• 457,468 hl wines from Southwest PDO and PGI exported in 2021
• €129,017,700

DISTRIBUTION AND EVOLUTION OF SOUTHWEST WINE EXPORT VOLUMES BY DESTINATION

• Exports to the EU: 75%
• Exports outside the EU: 25%

DISTRIBUTION OF SOUTHWEST WINE EXPORT VOLUMES BY DESTINATION AND CATEGORY

     PDO:

• 116,158 hl of Southwest PDO wines exported in 2021
• Of which 65,244 hl (56%) shipped to the EU
• And 50,913 hl (44%) shipped outside the EU

     PGI:

• 341,311 hl of Southwest PGI exported in 2021
• Of which 276,398 hl (81%) shipped to the EU
• And 64,914 (19%) shipped outside the EU