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 2019

• PDO: 1.1 million hectoliters (6% of national production)
• PGI: 1.6 million hectoliters (13% of national production)
• VSIG (wine with no specific geographic origin): 0.5 million hectoliters (31% of national production)
• Wines for making Armagnac (distillation): 0.2 million hectoliters (2% of national production)

Total: 3.3 million hectoliters (8.1% of French production)

SOUTHWEST VINEYARD SIZE 2019

• PDO: 25,474 hectares (47% of the Southwest vineyard)
• PGI: 20,547 hectares (38% of the Southwest vineyard)
• VSIG (wine with no specific geographic origin): 6,150 hectares (11% of the Southwest vineyard)
• Wines for making Armagnac (distillation): 1,692 hectares (3% of the Southwest vineyard)

Total: 53,863 hectares or 7.2% of national land

• Red 977,572 hl (31%)
• Rose 462,317 hl (14%)
• White 1,739,542 hl (55%)

Total 3.3 million hectoliters

PDO

• Red 613,327 hl (56%)
• Rosé 170,523 hl (16%)
• White 303,432 hl (28%)

PGI

• Red 293,009 hl (19%)
• Rose 243,056 hl (15%)
• White 1,040,860 hl (66%)

VSIG (wine with no specific geographic origin)

• Red 71,237 hl (14%)
• Rosé 48,739 hl (9%)
• White 395,250 hl (77%)

TURNOVER: 1 billion Euros

JOBS (annual work unit): 13,294

White grape varieties

• COLOMBARD B: 7,674 ha – 69% of the Colombard vines in France
• SAUVIGNON B: 5,414 ha – 17% of the Sauvignon vines in France
• GROS MANSENG B: 3,876 ha – 100% of the Gros Manseng vines in France
• SEMILLON B: 3,666 ha – 37% of the Sémillon vines in France
• UGNI BLANC B: 2, 888 ha – 3% of the Ugni Blanc vines in France
• PETIT MANSENG B: 1,423 ha – 96% of the Petit Manseng vines in France
• CHARDONNAY: 1,201 ha
• MUSCADELLE B: 690 ha – 50% of the Muscadelle vines in France
• MAUZAC B: 635 ha – 43% of the Mauzac vines in France
• LOIN DE L’OEIL B (aka Len de l’el): 626 ha – 100% of the Lendelel vines in France

Red grape varieties

• MERLOT N: 8,685 ha – 8% of the Merlot vines in France
• COT N (aka Malbec): 4,518 ha – 56% of the Cot vines in France
• CABERNET SAUVIGNON N: 3,437 ha – 7% of the Cabernet Sauvignon vines in France
• CABERNET FRANC N: 3,383 ha – 11% of the Cabernet Franc vines in France
• TANNAT N:  2,733 ha – 99% of the Tannat vines in France
• FER N (aka Fer Servadou, aka Mansois, aka Braucol, aka Pinenc): 1,562 ha – 100% of the Fer vines in France
• NEGRETTE N: 1,025 ha – 95% of the Negrette vines in France
• SYRAH: 1,473 ha
• GAMAY: 1,220 ha
• DURAS N: 777 ha – 100% of the Duras vines in France

TOTAL SOUTHWEST WINE EXPORTS 

• 533,000 hl wines from Southwest PDO and PGI exported in 2019
• €138,310,322

DISTRIBUTION AND EVOLUTION OF SOUTHWEST WINE EXPORT VOLUMES BY DESTINATION

• Exports to the EU: 73%
• Exports outside the EU: 27%

DISTRIBUTION OF SOUTHWEST WINE EXPORT VOLUMES BY DESTINATION AND CATEGORY

     PDO:

• 129,439 hl of Southwest PDO wines exported in 2019
• Of which 64,139 hl (49%) shipped to the EU
• And 65,300 hl (51%) shipped outside the EU

     PGI:

• 403,778 hl of Southwest PGI exported in 2019
• Of which 332,009 hl (82%) shipped to the EU
• And 71,769 (18%) shipped outside the EU