Key facts and figures
SOUTH WEST VINEYARDS

Southwest wines key figures
Southwest PDO and PGI
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 and area
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
Production by product category and colour
- 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 and jobs
TURNOVER: 1 billion Euros
JOBS (annual work unit): 13,294
Major Southwest grape varieties
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
Southwest Wine Exports
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


South West Vineyards
Centre INRA - Chemin de Borde Rouge
CS 52637 - 31321 Castanet Tolosan cedex
Phone : (+33) 5 61 73 87 06
Fax : (+33) 5 61 75 64 39
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