A wineregion with oceanic, continental and Mediterranean influences. The wine region stretches from the hills of the Massif Central to the foothills of the Pyrenees, and from the banks of the Garonne to the beaches of the Basque country. Fragmented, it is made up of several clusters that can be grouped into six entities: Aveyron, the Tarn basin, the Lot Valley, the Garonne basin, Gascony and the Pyrenean foothills.
300 grape varieties are referenced in the Southwest, including 130 native varieties. These are the legacy of the particular geography of this wine region, centuries of selection carried out by people and migratory flows on the route to Santiago de Compostela. The Southwest is both the birthplace of world-famous grape varieties and home to native grapes that are not found anywhere else.