This new “appellation” strictly “contrôlée” of course is the name given to the area around Bergerac and its bastides or fortified villages.
It is the main wine-growing area. The wines of Bergerac, Pécharmant, Montbazillac, Saussignac are kings. The French and English bastides built in the 13th century, all on the same pattern surrounding a central market place, recall an important page of our history : the Hundred Years’s War.