Appellation in the centre of the southwest region of France on the northern edge of the Armagnac area. The area classified in 1973 was formerly called Côtes de Buzet. The vineyards include 2.000 hectares of vineyards on the upper reaches of the Garonne in the communes of Ambrux, Anzex, Barbaste, Bruch, Buzet-sur-Baïse, Calignac, Caubeyres, Damazan, Espiens, Feugarolles, Lavardac, Leyritz-Moncassin, Moncault, Montagnac-sur-Auvignon, Montesquieu, Mongaillard, Nérac, Pompiey, Puch-d'Agenais, Razimet, Sainte-Colombe-en-Bruilhois, Saint-Léon, Saint-Pierrede-Buzet, Sérignac-sur-Garonne, Vianne, Villefranche-du-Queyran and Xaintrailles in the department of Lot-et-Garonne.
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