Bergerac AOC covers wines of all three colours across 90 communes in the Dordogne region of South West France centred on the town of Bergerac. For the full list of wine styles from the Bergerac region as a whole see here.
Climate: Bergerac is drier and more continental than the Bordeaux region to the immediate west.
Vineyard area & wine production: 2002 6,876ha produced 311,698hl of red and rosé; and 2,960ha produced 149,200hl of white (Guide Hachette des Vins 2004, p.838).
Communes: Baneuil. | Bergerac. | Boisse. | Bonneville-et-Saint-Avit-de-Fumadières. | Bouniagues. | Campsegret. | Carsac-de-Gurson. | Colombier. | Conne-de-Labarde. | Cours-de-Pile. | Creysse. | Cunèges. | Eymet. | Faurilles. | Flaugeac. | Le Fleix. | Fonroque. | La Force. | Fougueyrolles. | Fraisse. | Gageac-et-Rouillac. | Gardonne. | Ginestet. | Issigeac. | Lalinde. | Lamonzie-Saint-Martin. | Lamothe-Montravel. | Lanquais. | Les Lèches. | Lembras. | Lunas. | Maurens. | Mescoules. | Minzac. | Monbazillac. | Monestier. | Monfaucon. | Monmadalès. | Monmarvès. | Monsaguel. | Montazeau. | Montcaret. | Montpeyroux. | Mouleydier. | Moulin-Neuf. | Nastringues. | Naussannes. | Nojals-et-Clotte. | Plaisance. | Pomport. | Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt. | Prigonrieux. | Queyssac. | Rampieux. | Razac-d’Eymet. | Razac-de-Saussignac. | Ribagnac. | Rouffignac-de-Sigoulès. | Sadillac. | Saint-Agne. | Saint-Antoine-de-Breuilh. | Saint-Aubin-de-Cadelech. | Saint-Aubin-de-Lanquais. | Saint-Capraise-d’Eymet. | Saint-Cernin-de-Labarde. | Saint-Germain-et-Mons. | Saint-Géry. | Saint-Julien-d’Eymet. | Saint-Laurent-des-Vignes. | Saint-Léon-d’Issigeac. | Saint-Martin-de-Gurson. | Saint-Méard-de-Gurçon. | Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne. | Saint-Nexans. | Saint-Perdoux. | Saint-Pierre-d’Eyraud. | Saint-Rémy. | Saint-Sauveur. | Saint-Seurin-de-Prats. | Saint-Vivien. | Sainte-Eulalie-d’Eymet. | Sainte-Innocence. | Saussignac. | Serres-et-Montguyard. | Sigoulès. | Singleyrac. | Thénac. | Vélines. | Verdon. | Villefranche-de-Lonchat.
Wineries
Wineries
Certified Biodynamic: Château Feely
Certified organic: Château K. | Château Le Payral. | Château Lestignac. | Château Richard. | Château Tour des Gendres.
Bibliography
Tom Stevenson, The Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia 5th Edition (Dorling Kindersley, 2011).
Oxford Companion to Wine 4th edition ed. Jancis Robinson MW and Julia Harding MW (Oxford University Press, 2015).
Oz Clarke, Oz Clarke Wine A-Z (Pavilion, 2015), p.43.