Brulhois AOC produces still red and pink wines from 42 communes (below) around the city of Agen in the central part of South West France. The Buzet AOC lies to the east. Brulhois was formerly a VDQS, but in 2010 it gained AOC status.

Vineyards: 220 ha.

Terroir: Vineyards are on both banks of the Garonne and its tributary Moissac near the town of Layrac.

Communes: Astaffort, Aubiac, Auvillar, Bardigues, Castelsagrat, Caudecoste, Caumont, Clermont-Soubiran, Cuq, Donzac, Dunes, Estillac, Fals, Fieux, Flamarens, Gasques, Gimbrède, Grayssas, Lamontjoie, Laplume, Layrac, Marmont-Pachas, Moirax,  Montjoi, Nomdieu, Perville, Peyrecave, Le Pin, Puymirol, Roquefort, Saint-Antoine, Saint-Cirice, Saint-Clair, Saint-Jean-de-Thurac, Saint-Loup, Saint-Pierre-de-Clairac, Saint-Romain-le-Noble, Saint-Urcisse, Saint-Vincent-de-Lamontjoie, Saumont, Saint-Michel, Sistels.

Wineries

Château Bastide. | Château Grand Chêne. | CV de Goulens-en-Brulhois. | Clos Pountet.

Wines

Brulhois AOC Rosé: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Fer, Merlot, Malbec, Tannat.

Brulhois AOC Rouge: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Fer, Merlot, Malbec, Tannat.

Bibliography

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).

Tom Stevenson, The Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia 5th Edition (Dorling Kindersley, 2011).