📜 Tursan

Tursan is a French protected designation of origin (AOC, PDO) for still dry white, rosé and red wines. The vineyard lies in the south-east of the Landes department, across 36 communes: 35 in the Landes and one in the Gers. The name was recognised as a vin délimité de qualité supérieure on 11 July 1958 and as an AOC in 2011, and it has been in the EU register since 18 September 1973.

The technical file lists Petit Manseng, Chenin, Gros Manseng, Sauvignon Gris, Fer, Sauvignon Blanc, Claverie, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Baroque, Cabernet Franc, Tannat and Raffiat de Moncade. For red wines it names Tannat, Cabernet Franc or Cabernet Sauvignon, and Fer.

Minimum natural alcoholic strength is 11% vol for white and rosé wines and 11.5% vol for red. After enrichment the total strength may not exceed 13% vol. Red wines contain at most 0.30 g/l of malic acid, and fermentable sugars are limited to 4 g/l for white and rosé and 3 g/l for red. Charcoal for oenological use is forbidden for rosé wines.

The yield is 55 hl/ha for red wines and 60 hl/ha for white and rosé, with upper limits of 63 and 68 hl/ha. Vines are planted at a minimum of 4,000 per hectare, and irrigation may be authorised. The appellation may be completed by the complementary geographical name Sud-Ouest.