Madiran
Madiran is a commune with 441 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Hautes -Pyrénées in the Midi-Pyrénées region. It belongs administratively to Tarbes and Castelnau -Rivière -Basse.
Geography
The community is located approximately 35 kilometers northeast of the city of Pau on the border to the neighboring department of Pyrénées- Atlantiques in the Aquitaine region. Neighboring municipalities are:
- Castelnau -Rivière -Basse in the Northeast,
- Hères in the east,
- Soublecause in the southeast,
- Bétracq in the south (department of Pyrénées- Atlantiques )
- Arrosès in the West (department of Pyrénées- Atlantiques) and
- Saint- Lanne in the northwest.
The municipal area is drained by the river Bergons, a tributary of the Adour River in the north.
History
The first written mention is the church in 1088 in documents to the parish of the place, which are kept in the archives of the Jesuits of Toulouse.
Attractions
- Église Sainte -Marie church from the 11th century - Monument historique
Viticulture in Madiran
The wine region of Madiran divided communities within the Gers department, Hautes- Pyrénées and Pyrénées- Atlantiques.
The appellation is located in the southwest of the wine-growing region Sud- Ouest and one of the oldest wine regions of France. It was ( short AOC ) is classified as Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée on July 11 in 1948 and earlier generally known as Vic- Bilh. Today, the appellation applies exclusively to the wines produced in the region of red wines, while the white wines of the region covered by the appellation Pacherenc du Vic - Bilh.
Viticulture is already known since Roman times, like a mosaic in the church Taron - Sadirac -Villeneuve occupied. As cared about viticulture in Madiran from 1030 monks, the gekelterte here red wine quickly became the wine of pilgrims to the famous pilgrimage to the " Camino de Santiago " ( Way of Santiago ) and the road to Santiago de Compostela attracted.
The vineyards with nearly 1,400 acres of vineyards are planted mainly with the variety Tannat, which was probably brought by monks from Bordeaux. Earlier it was mistakenly assumed is strongly influenced by winemakers from Burgundy.
Tannat provides a deep, dark, tannic and extremely long-lived red wine, which can be marketed after at least 12 months of barrel aging. Since the 1970s, we limited the Tannat share on minimal 40-100 % in favor of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Fer Servadou.
By far the most famous wineries of the region Alain Brumont with its wineries Château Montus, Château Bouscassé and Domaine Berthoumieu.
Partner community
Madiran connects a partnership with Badarán in the Rioja region of Spain.