The hilly Armagnac region in the foothills of the Pyrenées, between the Adour and Garonne rivers is a historic comté of the Duchy of Gascony (Gascogne), established in 601 in the southwest of Aquitaine (now France). The first Count of Armagnac was Bernard le Louche. When Gascogne was linked to Aquitaine by the Treaty of Meaux, 1229, the county of Armagnac was the most powerful of the fiefs of Gascogne. The three great territorial lords were the Count of Armagnac, the Count of Foix, and the Lord of Albret. Central Pyrenees The Pyrenees (French: Pyrénées; Spanish: Pirineos; Occitan: Pirenèus or Pirenèas; Catalan Pirineus; Aragonese: Perinés; Basque: Pirinioak) are a range of mountains in southwest Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain. ... The Adour (Basque: Adur) is a river in southwestern France. ... The Garonne ( Latin: Garumna, Occitan: Garona) is a river in southwest France, with a length of 575 km (357 miles). ... Gascony (French: Gascogne, pronounced ; Gascon: Gasconha, pronounced ) is an area in southwest France, and an old province of France. ... Capital Bordeaux Area 41,309 km² Regional President Alain Rousset ( PS) (since 1998) Population - 2004 estimate - 1999 census - Density (Ranked 6th) 3,049,000 2,908,359 74/km² (2004) Arrondissements 18 Cantons 235 Communes 2,296 Départements Dordogne Gironde Landes Lot-et-Garonne Pyrénées-Atlantiques Aquitaine... The following is a list of Counts of Armagnac: William Count of Fezensac and Armagnac ?- 960 Bernard the Suspicious, First count privative of Armagnac 960- ? Gerald I Trancaléon ? -1020 Bernard I Tumapaler 1020-1061 Gerald II 1061-1095 Arnauld-Bernard II (associated 1072 for about ten years) Bernard III... County of Foix coat of arms The independent counts of Foix, with their castle overlooking the town of Foix, now in southernmost France, governed their county of Foix, which corresponded roughly to the eastern part of the modern département of Ariège (the western part being Couserans). ... The lordship (seigneurie) of Albret (Labrit, Lebret), situated in the Landes, gave its name to one of the most powerful feudal families of France in the middle ages. ...
Armagnac (IPA [aRmaɲak]), the region of France, has given its name to its distinctive kind of brandy or eau de vie, made of the same grapes as Cognac and undergoing the same aging in oak barrels, but without double distillation.
The Armagnacregion lies between the Adour and Garonne rivers in the foothills of the Pyrenees.
Armagnacs are aged for nearly the same period as Cognac, which has a significant impact on the grape once it has been distilled.
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