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In the 19th century, the Phylloxera Vastatrix aphid, which arrived from North America, devastated European vineyards, causing an unprecedented economic and social impact on French and European viticulture. François Baco, born in Les Landes in 1865, played a crucial role in the revival of viticulture in the region after the phylloxera outbreak. He developed hybridization techniques that led to a grape variety resistant to the disease, which he named Maurice Baco 22A (in honor of a son who died at a young age). His work, recognized with distinctions such as the Medal of Honor, saved French and European vineyards, and his grape variety was exported all over the world. This Armagnac is made from the grape that resulted from that hybridization.