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Decree of March 19, 1998 relating to certain labels of origin controlled of the Burgundy area - J.O n° 72 of March 26, 1998

Art 1st. -

(Modified, D. Dec 30, 1942). - Only to the appellation contrôlée “Aloxe-Corton” the red wines and white are entitled which, answering the conditions hereafter, were collected inside the territory of the commune of Aloxe-Corton, on the parts of the communes or pieces which will be delimited by the commission of experts named by the management Committee of the national Committee of the labels of origin in consideration of the geological nature of their ground and the local, honest and constant uses, and on the following pieces of the communes of Pernand-Vergelesses and Ladoix-Serrigny. Pernand-Vergelesses, in Charlemagne: N° 409 to 424 included, 430, 433, 434, 476 to 482 (a) included, 484, 486 to 489 included, 492 to 511 included and left pieces 425, 428, 483, 485, 490, 512, in accordance with the plan annexed to the present decree and the delimitation in conformity which will be materialized on the ground by a demarcation carried out by the experts appointed by the national Committee of the labels of origin. Ladoix-Serrigny (Modified, D. July 15, 1955): Maréchaudes, N. 1 to 17; Topeau-Green, N. 394 to 407; Courière, N. 410 to 424, the Largeones, N. 425 to 459; The Smallones, N. 460 to 483; Lollières, N. 484 to 494; The Lowones, N. 720 and 721; Rognet-and-Corton, N. 564 to 577, 579 to 584, 587 to 591; Vergennes, N. 408 and 409. The plan established by the experts will have, after approval of the national Committee of the labels of origin, being deposited in the town halls of the common interested parties before April 1, 1943. (Modified, D. Oct 14, 1943 and March 16, 1963). - For the wines produced in the pieces classified in “first vintage”, communal name referred to above could be supplemented either by the name of the climate of origin, or by the expression “first believed”, or by one and the other. The name of the climate of origin will have to be placed after that of the name communal and printed in characters whose dimensions, as well in height as in width, will not have to exceed those of name. For the other climates of origin not classified in “first vintage” under the conditions envisaged with the preceding subparagraph, the name of the climate could be assistant of that of communal name. In this case, it will have to be printed in characters whose dimensions, as well in height as in width, will not have to exceed half of those of name. Wines resulting from the climates from “Corton, Corton-Charlemagne and Charlemagne” (having been the subject of the special decree of control of July 31, 1937) which would not meet the conditions prescribed by the aforementioned names could be indicated under the communal name “Aloxe-Corton” followed by the expression “first believed”. The experts appointed by the management committee of the national institute of the labels of origin of the wines and brandies will draw up the list of the climates classified in “first vintage” and will defer on the cadrastal maps the territory thus defined. This list and this plan will be, after approval by the national institute of the labels of origin, deposited with the town hall of the common interested parties.

Art 2. -

The wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Aloxe-Corton” will have to come from following type of vines, other than all others: For the red wines: Black fine Pinot said Noirien, Pinot Beurot, Pinot Liébault. For the white wines: Chardonnay exclusively. Nevertheless will be tolerated in encépagement of the vines producing the wine being entitled to the aforementioned name and for one length of time maximum fifteen years, the seedlings known as of Renevey, being specified that as from the year 1938 this type of vine will be interdict in all the plantations and all the replacements. The local use to incorporate in the vines intended to produce the wines with appellation contrôlée “Aloxe-Corton” a certain number of white seedlings white or gray Pinot and Chardonnay, of which the percentage can amount to 15% to the maximum, remains authorized. (Supplemented, D. Nov 9, 1962.) - Any wine producer of the appellation contrôlée defined by this decree which will plant or replant hybrids inside the surface delimited of this one will not be able to assert the right to this name.

Art 3. -

(Replaced, D. October 1, 1985). - To be entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Aloxe-Corton”, the wines must come from collected grapes with good maturity and present a minimum natural voluminal title alcoholometric of: 10,5% for the red wines; 11% for the white wines. Cannot be regarded as being with good maturity any unit batch of vintage having a high content in sugar lower than: 171 grams per liter of must for the red wines; 170 grams per liter of must for the white wines. Moreover, when the authorization of enrichment by dry sugaring is granted, the wines should not exceed a total voluminal alcoholometric title of 13,5% for the red wines and 14% for the white wines, under penalty of losing the right to name considered. The wines for which the addition either of the name of the climate of origin was asserted, or from the expression “first believed”, or from the one and other, with that of the appellation contrôlée “Aloxe-Corton” must come from collected grapes with good maturity and present a minimum natural voluminal title alcoholometric of: 11% for the red wines; 11,5% for the white wines. Cannot be regarded as being with good maturity any unit batch of vintage having a high content in sugar lower than: 180 grams per liter of must for the red wines; 178 grams per liter of must for the white wines. Moreover, when the authorization of enrichment by dry sugaring is granted, the wines should not exceed a total voluminal alcoholometric title of 14% for the red wines and 14,5% for the white wines, under penalty of losing the right to name considered. However, the benefit of name referred to above can be granted to the wines of a total voluminal title alcoholometric higher than the limits referred to above and worked out without any enrichment, if the informant justifies of a certificate issued by the national Institute of the labels of origin of the wines and brandies after investigation carried out into his request presented before the vintage of the vines concerned. The notifications of the exemptions aimed to the preceding subparagraph must be addressed to the local services of the Directorate-General of the taxes and the Management of the consumption and the repression of the frauds. The limits aimed to the subparagraphs above can be modified when the climatic conditions justify it by joint decree of the Minister for agriculture and the minister in charge with the budget and consumption, on proposal of the national Institute of the labels of origin of the wines and brandies, after opinion of the interested producers' associations.

Art 4. -

(Modified, D. August 26, 1982). [The basic output concerned has the article 1st decree n° 74.872 of modified October 19, 1974 relating to the producing output of the vineyards of the wines with controlled label of origin is fixed, for the wines of name “Aloxe Corton”, with 40 hectolitres for the red wines and with 45 hectolitres for the white wines per hectare. Only can profit from an output higher than the basic output, within the maximum limit of the limiting ceiling of classification, for a given surface of vine producing of the wines being entitled to name “Aloxe Corton”, the declarations which made of it the request at the national Institute of the labels of origin before the vintage of the vines in question and which were subjected to the checking of their harvest by the commission of five members envisaged with the article 1st of the decree modified 74.872 of October 19, 1974.] [See also decrees 74.872 of October 19, 74.958 modified of November 20: - ceiling limits classification: 20%.] (D 87.854 of October 22, 1987). - The benefit of name can be granted to the wines coming from young vines only as from the second year following that during which the plantation was carried out places from there before August 31.

Art 5. -

Within the one year deadline, proposals tending to specify a regulation of the size and density of the plantations will have to be made at the national Committee of the labels of origin by the trade union of the owners wine growers of Aloxe-Corton. (A. September 17, 1956). Nevertheless are prohibited from the publication of this decree the practices of the incision annular or any other similar and that of the torsion of the vine shoot.

Art 6. -

(Modified, D. March 19, 1998) - the wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Aloxe-Corton” will have to come from grapes collected with good maturity and vinified in accordance with the local practice. They will profit from all the oenological processes currently authorized by the laws and payments in force.

Art 7. -

The appellation contrôlée “Aloxe-Corton” could not be reproduced on the labels, marks, prints, stoppers, capsules, seals or any other apparatus of closing, invoices, trade papers, packing and containers unspecified that in the condition that the names “Aloxe” and “Corton” are carried there in identical characters of the same form, even dimension and even color.

Art 8. -

The wines for which, under the present decree, the appellation contrôlée will be asserted “Aloxe-Corton” could not be declared after harvest, be offered to the public, be dispatched, put on sale or be sold without in the declaration of harvest, the advertisements, on the leaflets, labels, containers unspecified, the label of origin referred to above being accompanied by the mention “appellation contrôlée” in very apparent characters.

Art 9. -

The use of any indication or any sign likely to make believe in the purchaser that a wine is entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Aloxe-Corton”, whereas it does not answer all the conditions fixed by this decree, will be continued in accordance with the general legislation on the frauds and the protection of the art, labels of origin (L. August 1, 1905 1st and 2; L. May 6, 1919, art 8; D. August 19, 1921, art 13), without damage of the sanctions of a tax nature, if it is necessary. Warning: Information pré senté be on this site are the subject of a clause of nonresponsabilité INAO_19380311_37902/11/2006 Downloadable document: AOC_Aloxe-Corton_-_1998__.doc