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Art 1st. -
(Modified, D. July 28, 1971. Supplemented, D. August 8, 1979) - Only are entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Château-Grillet” the white wines which, answering the conditions hereafter, were collected on the territory of the following communes of the department of the Loire: Commune of the Saint-Michel-on-Rhone: section A, sheet N. 6, pieces N. 1030, 1073 p. and 1084. Commune of Jack: section B, single sheet, pieces N. 83 p., 84, 85, 86, 88, 91 and 92. The limits of the surface of production thus defined will be deferred on the cadrastal maps of these communes by the experts appointed by the management committee of the national Institute of the labels of origin of the wines and brandies, and the plans establish by their care will be, after approval by the national Institute of the labels of origin, deposited in the town halls of the common interested parties.
Art 2. -
The wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Château-Grillet” will have to come from the following seedling, other than very other: viognier.
Art 3. -
(Replaced, D. April 5, 1982) - the wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Château-Grillet” must come from collected grapes with good maturity and present a minimum natural voluminal title alcoholometric of 11%. Cannot be regarded as being with good maturity any unit batch of vintage having a high content in sugar lower than 170 grams per liter of must. Moreover, when the authorization of enrichment by dry sugaring is granted, the wines should not exceed a maximum total voluminal title alcoholometric of 14%, under penalty of losing the right to name. However, the benefit of name can be granted to the wines of a total voluminal title alcoholometric higher than the limit 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, after investigation carried out into its request presented at least eight days 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 general direction of the taxes and the direction of the consumption and the repression of the frauds. The limits aimed to the subparagraphs above could be modified, when the climatic conditions justify it, by joint decree of the Minister for the agriculture and the Minister for consumption on proposal of the national Institute of the labels of origin, after opinion of the interested producers' associations.
Art 4. -
(Modified, D. August 27, 1986) - the appellation contrôlée “Château-Grillet” will be granted only to the producers whose harvest will not have exceeded 37 hectolitres of average per hectare. [These provisions were supplemented by the decrees n° 74.872 of October 19, 74.958 modified of November 20 and 75.842 of September 8: - ceiling limits classification: 10%. - percentage of increase envisaged in article 6 of the decree referred to above n° 74.872: 100% of the annual output of name “Coasts of the Rhone”]. (Supplemented, D. 79.647 of July 27, 1979) - the benefit of the controlled label of origin cannot be granted to the wines, coming from the young vines that as from the third year following that during which the plantation was carried out places from there before August 31.
Art 5. -
The vines producing the wine with appellation contrôlée “Château-Grillet” will be cut, according to the use, by leaving a pike and a frame from six to seven eyes.
Art 6. -
(Replaced, D. September 1, 1980) - the grapes must be collected with good maturity and be vinified in accordance with the local practice. The wines profit from all the practices authorized by the regulation in force. However, with regard to enrichment, of the particular provisions could be taken by decree of the Minister for agriculture, on a proposal from the national committee of the national Institute of the labels of origin.
Art 7. -
The wines for which, under the present decree, will be asserted the appellation contrôlée “Château-Grillet”, could not be declared, after harvest, offered to the public, dispatched, put on sale or 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 8. -
The use of any indication or any sign likely to make believe in the purchaser that a wine is entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Château-Grillet”, 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_19361208_27202/11/2006 Downloadable document: AOC_Chateau-Grillet_-_1986.doc