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AOC Coteaux du Giennois machine translated reference / legal text

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Art 1st. -

Only to the controlled label of origin “Coteaux du Giennois are entitled”, followed or not name of “Loire Valley”, the white, red or rosy wines which answer the conditions fixed hereafter.

Art 2. -

The surface of production is delimited inside the territory of the following communes: Department of Loiret: Beaulieu, the Bonny-on-Loire, Briare, Gien, Ousson, Thou; Department of Nievre: Alligny-Cosne, that-on-Loire, the Cosne-Course-on-Loire, Myennes, the Neuvy-on-Loire, Pougny, Saint-Wolf, the Holy Father.

Art 3. -

To be entitled to the controlled label of origin “Coteaux du Giennois”, the wines must result from grape harvest collected in the surface of production delimited by piece or part of piece, such as it was approved by the national committee of the wines and brandies of the national Institute of the labels of origin during the meeting of September 7, 1994, on Commission proposal of experts indicated to this end. The limits of the surface of production thus defined are deferred on the cadrastal maps deposited in the town halls of the communes concerned.

Art 4. -

The wines being entitled to the controlled label of origin “Coteaux du Giennois” must come from following type of vines, other than all others: has) Red and rosy wines: gamay NR, pinot black NR. None of these two type of vines must exceed 80% of encépagement of the exploitation. The wines must come from the assembly of the wines resulting from these two type of vines. This assembly must be carried out before any presentation with the examinations aimed to article 9 of this decree. b) White wines: sauvignon B.

Art 5. -

To be entitled to the controlled label of origin “Coteaux du Giennois”, the vines must be maintained according to local practice's, be planted, led and be cut in accordance with the following provisions: A. - Plantation Minimal density of plantation: 5.700 stocks with the hectare. Maximum spacing enters the rows: 1,40 meter. Maximum distance enters the seedlings on the row: 1,25 meter. B. - Sizes Is authorized, for the sauvignon B and the pinot black NR: - is the size in cord comprising to the maximum twelve frank eyes per stock, a simple or double frame and let us coursons cut in one or two frank eyes; - is the simple size in guyot comprising to the maximum ten frank eyes per stock, eight frank eyes on long wood and two let us coursons cut in one or two frank eyes. Is authorized, for the gamay NR: - is the size in cord comprising to the maximum ten frank eyes per stock, a simple or double frame and let us coursons cut in one or two frank eyes; - is the simple size in guyot comprising to the maximum eight frank eyes per stock, six frank eyes on long wood and two let us coursons cut in one or two frank eyes; - is the size out of goblet range comprising to the maximum ten frank eyes per stock and of let us coursons cut in one or two frank eyes. The vines in vegetation must have a minimal height of foliage corresponding to 0,65 times the spacing between the rows. The height of foliage is measured between the wire carrying (lower wire) and the height trimming. The lower wire of training must be at least with 40 centimetres above the ground.

Art 6. -

To be entitled to the controlled label of origin “Coteaux du Giennois”, the wines must come from collected grapes with good maturity and present a minimum natural voluminal title alcoholometric of 10% for the red, rosy and white wines. Cannot be regarded as being with good maturity any unit batch of vintage having a high content in sugar lower than 162 grams per liter of must for the red wines, and of 153 grams per liter of must for the rosy and white wines. Moreover, when the authorization of enrichment was granted, the wines should not exceed a maximum total voluminal title alcoholometric of 12,5%, under penalty of losing the right to this name. However, the benefit of the controlled label of origin “Coteaux du Giennois” 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 after investigation carried out into his request presented before the vintage of the vines concerned.

Art 7. -

Can claim with the controlled label of origin “Coteaux du Giennois” only the wines answering the conditions fixed by the decree of September 10, 1993 referred to above. The basic output aimed to the article 1st of the decree referred to above is fixed, for the white wines, with 60 hectolitres per hectare and for the red and rosy wines, with 55 hectolitres per hectare. The output stop aimed to article 4 of the decree referred to above is fixed, for the white wines, with 75 hectolitres per hectare, for the red and rosy wines, with 66 hectolitres per hectare. The benefit of the controlled label of origin can be granted to the wines coming from the young vines only as from the second year following that during which the plantation was carried out before August 31.

Art 8. -

The wines being entitled to the controlled label of origin “Coteaux du Giennois” must come from grapes collected with good maturity and vinified in accordance with the local practice. The wines being entitled to the controlled label of origin “Coteaux du Giennois” profit from all the oenological processes authorized by the laws and payments in force, except for the concentration, which is prohibited.

Art 9. -

The classified wines controlled “Coteaux du Giennois” cannot be put in circulation without a certificate of approval delivered by the national Institute of the labels of origin under the conditions envisaged by the decree of October 19, 1974 referred to above.

Art 10. -

The wines for which is asserted the controlled label of origin “Coteaux du Giennois” not being able to be declared after harvest, to be offered to the public, to be dispatched, put on sale or to be sold without, in the declaration of harvest, the advertisements, on the leaflets, labels, invoices, containers unspecified, the controlled label of origin referred to above are registered and accompanied by the mention “appellation contrôlée”, the whole in very apparent characters. The name of name must be registered on the labels in characters whose dimensions, as well in height as in width, should not be lower than half of those of the characters of any other mention appearing there. Dimensions of the characters of the mention “Loire Valley” should not be higher, as well in height as in width, to two thirds of those of the characters of the name of name. No mention of the type of vine name must appear in same the visual fields as that of the name of the controlled label of origin “Coteaux du Giennois”.

Art 11. -

The use of any indication or any sign likely to make believe in the purchaser that a wine is entitled to the controlled label of origin “Coteaux du Giennois”, 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 labels of origin, without damage of the sanctions of a tax nature, if it is necessary.

Art 12. -

The wines having received the label of the delimited wines of higher quality under the label of origin “Coteaux du Giennois” and answering the conditions of this decree can be allowed for the benefit of the controlled label of origin if they obtain, within three month starting from the date of publication of this decree, the certificate of approval envisaged in article 9, delivered above under the same conditions, after examinations analytical and organoleptic. The wines held by the wholesale dealers will be subjected to the same procedure; however, in this case, samplings will be carried out by the agents of the general direction of competition, the consumption and the repression of the frauds. The wines presented at the examinations analytical and organoleptic for classification in controlled label of origin lose definitively and immediately the benefit of the label of origin to which they had right if they do not undergo the examinations successfully. The wines profiting from the label of origin “Coteaux du Giennois” to which was delivered, before at the date of publication of this decree, the label of the delimited wines of higher quality can be marketed under their name until exhaustion of stocks, the provisions of article 2, paragraph 3, of the decree of November 30, 1960 relating to the delimited wines of higher quality, relating to the validity of use by the producer of the label of the delimited wines of higher quality not being more applicable to these wines. However, the wines which were not the subject of a marketing or which were not bottled before the expiry of a three months deadline following the publication of this decree could not be marketed under their label of origin “delimited Wines of higher quality” that if they obtain an extension of the validity of the label after a new examination of quality by analysis and tasting, organized by the trade union of defense of name, under the control of the national Institute of the labels of origin.

Art 13. -

The decree of November 26, 1954 fixing the conditions of attribution of the label “delimited Wines of quality higher” than the classified wines “Coteaux du Giennois” is repealed. Warning: Information pré senté be on this site are the subject of a clause of nonresponsabilité INAO_19980515_42002/11/2006 Downloadable document: AOC_Coteaux_du_Giennois_-_1998.doc