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AOC Côtes du Frontonnais machine translated reference / legal text

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Art 1st. -

(Replaced, D. April 20, 1982) - Only to name “Côtes du Frontonnais are entitled”, which can be followed names of Pediment or Villaudric, the red and rosy wines which, answering the conditions of this decree, were collected inside the delimited surface, approved by the national committee of the national institute of the labels of origin of the wines and brandies in its meeting of September 16, 1981, inside the territory of the following communes: 1° “Côtes du Frontonnais”, name being able to be followed name of Pediment: Department of Haute-Garonne. Castelnau-in Estrétefonds, Pediment, Saint-Rustice and Vacquiers. Department of the Tarn-and-Garonne. Bessens, Campsas, Canals, Dieupentale, Fabas, Grisolles, Labastide-Saint-Pierre, Montbartier, Nohic, Pride and Pompignan 2° “Côtes du Frontonnais”, name being able to be followed name of Villaudric: Department of Haute-Garonne. Bouloc, Pediment, Villaudric, Villematier, Villemur-on-Tarn and Villeneuve-lès-Bouloc.

Art 2. -

(Replaced, D. April 20, 1982) - to be entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Côtes du Frontonnais”, the wines must result from following type of vines, other than all others: 1°) principal Type of vine: Négrette (NR), in a proportion nonlower than 50% and nonhigher than 70% of encépagement of the exploitation. 2°) Type of vines complementary: cot (NR), mérille (NR), iron (NR), syrah (NR), each one of these type of vines having to represent to the maximum 25% of encépagement of the exploitation; frank cabernet (NR) and cabernet sauvignon (NR), these two type of vines in the maximum proportion of 25% of encépagement of the exploitation. 3°) Type of vines secondary: gamay (NR), cinsaut (NR), mauzac (B), these type of vines having to represent to the maximum 15% of encépagement of the exploitation.

Art 3. -

(Replaced, D. April 20, 1982) - the red and rosy wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Côtes du Frontonnais” must come from collected grapes with good maturity and present a minimum natural voluminal title alcoholometric of 10,5%. 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. Moreover, when the authorization of enrichment by dry sugaring is granted, the wines should not exceed a maximum total voluminal title alcoholometric of 13% under penalty of losing the right to name. However, the benefit of name can be granted to the wines of a total alcoholometric title 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 his 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 to the departmental service of 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. -

The basic output of the appellation contrôlée referred to above is fixed at 50 hectolitres per hectare of vine in production. This basic output can be modified under the conditions fixed by the decree n° 74.872 of October 19, 1 974 [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: 20% - percentage of increase envisaged in article 6 of the decree referred to above n° 74.872: 60% of the annual output of name “Côtes du Frontonnais”]. (Modified, D. 79.647 of July 27, 1979) - the benefit of the controlled label of origin, can be granted to the wines coming from the young vines only as from the third year following that during which the plantation was carried out places from there before August 31.

Art 5. -

The size of the vines producing of the wines for which the benefit of the appellation contrôlée referred to above is claimed must be carried out as follows: has) Goblet with four let us coursons and two frank eyes to the maximum; b) Simple Guyot, with a long wood of eight frank eyes and a courson of two frank eyes to the maximum. The density of plantation must lie between 4.000 and 4.500 feet per hectare.

Art 6. -

The wines must come from the grapes collected with good maturity and vinified in accordance with the local practice. The use of the continuous presses is prohibited. These wines profit from all the oenological processes authorized by the regulation in force, other than the concentration, which is prohibited. These wines cannot be put in circulation with the label of origin without a certificate issued by the national institute of the labels of origin of the wines and brandies, under the conditions envisaged by the provisions of the decree n° 74.871 of October 19, 1974.

Art 7. -

The wines for which, under the present decree, the appellation contrôlée is asserted “Côtes du Frontonnais”, and which are presented under the aforementioned name not being able to be declared after harvest, to be offered to the public, to be dispatched, put on sale or sold without, in the declaration of harvest, the advertisements, on the leaflets, labels, invoices, containers unspecified, name referred to above are registered and accompanied by the mention “appellation contrôlée”, the whole in very apparent characters. Dimensions of the characters of the mention “Côtes du Frontonnais” must be at least equal, as well in height as in width, with half of those of the largest characters appear on the labels.

Art 8. -

The use of any indication or any sign likely to make believe in the purchaser that wines are entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Coast of Frontonnais” whereas they do not answer all the conditions fixed by this decree, is continued in accordance with the general legislation on the repression of the frauds and the protection of the labels of origin, without damage of the sanctions of a tax nature, if it is necessary.

Art 9. -

Decrees of April 2, 1951 concerning the conditions of attribution of the label of the delimited wines of quality higher than the wines profiting from the labels of origin “Pediment” - Coasts of Pediment “or” Villaudric “are repealed. Warning: Information pré senté be on this site are the subject of a clause of nonresponsabilité INAO_19750207_42502/11/2006 Downloadable document: AOC_Cotes_du_Frontonnais_-_1982.doc