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Art 1st. -
Only to the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages are entitled”, initially recognized by the decree of November 2, 1966, the red, rosy or white wines answering the conditions fixed hereafter.
Art 2. -
The surface of production of the wines being entitled to the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages” is delimited inside the territory of the ninety-five following communes: Department of Borough-Saint-Andéol Ardeche, Saint-Just-in Ardèche, Saint-Marcel-in Ardèche, Saint-Martin-in Ardèche. Department of Drome Bouchet, Mérindol-the-Olive-trees, Mirabel-with-Baronnies, Mollans-on-Ouvèze, Montbrison, Nyons, Pègue (It), Piégon, Rochegude, Rousset-the-Vines, Saint-Maurice-on-Eygues, Saint-Pantaléon-the-Vines, Suze-the-Russet-red, Taulignan, Tulette, Venterol, Vinsobres. Department of Gard Aiguèze, Bagnols-on-Cèze, Castillon-of-Gard, Cavillargues, Chusclan, Codolet, Comps, Cornillon, Domazan, Estézargues, Fournès, Gaujac, Laudun, Montfrin, Orsan, Bridge-Saint-Spirit, Pujaut, Rochefort-of-Gard, Sabran, Saint-Alexandre, Saint-Etienne-of-Fates, Saint-Gervais, Saint-Hilaire-in Ozilhan, Saint-Marcel--Careiret, Saint-Michel-Euzet, Saint-Nazaire, Saint-Pons-the-Calm, Saint-Victor-the-Coste, Sauveterre, Saze, Tresques, Valliguières, Vénéjan. Department of Vaucluse Beaumes-of-Venice, Bédarrides, Bollène, Bush, Cairanne, Camaret-on-Acute, the Caumont-on-Durance, Châteauneuf-of-Gadagne, Courthézon, Falcon, Cricket, Jonquières, Castling-Alric, Lafare, Lagarde-Paréol, Mondragon, Morières-lès-Avignon, Orange, Piolenc, Puyméras, Rasteau, Richerenches, Roaix, Sablet, Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison, Saint-Romain-in-Viennese, Saint-Novel-of-Malegarde, Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon, Holy-Cecile-the-Vines, Séguret, Sérignan-of-Comtat, Sorgues, Suzette, Travaillan, Uchaux, Vaison-the-Roman, Valréas, Vedène, Villedieu, Violès, Visan. To be entitled to the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages”, the wines must result from grape harvest collected in the surface of production delimited by pieces, or parts of pieces, as approved by the national committee of the wines and brandies of the national Institute of the labels of origin on Commission proposal of experts indicated to this end. The plans of delimitation are, after carryforward on cadrastal maps, deposited with the town hall of the common interested parties.
Art 3. -
Only the name of one of the following communes - that it corresponds to the territory of only one commune or that of a grouping of communes - or part of name of commune can be assistant of the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages”: - Beaumes-of-Venice: communes of Beaumes-of-Venice, Lafare, Castling-Alric and Suzette, for the pieces included in the surface of production approved by the national committee of the national Institute of the labels of origin on March 15, 1979; - Cairanne: commune of Cairanne; - Chusclan: for the only red and rosy wines of the communes of Chusclan, Orsan, Codolet, Bagnols-on-Cèze and Saint-Etienne-of-Fates, in accordance with the provisions of the judgement of the civil court of dated February 6, 1947 Uzès; - Laudun: communes of Laudun, Saint-Victor-the-Coste and Tresques, in accordance with the provisions of the judgement of the civil court of dated February 6, 1947 Uzès; - Rasteau: commune of Rasteau; - Roaix: commune of Roaix; - Rochegude: commune of Rochegude; - Rousset-the-Vines: commune of Rousset-the-Vines; - Sablet: commune of Sablet; - Saint-Gervais: commune of Saint-Gervais; - Saint-Maurice: commune of Saint-Maurice-on-Eygues; - Saint-Pantaléon-the-Vines: commune of Saint-Pantaléon-the-Vines; - Séguret: commune of Séguret; - Valréas: commune of Valréas; - Vinsobres: commune of Vinsobres; - Visan: commune of Visan. The corresponding wines must moreover satisfy the particular conditions enumerated in articles 7, 8 and 11 of this decree.
Art 4. -
The wines must come from an assembly of several type of vines and answer the conditions of following encépagement: For the red and rosy wines: grenache black, in the proportion minimum of 50% of encépagement; syrah and mourvèdre, together or separately in the proportion minimum of 20% of encépagement. However, are allowed in the maximum proportion of 20% of encépagement all other red type of vines opening right to the controlled label of origin “Coasts of the Rhone” under the terms of the regulation in force. Moreover, for the rosy wines, are allowed in the maximum proportion of 20% of encépagement all type of vines indicated below for the white wines; For the white wines: grenache white, pale white, marsanne white, roussanne white, bourboulenc white, white viognier. However, are allowed in the maximum proportion of 20% of encépagement all other white type of vines opening right to the controlled label of origin “Coasts of the Rhone” under the terms of the regulation in force. In this article, by the term: “encépagement”, it is necessary to include/understand encépagement totality of the pieces producing the wine of name for the color considered. However, will also be entitled to the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages” until harvest 2004 included the wines answering the conditions of encépagement following: red wines: - grenache black, in the maximum proportion of 65% of encépagement; - syrah, mourvèdre and cinsaut, in the proportion minimum of 25% of encépagement. However, are allowed in the maximum proportion of 10% of encépagement all other red type of vines opening right to the controlled label of origin “Coasts of the Rhone” under the terms of the regulation in force; rosy wines: - grenache black, in the maximum proportion of 60% of encépagement; - camarèse and cinsaut, in the proportion minimum of 15% of encépagement; - carignan, in the maximum proportion of 15% of encépagement. However, are allowed in the maximum proportion of 10% of encépagement all other type of vines opening right to the controlled label of origin “Coasts of the Rhone” under the terms of the regulation in force; white wines: - pale, roussanne, bourboulenc, in the proportion minimum of 80% of encépagement; - grenache white, in the maximum proportion of 10% of encépagement. However, are allowed in the maximum proportion of 10% of encépagement all other white type of vines opening right to the controlled label of origin “Coasts of the Rhone” under the terms of the regulation in force.
Art 5. -
The vines must be planted and cut under the following conditions: Density of plantation Each foot has a maximum surface of 2,5 square meters, this surface being obtained by multiplying the two distances interrangs and spacing between the stocks. In addition, the maximum distance between the rows is limited to 2,5 meters. This provision is applicable for all new plantation or replanting carried out after the publication of this decree. Cut For all type of vines, except for viognier, only is authorized the short size out of goblet or in cord, each stock having to comprise to the maximum six let us coursons in two frank eyes. In the event of size in cord, the maximum height of the cord will be 65 centimetres, this height being measured starting from the ground until the lower part of the arms of frame. The period of establishment of the cord for all type of vines led according to this mode will be limited to two years maximum. During this period, the Guyot size such as below definite for the type of vine viognier could be authorized. For the type of vine viognier, are authorized the Guyot size with a long wood comprising eight frank eyes to the maximum, or that with two long drink with six frank eyes to the maximum and one or two let us coursons in two frank eyes to the maximum.
Art 6. -
The irrigation for the growing period of the vine can be authorized only in the event of persistent dryness, pursuant to the regulation in force, on proposal of the national Institute of the labels of origin, and at the request of the trade union of defense of name and this until the date of ripening only.
Art 7. -
The basic output is fixed at 45 hectolitres per hectare for the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages”, and at 42 hectolitres per hectare for the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages” followed by a name of commune. The output stop is fixed at 50 hectolitres per hectare for the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages”, and at 45 hectolitres per hectare for the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages” followed by a name of commune. Lastly, the total production of the vines in production of the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages”, including that possibly delivered to the industrial uses envisaged in article 6 of the decree of September 10, 1993 referred to above, cannot in no case to exceed 55 hectolitres per hectare, under penalty of losing the right to the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages” for totality of harvest of the exploitation in which this going beyond will have been raised. The benefit of the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages” can be granted to the wines coming from young vines only as from the third year following that during which the plantation was carried out places from there before August 31.
Art 8. -
The wines being entitled to the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages” must come from collected grapes with good maturity and present after fermentation a minimum natural voluminal title alcoholometric of 12° for the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages” and, for the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages” followed by a name of commune, of 12° for the white and rosy wines and 12,5° for the red wines. Cannot be regarded as being with good maturity any unit batch of grape harvest having a high content in sugar (measured in must g/l) lower than the values below: - for the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages”: 196 g/l for the white and rosy wines; 207 g/l for the red wines; - for the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages” followed by a name of commune: 196 g/l for the white and rosy wines; 207 g/l for the red wines resulting from the type of vines syrah or mourvèdre; 216 g/l for the red wines resulting from other type of vines. Moreover, when the authorization of enrichment is granted, the minimum natural voluminal title alcoholometric can be lowered to 11,5° for the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages”, and to 12° for the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages” followed by a name of commune, the maximum total voluminal title alcoholometric not having to exceed 14,5° for the batches of wines nouveau riches of the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages”, that it is followed or not name of commune, under penalty of losing the right to name. Enrichment could be granted at the time of the years to exceptional climatology either for the totality of the grape harvest of name, or for certain sectors, or for certain type of vines only.
Art 9. -
The wines must be elaborate according to local practice's. The grapes must be collected with good maturity, brought in cellar in a medical state suitable and vinified in accordance with the local practice. With regard to the transport of the vintage, the contents of the buckets are limited to three tons.
Art 10. -
The wines cannot be put in circulation with the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages”, without a certificate issued by the national Institute of the labels of origin under the conditions envisaged by the decree of October 19, 1974 relating to the examinations analytical and organoleptic of the wines with controlled label of origin. The deadline of delivery of this certificate of approval will not be able to exceed on December 31 of the year following that of harvest.
Art 11. -
The wines for which, under the present decree, is asserted the controlled label of origin “Coast of the Rhone Villages” cannot be declared after harvest, be offered to the public, be dispatched, put on sale, without, in the declaration of harvest, the advertisements, on the leaflets, labels, containers, the controlled label of origin referred to above being accompanied by the mention “Appellation contrôlée” in very apparent characters. The use of the type of vine names is interdict in the same visual field as the obligatory mentions in the labelling of the controlled label of origin “Côtes du Rhône Villages”. However, the names of type of vines used for the development of the wines of this name can appear in the labelling of these products, with the title of the history of the wine, in characters which should not exceed one the third of the characters used for the name of name appearing in the obligatory mentions. In the labelling of the wines profiting from the provisions of article 3, the name of the commune can be placed either above, or in lower part of the name “Côtes du Rhône Villages” but be printed without intercalated mention in of the same characters of the same graphics color and whose dimensions should not be higher of more than one third than those of this last name.
Art. 12. -
L'emploi de toute indication ou de tout signe susceptible de faire croire à l'acheteur qu'un vin a droit à l'appellation d'origine contrôlée " Côtes du Rhône Villages ", alors qu'il ne répond pas à toutes les conditions de production fixées par le présent décret est poursuivi conformément à la législation générale sur les fraudes et sur la protection des appellations d'origine, sans préjudice des sanctions d'ordre fiscal, s'il y a lieu.
Art. 13. -
Le décret du 2 novembre 1966 définissant les conditions de production de l'appellation " Côtes du Rhône Villages " est abrogé.
Art. 14. -
Le ministre de l'économie, des finances et de l'industrie, le ministre de l'agriculture et de la pêche, le secrétaire d'Etat au budget et la secrétaire d'Etat aux petites et moyennes entreprises, au commerce et à l'artisanat sont chargés, chacun en ce qui le concerne, de l'exécution du présent décret, qui sera publié au Journal officiel de la République française. Avertissement : Les informations présentées sur ce site font l'objet d'une clause de non responsabilitéINAO_19990212_43002/11/2006 Document téléchargeable : AOC_Cotes_du_Rhone_Villages_-_1999.doc