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AOC Crémant de Bourgogne machine translated reference / legal text

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Art 1st. -

Only are entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Creaming of Burgundy” the white or rosy wines sparkling elaborate under the conditions fixed by this decree and by using only the still wines, said basic wines, answering the conditions below defined and which will have been declared like such in the declarations of harvest under the denomination “Wine intended for the development of Creaming of Burgundy”.

Art 2. -

The denomination “Wine intended for the development of Creaming of Burgundy” can be applied only to wines produced inside the surface of delimited production defined by the article 1st of the decree of July 31, 1937 relating to the wines with appellation contrôlée “ordinary Burgundy” or “ordinary Burgundy large”.

Art 3. -

The denomination “Wine intended for the development of Creaming of Burgundy” can be applied only to wines coming from following type of vines: Type of vines of 1st category: pinot black, gray pinot, pinot white, chardonnay; Type of vines of 2nd category: gamay black with white juice, white grape, melon, sacy. The proportion of gamay black with white juice is limited to 20 p. 100 to the maximum. The white wines can be produced indifferently with one or several of these white or red type of vines. The rosy wines can be produced with one or several of red type of vines, with or without white type of vines.

Art 4. -

(Replaced D. October 1, 1985). - The denomination “Wine intended for the development of Creaming of Burgundy” can apply only to wines coming from collected grapes with good maturity and presenting a minimum natural voluminal title alcoholometric of 8,5%. Cannot be regarded as being with good maturity any unit batch of vintage having a high content in sugar lower than 136 grams per liter of must. Moreover, when the authorization of enrichment by dry sugaring is granted, the wines being entitled Creaming to the appellation contrôlée “of Burgundy” should not exceed a total voluminal alcoholometric title of 13% before addition of dose, 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 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 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 5. -

To be able to profit from the appellation contrôlée “Creaming of Burgundy”, the wines must answer the conditions fixed by the decree n° 74.872 of October 19, 1974. The basic output aimed to the article 1st of the aforesaid decree is fixed at 50 hectolitres per hectare of vine in production which can profit from name (7500 kg of grapes). The percentage envisaged in article 3 of the above mentioned decree n° 74.872 is fixed at 20% in accordance with the decree n° 74.958 of November 20, 1974. [See also 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 “ordinary Burgundy large” other than the wines collected in the department from the Rhone for which the aforementioned percentage is fixed at 30% of the annual output of name red “Beaujolais wine” for the red and rosy wines and 60% of the output of name “Beaujolais wine” (white) for the white wines] (Supplemented, 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 6. -

The denomination “Wine intended for the development of Creaming of Burgundy” can be applied only to wines coming from grapes collected with good maturity and obtained within the limit of 100 liters wine for 150 kg of grape harvest and vinified in accordance with the local practice to the territory aimed to article 2. Is regarded as being with good maturity any unit batch of vintage having a high content in sugar at least equal to 137 grams per liter of must, corresponding to one liter alcoholometric in power minimum of 8°. The grapes can be transported only in nontight containers. In the fermentation off skins, the grapes must be put whole in the press. The wines known as of rebêche are collected separately and cannot claim with the denomination referred to above. These wines must account for at least 7% of the quantity being entitled to this denomination. They must be the subject of a separate specific mention in the declarations of harvest or manufacture The use of any system of draining, pressing or pressing of the vintage by screw hélicoïcales or presses containing of the chains is interdict for the development of the wines in question. All the oenological processes authorized by the laws and payments in force can be used, other than the concentration which is prohibited.

Art 7. -

The behaviour of a notebook of press is obligatory. This notebook specifies, for each marc, the date and the hour of the beginning of each operation, the weight of the grapes implemented by type of vine, their alcoholometric title in power, their origin, the name of the wine grower and volumes of musts obtained. The weighing of the grapes is obligatory on the place of pressing. This notebook must be held on the spot with the provision of the agents of the Fraud Squad and of and the general direction quality control of the taxes, which can carry out all check operations freely.

Art 8. -

The wines with appellation contrôlée “Creaming of Burgundy” can be elaborate only starting from one basic wine or of a basic wine assembly in which volume resulting from type of vines of 1st category of article 3 above is at least equal to 30% of the unit. For the establishment of this percentage, the type of vine sacy is allowed as type of vine of 1st category insofar as the proportion of the grapes which of it result does not exceed half of the quantity of the grapes resulting from the unit from the type of vines whose the basic wine or the assembly comes from the basic wines.

Art 9. -

In the declarations of harvest and stock, invoices, book, parts of control and all other documents accompanying the wine and the vintage, the denomination “Wine intended for the development of Creaming of Burgundy” is obligatory.

Art 10. -

The wines with appellation contrôlée “Creaming of Burgundy” must be elaborate a second fermentation in bottles in accordance with the decree referred to above of March 19, 1939 in the surface of production aimed to article 2 above. Pulling in bottles where the catch of foam is carried out cannot take place before January 1 year which follows that of harvest. The shelf life in bottles on dregs cannot be lower than nine months. The wines must have, after discharging, a carbon dioxide overpressure at least equal to 3,5 atmospheres, measured at the temperature of 20°C. Their content total sulphur dioxide should not exceed 150 milligrams per liter.

Art 11. -

The wines for which the appellation contrôlée referred to above is asserted are subjected to the provisions of the decree n° 74.871 of October 19, 1974 relating to the examinations analytical and organoleptic of the wines with appellation contrôlée.

Art 12. -

The wines for which, under the present decree, is asserted name “Creaming of Burgundy” and which is presented under the aforementioned name not being able to be declared with harvest, to be offered to the public, to be dispatched, put on sale or to be sold without, in the declaration of stock, the advertisements, on the leaflets, labels, invoices, containers unspecified, the label of origin referred to above are registered and accompanied by the mention “appellation contrôlée”, the whole in very apparent characters. On the labels, the words “Creaming of Burgundy” must be registered in very apparent characters; dimensions of the characters of the words “Creaming” and “Burgundy” must be equal between them and at least equal, as well in height as in width, with half of those of the largest characters appear on the labels. The bottles must be closed using a stopper carrying the words “Creaming of Burgundy” on the part contained in the collar of the bottle.

Art 13. -

Wines answering the conditions of this decree held in stock by the producers and the elaborative ones and who come from grape harvest collected in 1973 and 1974 will be able to profit from the appellation contrôlée referred to above on presentation of a certificate of resumption of stock delivered by the national Institute of the labels of origin after opinion of an Audit Board indicated by the management committee of the aforesaid institute and composed representatives of the producing and elaborative professionals and administrations (general direction of the taxes and Fraud Squad). The check operations envisaged with the preceding subparagraph will have to be finished at the latest six months after the publication of this decree.

Art 14. -

The use of any indication or any sign likely to make believe in the purchaser that a wine is entitled Creaming to the appellation contrôlée “of Burgundy”, whereas it does not answer all the conditions fixed by this decree, is 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. Warning: Information pré senté be on this site are the subject of a clause of nonresponsabilité INAO_19751017_60402/11/2006 Downloadable document: AOC_Cremant_de_Bourgogne_-_1985.doc