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Decree of March 19, 1998 relating to certain labels of origin controlled of the Burgundy area - J.O n° 72 of March 26, 1998
Art 1st. -
Only respectively have right to the one of the appellation contrôlées: “Montrachet, Knight-Montrachet and Bastard-Montrachet”, the white wines which, answering the conditions hereafter were collected on the following territories: For Montrachet On the territory of Puligny-Montrachet, section A, N. 1 to 2. On the territory of Chassagne-Montrachet, section A, N. 29 to 33 and N. 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, called “Teeth of Dog”. (Supplemented, D. June 13, 1939). - The surface of production of the wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Knight-Montrachet” is thus delimited: On the commune of Puligny-Montrachet. CADASTRAL SECTION LOCALITIES SURFACE NUMBER OF PIECES ha A. Ca A-10 Montrachet Knight 6 11 80 4 to 12, 14 to 26, 28, 30, 32 to 44 A-9 Cailleret 1 02 70 18, 19. - The surface of production of the wines being entitled “Bastard-Montrachet” to the appellation contrôlée is thus delimited: On the commune of Chassagne-Montrachet. CADASTRAL SECTION LOCALITIES SURFACE NUMBER OF PIECES ha A. Ca Bastard-Montrachet A-2 5 81 80 1 to 49. On the commune of Puligny-Montrachet. CADASTRAL SECTION LOCALITIES SURFACE NUMBER OF PIECES ha A. Ca B-6 Welcomes 2 30 00 1 8, 9, 12 to 15, 19, 23, 24, 26, 20 p., 25 p., 28 p., 29 p., Bastard-Montrachet 3 71 47 30 to 42 - The wines collected in the pieces below and answering the conditions fixed by the decree of July 31, 1937, for names “Montrachet”, “Knight-Montrachet” and “Bastard-Montrachet” will be entitled “Welcome-Bastard-Montrachet” to the appellation contrôlée: On the commune of Puligny-Montrachet. CADASTRAL SECTION LOCALITIES SURFACE NUMBER OF PIECES ha A. Ca B-6 Welcomes 2 to 7, 10, 11, 16 to 18, 21, 22, 27, 20 p., 25 p., 28 p., 29 p. - The wines collected in the pieces below and answering the conditions fixed by the decree of July 31, 1937, for names “Montrachet”, “Knight-Montrachet” and “Bastard-Montrachet” will be entitled “Criots-Bastard-Montrachet” to the appellation contrôlée: On the commune of Chassagne-Montrachet. CADASTRAL SECTION LOCALITIES SURFACE NUMBER OF PIECES ha A. Ca A-2 Criots 50 to 55 and 99 to 108.
Art 2. -
The wines being entitled to the one of the appellation contrôlées “Montrachet, Knight-Montrachet, Bastard-Montrachet”, will have to come from following type of vine, other than all others: Pinot chardonnay, known as beaunois or aubaine.
Art 3. -
(Replaced. D. February 25, 1987). - To have right respectively to the appellation contrôlées “Montrachet” and “Montrachet Knight”, the white wines must come from collected grapes with good maturity and present a minimum natural voluminal title alcoholometric of 12%. Cannot be regarded as being with good maturity any unit batch of vintage having a high content in sugar lower than 187 grams per liter of must. To have right respectively to the appellation contrôlées “Bastard-Montrachet”, “Welcomes Bastard-Montrachet” and “Bastard-Montrachet Criots” the white wines must come from collected grapes with good maturity and present a minimum natural voluminal title alcoholometric of 11,5%. Cannot be regarded as being with good maturity any unit batch of vintage having a high content in sugar lower than 178 grams per liter of must. Moreover, when the authorization of enrichment by dry sugaring is granted, the wines of appellation contrôlées “Montrachet”, “Montrachet Knight”, “Bastard-Montrachet”, “Welcomes Bastard-Montrachet” and “Bastard-Montrachet Criots” should not exceed a total alcoholometric title of 14,5% under penalty of losing the right to name. However, the benefit of one or the other of above mentioned names 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 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 general direction of the taxes and the general direction of competition, 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 in charge of the economy and finances and the Minister for agriculture on proposal of the national Institute of the labels of origin with the wines and brandies after opinion of the interested producers' associations.
Art 4. -
(Modified, D. August 26, 1982). [The basic output concerned has the article 1st decree 74.872 of modified October 19, 1974 relating to the producing output of the vineyards of the wines with controlled label of origin is fixed for the wines of names “Montrachet”, “Knight-Montrachet”, “Bastard-Montrachet”, “Welcome-Bastard-Montrachet”, “Criots-Bastard-Montrachet”, with 40 hectolitres per hectare. Only can profit from an output higher than the basic output, within the maximum limit of the limiting ceiling of classification, for a given surface of vine producing of the wines being entitled to names quoted above, the informants who made of it the request at the national Institute of the labels of origin before the vintage of the vines in question and which were subjected to the checking of their harvest by the commission of five members envisaged with the article 1st of the decree modified 74. 872 of October 19, 1974.] [See also decrees 74.872 of October 19, 74.958 modified of November 20: - ceiling limits classification: 20%.] (D. 87.854 of October 22, 1987). - The benefit of name can be granted to the wines coming from young vines only as from the second year following that during which the plantation was carried out places from there before August 31.
Art 5. -
In a one year deadline, proposals tending to specify a regulation of the density of the plantations and size will have to be made at the national Committee of the labels of origin by the trade union of the common interested parties. (A. September 17, 1956). Nevertheless, are prohibited, from the publication of this decree, the practices of the incision annular or any other similar and that of the torsion of the vine shoot.
Art 6. -
(Modified, D. March 19, 1998) - wines being entitled to the one of the appellation contrôlées: “Montrachet”, “Knight-Montrachet”, “Bastard-Montrachet” will have to come from grapes collected with good maturity and vinified in accordance with the local practice. They will profit from all the oenological processes currently authorized by the laws and payments in force.
Art 7. -
(Supplemented, D. December 6, 1988). - The wines for which, under the present decree, the appellation contrôlées will be asserted “Montrachet”, “Knight-Montrachet”, “Bastard-Montrachet”, could not be declared after harvest, be offered to the public, be dispatched, put on sale or sold, without in the declaration of harvest, the advertisements, on the leaflets, unspecified labels, containers, the labels of origin referred to above being accompanied by the mention “appellation contrôlée” in very apparent characters. The ranking “great vintage” must obligatorily be reproduced on the label. This mention is carried immediately below the name and name in characters with most equal, as well in height as in width, to two thirds of those used for the name of name.
Art 8. -
The use of any indication or any sign likely to make believe in the purchaser that a wine is entitled to names “Montrachet”, “Knight-Montrachet”, “Bastard-Montrachet”, 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 (
Art 1 and 2 of the law of August 1, 1905; art 8 of the law of May 6, 1919; art 13 of the decree of August 19, 1921), 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_19370731_21702/11/2006 Downloadable document: AOC_Montrachet_-
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