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Decree of July 17, 2000 modifying the decree of December 8, 1936 relating to the controlled label of origin “Pomerol” - J.O n° 170 of July 25, 2000
Art 1st. (Modified, D. July 17, 2000) -
Only are entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Pomerol” the wines which, answering the conditions hereafter enumerated, were collected on the territory of the commune of Pomerol and the part of the commune of Libourne envisaged by the judgement of the civil court of dated December 29, 1928 Bordeaux, limited to north by the Barbanne river, in the east by the limit of the commune of Pomerol, in the south by the brook of Cut, in the west by the secondary road 910 (old trunk road 10 (a)), the boulevard of Beauséjour, the George-Clemenceau avenue, the street of the Doctor-Nard, the avenue of Europe and the railway of Libourne with Bergerac. Inside the surface of production thus defined, will be excluded from the right to the appellation contrôlée “Pomerol”, the pieces belonging at the wet by nature and marshy levels. The limits of this surface of production will be deferred on the cadrastal map of the aforesaid interested communes, by the experts appointed by the management Committee of the national Committee of the labels of origin and the plan, established by their care, will be deposited with the town hall of the commune of Pomerol, before July 1, 1937.
Art 2. -
The wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Pomerol” will have obligatorily to come from following type of vines, other than all others: cabernets, bouchet, malbec or pressac, merlot. (Supplemented, D. Dec 26, 1960 art 1st.) From harvest 1961, any wine producer of the appellation contrôlée defined by this decree having in his exploitation of the pieces located in the delimited surface and containing hybrids will not be able to assert the right to this name.
Art 3. -
The wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Pomerol” will have obligatorily to come from musts containing, before any enrichment, 178 grams of natural sugar per liter, and to present, after fermentation, a minimum alcoholic strength of 10°5.
Art 4. -
(Modified, D. March 22, 1983) - the basic output is fixed at 42 hectolitres per hectare of vines in production. (Modified, D. 87-854 of October 22, 1987) - the benefit of the controlled label of origin “Pomerol” 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 places from there before August 31. (Supplemented, D. Dec 8, 1954) - Moreover, collecting them of wines with appellation contrôlée “Pomerol” having or also exploiting vines from which the wine profits from an appellation contrôlée other that “Pomerol” will not be able, in their declaration of harvests, to reveal an output with the hectare higher for the wines with appellation contrôlée “Pomerol” than that of the other wines with appellation contrôlée, except exemption found valid after investigation by the national institute of the labels of origin.
Art 5. -
Within one year, of the proposals tending to regulate the size of the vines producing the wine with appellation contrôlée “Pomerol” will have to be provided to the national Committee of the labels of origin by the wine and agricultural Trade union of Pomerol. [The provisions relating to the regulation of the size and the densities of plantation were defined by a decree of Feb 15, 1947] From the grape harvest of 1947, only to the appellation contrôlée “Pomerol” the wines will be entitled answering all the conditions fixed by the decree of control relating to this name and coming from vines which will have been cut and planted in accordance with the provisions hereafter: The only mode of size authorized is the size with cots and astes, the aste carrying 6 frank eyes to the maximum and the cots 2 eyes frank. The stocks, according to their strength, will be led with one or two astes, each astes carrying 6 frank eyes, to the maximum. The cots will be cut in 2 eyes. The density of the feet to the hectare will not have to be lower than 5.500.
Art 6. -
The wine making will be in conformity with the local practice. All the nologic practices ? authorized by the laws and payments in force are authorized for the wines with appellation contrôlée “Pomerol”.
Art 7. -
The wines for which, under the present decree, the appellation contrôlée will be asserted “Pomerol” could not be declared after harvest, be offered to the public, be dispatched, put on sale or be sold without in the declaration of harvest, in the advertisements, on the leaflets unspecified labels, containers, the label of origin referred to above being accompanied by the mention “appellation contrôlée” in very apparent characters.
Art 8. -
The use of any indication or any sign likely to make believe in the purchaser that a wine is entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Pomerol”, 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 art, labels of origin (L. August 1, 1905 1st and 2; L. May 6, 1919, art 8; D. August 19, 1921, art 13), 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_19361208_7202/11/2006 Downloadable document: AOC_Pomerol_-_2000.doc