AOC/AOP Regulations
Département
- Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Vendée
Styles and Encépagement
- Blanc:
- Principal Variety: Min. 70% Folle Blanche (Gros Plant)
- Accessory Varieties: Montils and a max. 10% Colombard
- Blanc „Sur Lie“
- Folle Blanche may only account for a min. 50% of the encépagement through 2030
- All Gros Plant wines may include the geographical designation „Val de Loire“ on the label
Assemblage
- per encépagement
Minimum Potential Alcohol
- Blanc: 9%
- Blanc „Sur Lie“: 9.5%
Minimum Must Weight
- Blanc: 144 g/l
- Blanc „Sur Lie“: 153 g/l
Maximum Residual Sugar
- 4 g/l
„Sur Lie“ Requirements
- The wine must be kept on its lees (in either tank or barrel) after fermentation until at least March 1 of the year following the harvest
- The wine is bottled directly off its fine lees between March 1 and November 30 of the year following the harvest, and not released until at least March 8
Minimum Planting Density
- 6,500 vines per hectare
Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)
- 70 hl/ha
AOC Established
- 2011 (VDQS established in 1954) (last updated 2011)
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