AOC/AOP Regulations

Département

  • Côte d’Or

Communes of Production

  • Vosne-Romanée

Size

  • 7.68 ha

Styles and Encépagement

  • Rouge: Pinot Noir, plus a max. 15% mixed plantings of Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, and Chardonnay

Minimum Potential Alcohol

  • Rouge: 11.5%

Minimum Must Weights

  • 198 g/l (189 g/l prior to 2011)

Maximum Residual Sugar

  • Rouge: 2 g/l

Élevage

  • Wines must be aged until at least June 15 of the year following the harvest

Minimum Planting Density

  • 9,000 vines per hectare

Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)

  • Rouge: 42 hl/ha (35 hl/ha prior to 2011)

Principal Soils

  • brown limestone

AOC Established

  • 1936 (last updated 2011)

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