AOC/AOP Regulations
Département
- Saône-et-Loire
Communes of Production
- Mâcon and Vinzelles
Styles and Encépagement
- Blanc: 100% Chardonnay
- Blanc with indication of climat (vineyard designate)
Minimum Potential Alcohol
- Pouilly-Vinzelles: 11%
- Pouilly-Vinzelles with indication of climat: 12%
Minimum Must Weights
- Pouilly-Vinzelles: 178 g/l
- Pouilly-Vinzelles with indication of climat: 195 g/l
Maximum Residual Sugar
- Blanc: 3 g/l
Minimum Planting Density
- 8,000 vines per hectare
Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)
- Pouilly-Vinzelles: 60 hl/ha (50 hl/ha prior to 2011)
- Pouilly-Vinzelles with indication of climat: 58 hl/ha (50 hl/ha prior to 2011)
AOC Established
- 1940 (last updated 2011)
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