Court of Master Sommeliers – Appellations, Classifications and Regions France – Corsica Vin de Corse/Corse AOP

AOC/AOP Regulations

Département

  • Corse-du-Sud, Haute-Corse

Subzones (Geographical Designations)

  • Calvi, Figari, Porto-Vecchio, Coteaux du Cap Corse, Sartène

Styles and Encépagement

  • Blanc: 
    • Principal Variety: Min. 75% Vermentino (Malvoisie de Corse)
    • Accessory Varieties: Max. 25% Ugni Blanc (Rossola), max. 10% combined Biancu Gentile, Codivarta, and Genovèse
  • Rosé: 
    • Principal Varieties: Min. 50% combined Grenache, Nielluccio, and Sciaccarello (Mammolo) (min. 1/3 combined Nielluccio and Sciaccarello)
    • Accessory Varieties: Max. 20% Vermentino; max. 20% Carignan; max. 10% combined Aleatico, Carcajolo Nero, and Morrastel (Minustello); plus Barbaroux (Barbarossa), Mourvèdre, Syrah, and Cinsault
  • Rouge: As for Rosé
  • Vin de Corse „Coteaux du Cap Corse“
    • Blanc: 
      • Principal Variety: Min. 80% Vermentino
      • Accessory Varieties: Max. 20% combined Codivarta and Ugni Blanc; max. 10% combined Biancu Gentile and Genovèse
    • Rosé and Rouge: 
      • Principal Varieties: Min. 60% combined Grenache, Nielluccio, and Sciaccarello (Mammolo) (min. 1/3 combined Nielluccio and Sciaccarello)
      • Accessory Varieties: Max. 20% Vermentino; max. 20% Carignan; max. 10% combined Aleatico and Carcajolo Nero; plus Barbaroux, Mourvèdre, Syrah, and Cinsault
  • All other subzones have the same encépagement as Vin de Corse

Assemblage

  • per encépagement

Minimum Potential Alcohol

  • Blanc/Rosé: 11%
  • Rouge: 11.5%
  • All „Calvi“ wines: 11.5%

Minimum Must Weights

  • White Grapes: 178 g/l (161 g/l for Codivarta)
  • „Calvi“ Blanc/Rosé: 187 g/l
  • Rosé: 178 g/l
  • Rouge: 198 g/l (153 g/l for Barbaroux and Cinsault, 171 g/l for Barbaroux and Cinsault in Sartène)

Maximum Residual Sugar

  • 4 g/l (5 g/l for rouge wines with potential alcohol greater than 14%)

Additional Requirements

  • Chaptalization is prohibited

Minimum Planting Density

  • 4,000 vines per hectare

Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)

  • Blanc/Rosé: 55 hl/ha
  • Rouge: 45 hl/ha
  • „Figari“/“Porto-Vecchio“/“Sartène Blanc/Rosé: 50 hl/ha
  • „Calvi“/“Coteaux du Cap Corse“ Blanc/Rosé: 45 hl/ha

AOC Established

  • 1976 (last updated 2011)

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