AOC/AOP Regulations

Département

  • Maine-et-Loire, Deux-Sèvres

Styles and Encépagement

  • Rouge: Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon
  • All Anjou wines may include the geographical designation „Val de Loire“ on the label

Assemblage

  • none specified

Minimum Potential Alcohol

  • 11% 

Minimum Must Weight

  • 189 g/l

Maximum Residual Sugar

  • 3 g/l

Élevage

  • The wines may not be released until September 1 of the year following the harvest.

Minimum Planting Density

  • 4,000 vines per hectare

Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)

  • 55 hl/ha

AOC Established

  • 1991 (last updated 2011)

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