AOC/AOP Regulations
Département
- Alpes-Maritimes
Commune of Production
- Nice
Styles and Encépagement
- Blanc:
- Principal Variety: Min. 60% Vermentino (Rolle)
- Accessory Varieties: Chardonnay, Clairette, Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains, plus a max. 5% combined Bourboulenc, Blanqueiron, Mayorquin, and Ugni Blanc (Roussan)
- Rosé:
- Principal Varieties: Min. 60% combined Braquet and Fuella Nera
- Accessory Varieties: Grenache, max. 15% Cinsault, max. 10% combined Clairette and Vermentino, plus a max. 5% combined Bourboulenc, Blanqueiron, Mayorquin, and Ugni Blanc
- Rouge:
- Principal Varieties: Min. 60% combined Braquet and Fuella Nera
- Accessory Varieties: Grenache and max. 15% Cinsault
- Cinsault may account for up to 50% of the rouge and rosé encépagement through 2018, and up to 30% through 2028
Assemblage
- per encépagement (100% of the stated vintage is required)
Minimum Potential Alcohol
- Blanc: 11.5%
- Rosé/Rouge: 11%
Minimum Must Weight
- 189 g/l
Maximum Residual Sugar
- 3 g/l
Minimum Planting Density
- 5,000 vines per hectare
Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)
- 40 hl/ha
Principal Soils
- Chalk and Silica
AOC Established
- 1941 (last updated 2011)
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