AOC/AOP Regulations
Département
- Saône-et-Loire
Communes of Production
- Bouzeron, Chassey-le-Camp
Styles and Encépagement
- Blanc: 100% Aligoté
Minimum Potential Alcohol
- 10% (9.5% prior to 2011)
Minimum Must Weights
- 161 g/l
Maximum Residual Sugar
- Blanc: 3 g/l
Minimum Planting Density
- 8,000 vines per hectare
Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)
- Blanc: 65 hl/ha (55 hl/ha prior to 2011)
Principal Soil Type
- white marl-limestone
AOC Established
- 1998 (last updated 2011)
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