AOC/AOP Regulations
Département
- Ardèche
Commune of Production
- Cornas
Styles and Encépagement
- Rouge: 100% Syrah
Minimum Potential Alcohol
- 10.5%
Minimum Must Weight
- 171 g/l
Maximum Residual Sugar
- 3 g/l (4 g/l if potential alcohol is greater than 13.5%)
Harvest Method
- Manual harvesting is required
Minimum Planting Density
- 4,400 vines per hectare
Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)
- 40 hl/ha
Principal Soils
- granite
AOC Established
- 1938 (last updated 2011)
Links
Production Data (2012)
| Total Production | 4,218 hl |
| Total Hectares Under Vine | 128 ha |
| Production data sourced from www.rhone-wines.com | |
Major Lieux-dits of Cornas
- Reynard
- Chaillot
- La Côte
- Les Mazards
- Thézier
- Le Pigeonnier
- La Ge(y)nale
- Cayret
- Sauman
- Champelrose
- Les Saveaux-Nord/Sud
- Les Côtes
- Patou