AOC/AOP Regulations
Département
- Vaucluse
Commune of Production
- Gigondas
Styles
- Rouge
- Rosé
Encépagement
- Min. 90% combined Grenache (min. 50%), Syrah, and Mourvèdre (min. 15% combined Syrah and Mourvèdre); plus Bourboulenc, Brun Argentè, Cinsault, Clairette, Clairette Rosé, Counoise, Grenache Blanc and Gris, Marsanne, Muscardin, Piquepoul Blanc and Noir, Roussanne, Terret Noir, Ugni Blanc, Viognier
- Min. 50% Grenache is mandatory from 2014 harvest forward
- Min. 15% Syrah and Mourvèdre is mandatory from 2014 harvest forward
- Min. 90% combined Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre
Assemblage
- Min. 50% Grenache, plus at least one of the two complementary varieties (Mourvèdre and/or Syrah)
- The obligatory presence of Mourvèdre and/or Syrah in the rosé wine is mandatory only from the 2014 harvest forward
Minimum Potential Alcohol
- 12.5%
Minimum Must Weight
- Mourvèdre, Syrah, Cinsault: 207 g/l
- Other Red Grapes: 216 g/l
Maximum Residual Sugar
- 3 g/l
Minimum Planting Density
- max. 2.5 square meters per vine
Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)
- 36 hl/ha
Principal Soil Type
- stony red clay alluvium
AOC Established
- 1971 (last updated 2011)
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