AOC/AOP Regulations
Département
- Drôme
Communes of Production
- Tain-l’Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Larnage
Styles and Encépagement
- Blanc: Marsanne and/or Roussanne
- Rouge: Syrah plus a max. 15% combined Marsanne and Roussanne
- Vin de Paille (Blanc): Marsanne and/or Roussanne
Assemblage
- Min. 85% Syrah for red wines
Minimum Potential Alcohol
- Blanc: 11%
- Rouge: 10.5%
- Vin de Paille: 19.5% (12.5% acquired)
Minimum Must Weight
- Blanc: 170 g/l
- Rouge: 171 g/l
- Vin de Paille: 170 g/l (Vin de Paille grapes must be subject to drying for a minimum 45 days, after which they must have a minimum must weight of 350 g/l.)
Maximum Residual Sugar
- Blanc/Rouge: 3 g/l (4 g/l if potential alcohol is greater than 14%)
- Vin de Paille: none specified
Harvest Method
- Manual harvesting is required
Minimum Planting Density
- 6,000 vines per hectare
Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)
- Blanc: 45 hl/ha
- Rouge: 40 hl/ha
- Vin de Paille: 15 hl/ha
Principal Soils
- granite with topsoils of mica, schist and gneiss
AOC Established
- 1937 (last updated 2013)
Links
Major Lieux-dits of Hermitage
- Les Grandes Vignes
- L’Hermite
- Varogne
- Les Vercandières
- Les Bessards
- Les Diognières
- Les Beaumes
- Le Méal
- Les Murets
- La Croix
- Péleat
- Les Rocoules
- La Pierelle
- Les Greffieux
- Maison Blanche
- L’Homme
- Torras et les Garennes