AOC/AOP Regulations
Département
- Loire-Atlantique, Vendée
Styles and Encépagement
- Blanc: 100% Melon B (formerly called Melon de Bourgogne)
- „Sur Lie“
- All Muscadet wines may include the geographical designation „Val de Loire“ on the label
Minimum Potential Alcohol
- 10%
Minimum Must Weight
- 161 g/l
Maximum Residual Sugar
- 3 g/l
„Sur Lie“ Requirements
- The wine must be kept on its lees (in either tank or barrel) after fermentation until at least March 1 of the year following the harvest
- The wine is bottled directly off its fine lees between March 1 and November 30 of the year following the harvest, and not marketed until at least March 8
Minimum Planting Density
- 6,500 vines per hectare
Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)
- 55 hl/ha
AOC Established
- 1994 (last updated 2011)
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