AOC/AOP Regulations

Département

  • Haute-Corse

Communes of Production

  • Barbaggio, Farinole, Oletta, Patrimonio, Poggio-d’Oletta, Saint-Florent, Santo-Pietro-di-Tenda 

Styles and Encépagement

  • Blanc: 100% Vermentino (Malvoisie de Corse)
  • Rosé: Min. 75% Nielluccio, plus Grenache, Sciaccarello (Mammolo), and Vermentino
  • Rouge: Min. 90% Nielluccio, plus Grenache, Sciaccarello (Mammolo), and Vermentino

Assemblage

  • per encépagement

Minimum Potential Alcohol

  • Blanc: 11%
  • Rosé: 11.5%
  • Rouge: 12%

Minimum Must Weights

  • Blanc: 178 g/l
  • Rosé: 187 g/l
  • Rouge: 207 g/l

Maximum Residual Sugar

  • 4 g/l (5 g/l if potential alcohol is greater than 14%)

Minimum Planting Density

  • 4,000 vines per hectare

Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)

  • 50 hl/ha

Additional Requirements

  • Must concentration or enrichment is prohibited
  • The use of charcoal filters is prohibited
  • The addition of oak chips is prohibited

Principal Soil Type

  • Granite sub-soil with schist and sedimentary rock at the surface

AOC Established

  • 1984 (last updated 2011)

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