AOC/AOP Regulations

Département

  • Rhône

Commune of Production

  • Régnié-Durette and Latignié

Size

  • 400 ha

Styles and Encépagement

  • Rouge: Gamay, plus a max. 15% mixed plantings of Chardonnay, Aligoté, and Melon de Bourgogne
  • May be labeled „Cru du Beaujolais“

Minimum Potential Alcohol

  • Rouge: 10.5%

Minimum Must Weights

  • Rouge: 180 g/l

Maximum Residual Sugar

  • Rouge: 3 g/l

Minimum Planting Density

  • 6,000 vines per hectare

Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)

  • Rouge: 56 hl/ha (58 hl/ha prior to 2011)

Principal Soil Type

  • pink granite

Elevation

  • approx. 350 meters

AOC Established

  • 1988 (last updated 2013)

Links

Lieux-dits of Régnié

  • Grange-Charton
  • La Plaigne