AOC/AOP Regulations
Département
- Aude, Pyrénées-Orientales
Size
- 3,505 ha
Styles and Encépagement
- Vin Doux Naturel Grenat: 100% Grenache Noir
- Vin Doux Naturel Ambré:
- Principal Varieties: Grenache (Blanc, Gris, and Noir), Tourbat (Malvoisie de Roussillon), Macabeu
- Accessory Varieties: Max. 20% combined Muscat à Petits Grains and Muscat d’Alexandrie (Muscat Romain)
- Vin Doux Naturel Tuilé: As for Ambré.
- Vin Doux Naturel Rosé: As for Ambré
- Vin Doux Naturel Hors d’Age (Tuilé or Ambré)
- Vin Doux Naturel Rancio (Tuilé or Ambre)
- Carignan and Syrah vines planted before 2002 may remain at a max. 10%
Assemblage
- VDN Rosé: Max. 20% accessory varieties
- VDN Ambré: Max. 20% accessory varieties
- VDN Tuilé: Grenache Noir must be present. Max. 20% accessory varieties.
Minimum Potential Alcohol
- 21.5% (15% acquired)
Minimum Must Weight
- 252 g/l
Minimum Residual Sugar
- 45 g/l
Mutage
- Min. 96° neutral alcohol in 5-10% proportion to wine
Élevage
- Grenat: Wines must be aged in a reductive environment until at least May 1 of the year following the harvest, including at least 3 months in bottle. Wines are bottled no later than June 30 of the second year after harvest.
- Rosé: Wines must be bottled no later than December 31 of the year following the harvest.
- Ambré and Tuilé: Wines must be aged in an oxidative environment until at least March 1 of the third year following the harvest.
- Hors d’Age: Wines are aged until at least September 1 of the fifth year after harvest.
Minimum Planting Density
- 4,000 vines per hectare
Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)
- 30 hl/ha
AOC Established
- 1936 (last updated 2011)
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