AOC/AOP Regulations
Département
- Saône-et-Loire
Communes of Production
- Chagny, Rully
Styles and Encépagement
- Blanc: Chardonnay and Pinot Gris
- Rouge: Pinot Noir and a max. 15% combined mixed plantings of Chardonnay and Pinot Gris
- Blanc/Rouge „Premier Cru“
Minimum Potential Alcohol
- Blanc: 11%
- Rouge: 10.5%
- Blanc „Premier Cru“: 11.5%
- Rouge „Premier Cru“: 11%
Minimum Must Weights
- Blanc: 178 g/l (170 g/l prior to 2011)
- Rouge: 180 g/l (171 g/l prior to 2011)
- Blanc „Premier Cru“: 187 g/l (178 g/l prior to 2011)
- Rouge „Premier Cru“: 189 g/l (180 g/l prior to 2011)
Maximum Residual Sugar
- Blanc: 3 g/l
- Rouge: 2 g/l
Élevage
- Wines may not be released until April 15 of the year following the harvest
Minimum Planting Density
- 8,000 vines per hectare
Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)
- Blanc: 60 hl/ha (50 hl/ha prior to 2011)
- Rouge: 54 hl/ha (50 hl/ha prior to 2011)
- Blanc „Premier Cru“: 58 hl/ha (46 hl/ha prior to 2011)
- Rouge „Premier Cru“: 52 hl/ha (46 hl/ha prior to 2011)
AOC Established
- 1939 (last updated 2011)
Links
Premier Cru Vineyards of Rully (23)
- Chagny
- Clos Saint-Jacques
- Clos du Chaigne
- Rully
- Le Meix Caillet
- Marissou
- La Fosse
- Agneux
- Les Pierres
- Pillot
- Raclout
- Cloux
- Rabourcé
- Chapitre
- Préaux
- Le Meix Cadot
- Molesme
- Le Bressande
- Champs Cloux
- Le Renarde
- Montpalais
- Grésigny
- Margotés
- Vauvry
- La Pucelle