AOC/AOP Regulations
Département
- Saône-et-Loire
Communes of Production
- Chânes, Chasselas, Davayé, Leynes, Prissé, Saint-Amour-Bellevue, Saint-Vérand, Solutré-Pouilly
Styles and Encépagement
- Blanc: 100% Chardonnay
- Blanc with indication of climat (vineyard designate)
Minimum Potential Alcohol
- Blanc: 11%
- Blanc with indication of climat: 12%
Minimum Must Weights
- Blanc: 178 g/l
- Blanc with indication of climat: 195 g/l
Maximum Residual Sugar
- Blanc: 3 g/l
Minimum Planting Density
- 8,000 vines per hectare
Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)
- Blanc: 64 hl/ha (55 hl/ha prior to 2011)
- Blanc with indication of climat: 62 hl/ha (55 hl/ha prior to 2011)
AOC Established
- 1971 (last updated 2011)
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