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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