AOC/AOP Regulations

Département

  • Saône-et-Loire

Communes of Production

  • Clessé, Viré, Laizé, Montbellet

Styles and Encépagement

  • Blanc: 100% Chardonnay (sec or demi-sec)
  • Blanc with indication of climat (vineyard designate)
  • Blanc Levrouté

Minimum Potential Alcohol

  • Blanc: 11.5%
  • Blanc with indication of climat: 12%
  • Blanc Levrouté: 15%

Minimum Must Weights

  • Blanc: 187 g/l
  • Blanc with indication of climat: 195 g/l
  • Blanc Levrouté: 246 g/l

Maximum Residual Sugar

  • Blanc: 3 g/l

Minimum Planting Density

  • 7,000 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)
  • Blanc Levrouté : 48 hl/ha

AOC Established

  • 1999 (last updated 2011)

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