South of France - Roussillon - Appellations, wine law, regulations
3 important questions on South of France - Roussillon - Appellations, wine law, regulations
Give facts on Côtes du Roussillon AOC
- 5.000 ha = large (total Roussillon is 21.000ha)
- entire département Pyrénées-Orientales, except the Collioure area
- lower slopes (100-250 m)
- red-rosé-white
- max yield 48 hl/ha
- red-rosé-white: Carignan, Grenache Noir, Mourvèdre, Syrah
- Max Carignan in vineyard 50%
- syrah and Mourvèdre, seperately or together min 25%
- Wines min 2 varieties
- variety highest percentage <=80%
- Style and price als Languedoc AOC wines
Describe the facts of Côtes du Roussillon Village AOC
- Red only
- < 2.500 ha
- Wines min 2 varieties
- variety highest percentage <= 80%
- slopes 100-400
- altitude > cooler > acidity
- handpicked (not by law but due to hilly) > more expensive
- max yield 45 hl/ha
- 5 villages may append their name to the AOC
- e.g. Cts du R Vill Tautavel AOC
- max yield lower > 42 hl/ha
- by law: some villages must do maceration carbonique on Carignan > promote primary fruit, reduce tannins
Collioure AOC haș the same boundaries as Banyuls, what are the facts and differences?
- Dry wines only: white, rosé and red
- Full bodied
- Small appellation In Roussillon
- along coast to the Spanish border
- steep terraces above Mediterranean Sea
- red rules
- GN - Syr - Mourv
- whites: Grenache Gris
- max yield r-w: 40 hl/ha (more 20-25 hl/ha due to heat, low rainfall, poor soils)
- style > Languedoc sub-appellations
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