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Decree of December 11, 1989 relating to the controlled labels of origin “Burgundy”, “Bourgogne Aligoté”, “ordinary Burgundy”, “ordinary Burgundy large” and “Burgundy Pass-All-Grain” - J.O of December 13, 1989 page 15459 Decree of July 8, 1992 relating to the controlled labels of origin, and - J.O Number 162 of July 14, 1992 Decree of March 19, 1998 relating to certain labels of origin controlled of the Burgundy area - J.O n° 72 of March 26, 1998 [The provisions concerning the controlled label of origin “Burgundy Aligoté Bouzeron” were repealed by the decree of February 17, 1998 relating to the controlled label of origin” Bouzeron “].
Art 1st. -
(Modified D. December 11, 1989). - Only are entitled to the controlled label of origin “Burgundy white grape” the white wines which, answering the conditions hereafter enumerated, were collected inside the geographical surface of wine Burgundy consisted the territory of the communes whose list appears in the article 1st, first subparagraph, of the decree of modified July 31, 1937 relating to the controlled label of origin “Burgundy” and whose compartmental delimitation is made in accordance with article 3 of the aforesaid decree. (Replaced, D. July 8, 1992) A titrates transitory, on the following communes: Department of Coast-in Or: Chevigny-in-Valière, Combertault, Corcelles-the-
Arts, Ebaty, Levernois, Merceuil, Montagny-
lès-Beaune, Perrigny-lès-Dijon, Holy-Marie-the-White, Tailly. Department of Yonne: Appoigny, Chichery, Montigny-la-Resle. Department of Saone-et-Loire: Géanges, Saint-Wolf-of-the-room, Chaudenay, Demigny. Pieces, planted in vine at dated December 13, 1989, identified by their cadastral references, their surface and their encépagement, whose list was approved by the national committee of the national Institute of the labels of origin during the meeting of November 4, 1986 and May 31 and June 1, 1990, provided they answer the conditions fixed by this decree and that they were not torn off or were replanted meanwhile, continue to profit for their harvest from the right to the controlled label of origin “Burgundy” until harvest 2005 included.
Art 2. -
(Modified, D. 79.192 of March 7, 1979). - The white wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Burgundy white grape” must come exclusively from the type of vine white grape. However, the presence of seedlings of Chardonnay in the currently existing vines producing the wine of this name is allowed within the limit of 15% during twenty years as from the date of publication of this decree.
Art 3. -
(Replaced D. October 1, 1985). - To be entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Burgundy white grape”, the white wines must come from collected grapes with good maturity and present a minimum natural voluminal title alcoholometric of 9,5%. Cannot be regarded as being with good maturity any unit batch of vintage having a high content in sugar lower than 144 grams per liter of must. Moreover, when the authorization of enrichment by dry sugaring is granted, the wines should not exceed a total voluminal alcoholometric title of 12,5%, under penalty of losing the right to name considered. However, the benefit of name referred to above can be granted to the wines of a total voluminal title alcoholometric higher than the limit referred to above and worked out without any enrichment, if the informant justifies of a certificate issued by the national Institute of the labels of origin of the wines and brandies after investigation carried out into his request presented before the vintage of the vines concerned. The notifications of the exemptions aimed to the preceding subparagraph must be addressed to the local services of the general direction of the taxes and the direction of the consumption and the repression of the frauds. The limits aimed to the subparagraphs above can be modified when the climatic conditions justify it by joint decree of the Minister for agriculture and the minister in charge with the budget and consumption, on proposal of the national Institute of the labels of origin of the wines and brandies after opinion of the interested producers' associations.
Art 4. -
(Modified, D. August 26, 1982, D. May 6, 1988). [The basic output aimed to the article 1st of the decree n° 74.872 of modified October 19, 1974 relating to the producing output of the vineyards of the wines with controlled label of origin is fixed for the wines of name “Burgundy white grape”, with 60 hectolitres per hectare.] [See also the decrees n° 74. 872 of October 19, 74.958 modified of November 20 - ceiling limits classification: 20%] [(D. 87.854 of October 22, 1987). - The benefit of name can be granted to the wines coming from the young vines only as from the second year following that during which the plantation was carried out places from there before August 31.]
Art 5. -
Within one year, the commission envisaged with the article 1st will have to provide to the national Committee labels of origin of the proposals tending to regulate the density of the plantations and the size. Nevertheless, are prohibited from the publication of this decree the practices of the incision annular and any other similar and that of the torsion of the vine shoot. (A. September 17, 1956).
Art 6. -
(Modified, D. March 19, 1998) - the wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Burgundy white grape” will have to come from grapes collected with good maturity and vinified in accordance with the local practice. They will profit from all the oenological processes currently authorized by the laws and payments in force.
Art 7. -
The appellation contrôlée “Burgundy white grape” could not be reproduced on the labels, marks, prints, stoppers, capsules, seals or any other apparatus of closing, invoices, trade papers, packing and containers that in the condition that the words “Burgundy” and “White grape” are carried there in identical characters, of the same form, of the same dimension and even color.
Art 8. -
The wines for which, under the present decree the appellation contrôlée will be asserted “Burgundy white grape” could not be declared after harvest, be offered to the public, be dispatched, put on sale or sold, without, in the declaration of harvest, the advertisements on the leaflets, labels, containers unspecified, the label of origin referred to above being accompanied by the mention “appellation contrôlée” in very apparent characters. [The wines of name “Burgundy white grape” white can profit, in accordance with the provisions of the decree of November 15, 1967, the qualification “Wine of early product”.]
Art 9. -
The use of any indication or any sign likely to make believe in the purchaser that a wine is entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Burgundy white grape”, whereas it does not answer all the conditions fixed by this decree, will be continued in accordance with the general legislation on the frauds and the protection of the labels of origin (L. August 1, 1905 art 1st and 2, L. May 6, 1919, art 8, D. August 19, 1921, art 13), without damage of the sanctions of a tax nature, if it is necessary. Warning: Information pré senté be on this site are the subject of a clause of nonresponsabilité INAO_19370731_39702/11/2006 Downloadable document: AOC_Bourgogne_Aligote_-_1998.doc