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EDVR Eaux-de-vie de vin des des Côtes-du-Rhône, Eau-de-vie de marc des Côtes-du-Rhône machine translated reference / legal text

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Art 1st. -

Only will be able to profit from the denominations “wine Brandies of the Côtes-du-Rhône wines” and “Brandy of marc of the Côtes-du-Rhône wines” the brandies of wine and marc answering the conditions above enumerated and coming from wines and marcs collected and distilled in the departments of the Rhone, of the Loire, of Ardeche, of Drome, Gard and Vaucluse, inside the territories included/understood in the delimitation of the appellation contrôlée “Côtes-du-Rhône wine” carried out in accordance with the provisions of the article first of the decree of November 19, 1937 defining the aforementioned name.

Art 2. -

The “wine brandies of the Côtes-du-Rhône wines” will have to come from wines showing the characteristics of a healthy, honest and commercial wine, vinified in accordance with the local, honest and constant uses, other than the damaged wines or of bad taste. The wines implemented must not have a volatile acidity expressed in sulphuric acid higher than 1,20 G per liter. The “brandies of marc of the Côtes-du-Rhône wines” will have to come exclusively from healthy marcs, washed or not washed, obtained by a wine making in conformity with the local, honest and constant uses.

Art 3. -

The brandies regulated by this decree will have to come from wines resulting from only type of vines authorized by article 2 from the decree from November 19, 1937 defining the appellation contrôlée “Côtes-du-Rhône wine”.

Art 4. -

The brandies regulated by this decree will have to be distilled by means of stills with pass by again or of stills with first discontinuous or continuous jet, heated with naked fire or the vapor, of a maximum capacity of 200 hectolitres raw materials by twenty-four hours. The use of the fractionating columns is prohibited.

Art 5. -

The brandies regulated by this decree will have to present the average alcoholic strength according to (with 15°C): 1° On the outlet side of the apparatuses: 71°G.L to the maximum; 2° (Modified, D. 27 janv., 1951) - At the time of the sale to the consumer: 40 G.L at least. In all the cases, they must at least have a content not-alcohol of 500 G per hectolitre of pure alcohol for brandies of marc and 300 G at least per hectolitre of pure alcohol for wine brandies. They will be subjected to the appreciation of interprofessional commissions tasters appointed by the national Institute of the labels of origin, in accordance with the provisions of the ministerial decree of June 15, 1946. Art 6. In the establishments where, using the same apparatuses, the alcohols reserved for the State and brandies regulated by this decree would be manufactured, one month a minimum time will have to be run out between this two manufacture.

Art 7. -

On the declarations of harvest, parts of control, labels or invoices concerning brandies regulated by this decree the words “Brandies of marc of the Côtes-du-Rhône wines” where “Brandy of wine of the Côtes-du-Rhône wines” will have obligatorily to appear. (Supplemented, D. December 9, 1980) - It, moreover, is allowed to make appear the name of a label of origin controlled of this area, provided that the brandy considered comes exclusively from wines or marcs resulting from grape harvest answering the conditions fixed by the decree from control from the label of origin in question.

Art 8. -

The brandies regulated by this decree, when they are declared for manufacture, are offered to the public, are dispatched, put or on sale sold, will not have to carry like only mention of guarantee, in the declarations, the advertisements, on the leaflets, invoices, labels, containers unspecified, that the words “regulated by decree”.

Art 9. -

The use of any indication or any sign likely to make believe in the purchaser that a brandy is entitled to the one of the denominations regulated above, whereas it does not answer all the conditions envisaged with the present decree, will be repressed in accordance with the general legislation on the frauds and the protection of the labels of origin.

Art 10. -

The use of identical names not regulated to indicate brandies of wine or marc not answering all the conditions fixed by this decree is interdict in some form that it is. Warning: Information pré senté be on this site are the subject of a clause of nonresponsabilité INAO_19480319_53902/11/2006 Downloadable document: EDVR_Eaux-de-vie_des_Cotes-du-Rhone_-_1980.doc