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Decree of August 22, 1990 relating to the controlled labels of origin “Tavel”, “Faugères”, “Saint-Chinian” and “Slopes of Languedoc” - J.O Number 199 of August 29, 1990 Decree of October 9, 1995 relating to the controlled labels of origin “Faugères” and “Coasts of the Roussillon-Villages” - J.O Number 237 of October 11, 1995 Decree of July 21, 2000 modifying the decree of May 5, 1982 relating to the controlled label of origin “Faugères” - J.O n° 170 of July 25, 2000 Decree of February 5, 2003 modifying the decree of May 5, 1982 relating to the controlled label of origin “Faugères” - J.O n° 36 of February 12, 2003 page 2592 Decree of February 23, 2005 modifying the decree of May 5, 1982 relating to the controlled label of origin “Faugères” - J.O n° 47 of February 25, 2005 page 3266 text n° 61
Article 1 (Replaced D. of February 23, 2005) Only can profit from the controlled label of origin “Faugères” the red, rosy and white wines answering the conditions fixed by this decree.
Article 2 The surface of production of the wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Faugères” is delimited inside the territory of the following communes of the department of Herault: Autignac, Cabrerolles, Caussiniojouls, Faugères, Fos, Laurens and Roquessels.
Article 3 To be entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Faugères”, the wines must result from grape harvest collected in the surface of production delimited by pieces or parts of pieces, such as it was approved by the national committee of the national Institute of the labels of origin at its meeting of February 18, 1982 on Commission proposal of experts indicated to this end. The plans of delimitation are deposited with the town hall of the common interested parties.
Article 4. (Supplemented D. October 12, 1982; Replaced D. July 21, 2000; Supplemented D. of February 23, 2005) The red or rosy wines come from the only type of vines carignan NR, cinsaut NR, grenache NR, mourvèdre NR, syrah NR, lledoner pelut NR and answer the rules of following encépagement: -
the type of vines carignan NR and cinsaut NR represent respectively to the maximum 40% and 20% of encépagement; - the type of vines grenache NR or lldoner pelut NR or together account for 20% of encépagement at least; - the type of vines mourvèdre NR and syrah NR account for together at least 15% of encépagement, the type of vine mourvèdre NR at least accounting for 5% of encépagement. As from harvest 2003, the syrah NR will account for 15% of encépagement at least; - the whole of the type of vines mourvèdre NR, syrah NR, grenache NR and lledoner pelut NR accounts for 40% of encépagement at least. From harvest 2005, it will account for at least 50% of encépagement. The white wines come from following type of vines: - principal type of vines: grenache white B, marsanne B, roussanne B, vermentino B. the proportion of each one of these type of vines cannot be higher than 70% of encépagement. The proportion of roussanne B cannot be lower than 30% of encépagement; - additional type of vines: pale B, bourboulenc B, macabeu B, carignan white B. the proportion of these type of vines, together or separately, cannot be higher than 10% of encépagement. The type of vines macabeu B and carignan white B are authorized only for the pieces planted before May 20, 1998 and the type of vine bourboulenc B that for the pieces planted before February 25, 2005. The white wines come from the assembly of grapes or of wines resulting from at least two of the type of vines referred to above, whose obligatorily roussanne B. When they are vinified separately, the wines resulting from various type of vines are assembled in the wine containers before the taking away envisaged with article R. 641-96 of the rural code. In this article, by the term “encépagement”, it is necessary to include/understand encépagement totality of the pieces of the exploitation producing the wine of name for the color considered.
Article 5 (Modified D. of February 5, 2003) To be entitled to L ? appellation contrôlée “Faugères”, the wines must come from collected grapes with good maturity and have a minimum natural voluminal title alcoholometric of 12,0%. In any event, any batch of grape harvest intended to enter the constitution of a wine for which the appellation contrôlée “Faugères” is asserted must have a saccharimetric richness minimum of 198 grams sugar per liter of must (correspondent to 11 % of alcohol in power).
Article 6 (Replaced D. of February 23, 2005) For the red and rosy wines, the basic output aimed to article R. 641-
73 of the rural code is fixed at 50 hectolitres with the hectare. For the white wines, the basic output aimed to article R. 641-73 of the rural code is fixed at 45 hectolitres with the hectare. The output stop aimed to article R. 641-76 of the rural code is fixed at 54 hectolitres with the hectare. The maximum agronomic output with the piece aimed to article R. 641-82 of the rural code is fixed at 7.500 kilogrammes per hectare. [D. 87/854 of October 22, 1987 (Modified D. October 9, 1995) - the benefit of name can be granted to the wines coming from the young vines only as from the third year following that during which the plantation was carried out places from there before August 31.]
Article 7 (Replaced D. October 9, 1995; Supplemented D. of February 5, 2003; Supplemented D. of February 23, 2005) The vines producing the red and rosy wines with controlled label of origin “Faugères” must present a minimal density of 4.000 feet at the hectare for all new plantation or replanting. L ? spacing maximum between the rows is 2,50 Mr. The size of these vines must be carried out in the short face, with a maximum from six to eight let us coursons in one or two eyes per stock. However, the syrah can be led in the long face (Guyot). The vines producing the white wines with controlled label of origin “Faugères” have a minimal density of plantation of 4.000 feet at the hectare. The spacing between the rows cannot exceed 2,50 meters. These vines are led in the short face and cannot present more than ten frank eyes per foot. They are trained. However, training is not obligatory for the type of vines grenache white B, carignan white B and macabeu B when they are led in the face goblet.
Article 8 (Supplemented D. of February 23, 2005) To be entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Faugères”, the wines must be elaborate according to local practice's. The grapes must be brought quickly until the places of wine making without to be crushed nor packed. The wines must be vinified on the territory of the common aimings to article 2. The red wines must be obtained either by traditional wine making comprising the preliminary pressing accompanied or not by picking off, or by implementation of grape harvest made up of whole grapes. The rosy wines must be worked out by bleeding, draining or direct pressing with a minimal proportion of wine 50% resulting from bleeding. The wines can profit from all the processes oenological authorized by the regulation in force. However, are prohibited for making of these wines thermo-
thewine making, several successive pressings or pumpings, the vinificators continuous, the tanks with automatic reassemblies, the tanks with recycling of marcs and, since 1990, the érafloirs centrifugal, the drainers with screw and the presses continuous. For the white wines, the recourse to any technique of concentration is prohibited. These wines cannot present, after fermentation, a sugar content fermentable higher than 4 grams per liter.
Article 9 (Supplemented, D. of February 5, 2003; Modified D. of February 23, 2005) The wines cannot be put in circulation with the controlled label of origin “Faugères” without a certificate of approval delivered by the national Institute of the labels of origin under the conditions envisaged at articles R. 641-
94 at R. 641-98 of the rural code. The red wines being entitled to L ? name D ? controlled origin “Faugères” must undergo a breeding jusqu ? at March 1 of L ? year which follows that of the récolte
Article 10 The wines for which, under the present decree, the appellation contrôlée is asserted “Faugères” and which is presented under the aforementioned name not being able to be declared after harvest, to be offered to the public, to be dispatched, put on sale or sold without, in the declaration of harvest, the advertisements, on the leaflets, labels, invoices, containers unspecified, name referred to above are registered and accompanied by the mention “Appellation contrôlée”, the whole in very apparent characters.
Article 11 The use of any indication or any sign likely to make believe in the purchaser that a wine is entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Faugères” whereas it does not answer all the conditions of production fixed by this decree is continued in accordance with the general legislation on the frauds and the protection of the labels of origin, without damage of the sanctions of a tax nature, if it is necessary.
Article 12 The decree of June 27, 1980 fixing the conditions of attribution of the label of the delimited wines of quality higher than the wines profiting from the label of origin “Faugères” or “Slopes of Languedoc-
Faugères” is repealed. The wines profiting from this name to which was delivered, before at the date of publication of this decree, the label of the delimited wines of higher quality can be marketed under the aforementioned name until August 31, 1983. The provisions of article 2, paragraph 3, of the decree of November 30, 1960 relating to the validity of use by the producer of the label of the delimited wines of higher quality are not applicable to the wines aimed to the preceding subparagraph. The wines answering the conditions of this decree and having received the label of the delimited wines of higher quality under the label of origin “Faugères” or “Slopes of Languedoc-Faugères” can be allowed for the benefit of the appellation contrôlée “Faugères” if they obtain, within three month starting from the date of publication of this decree, the certificate of approval envisaged in article 9, delivered above under the same conditions, after examinations analytical and organoleptic. The wines held by the wholesale dealers are subjected to the same procedure; however, in this case, samplings are carried out by the agents of the direction of the consumption and the repression of the frauds. Warning: Information pré senté be on this site are the subject of a clause of nonresponsabilité INAO_19820505_73202/11/2006 Downloadable document: AOC Faugeres_2005-02.doc