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Decree of September 26, 2002 modifying the decree of November 27, 1990 relating to the controlled label of origin “Floc de Gascogne” - J.O n° 231 of October 3, 2002 page 16351 Modifié by: Decree of October 15, 2004 modifying the decree of November 27, 1990 relating to the controlled label of origin “Floc de Gascogne” - J.O n° 250 of October 26, 2004 page 18065 text n° 44
Article 1Seuls are entitled to the controlled label of origin “Floc de Gascogne” the white or rosy liqueur wines answering the conditions fixed hereafter.
Article 2Pour to be entitled to the controlled label of origin “Floc de Gascogne”, the white or rosy liqueur wines must result from grape harvest collected in the surface of production corresponding to the territory of the communes which constitute the geographical surface of names “Low Armagnac”, “Ténarèze” and “High Armagnac”, in accordance with the provisions of the decree of August 6, 1936 relating to these names.
Article 3 -
(Replaced, D. of October 15, 2004) to be entitled to L ? name D ? controlled origin “Floc de Gascogne”, the liqueur wines must be elaborate starting from musts resulting from grape harvest collected on pieces of vines located in L ? surface defined in L ? article 2 of this decree and having made L ? object D ? a procedure D ? identification. L ? identification of the pieces is made on the basis of criterion relating to the place D ? establishment of the pieces and to the conditions of production defined by this decree. The criteria relating to the place D ? establishment were fixed by the national committee of the wines and brandies in its meeting of May 31 and June 1, 2001. It can be taken of it knowledge near the services of L ? national Institut of names D ? origin and the interested trade union of defense. A list of the identified pieces is approved by the national committee of the wines and brandies after opinion D ? a commission D ? expert indicated by the aforementioned committee with regard to the criteria D ? identification. The list of the identified pieces is consultable near the services of L ? national Institut of names D ? origin and the interested trade union of defense. Any producer or new producing wishing to make identify a new piece must make of it the request with the services of L ? national Institut of names D ? origin before March 15 of L ? year of the harvest of must. Any piece of vines which does not answer any more the conditions fixed by this decree is withdrawn from the list by the national committee of the wines and brandies.
Article 4Pour to be entitled to the controlled label of origin “Floc de Gascogne”, the liqueur wines must be elaborate starting from musts resulting from following type of vines, other than all others: 1. For the liqueur wines white: baroque, colombard, insane white, large manseng, small manseng, mauzac, sauvignon, sémillon, ugni white. The type of vines colombard, large manseng and ugni white must account for at least 70 together p. 100 of encépagement. No white type of vine will be able to intervene in encépagement with more than 50 p. 100 starting from the harvest of 1996. 2. For the rosy liqueur wines: frank cabernet, cabernet sauvignon, cot, iron servadou, merlot, tannat and gamay. The type of vine tannat cannot represent more than 50 p. 100 of encépagement. The type of vine gamay is not allowed that until the harvest of 1994 included. In this article, by the term encépagement, it is necessary to include/understand encépagement of the whole of the pieces producing the wine of the names considered for the corresponding color.
Article 5Les vines producing the musts intended for the development of the liqueur wines being entitled to the controlled label of origin “Floc of gascogne” must be cut and planted according to following provisions': The density of plantation must be at least 3.300 feet to the hectare. These pieces currently planted with a density lower than 3.300 feet with the hectare but having an anteriority of production could be registered on the list envisaged in article 3 until year 2010 included. The only authorized modes of size are: 1. The Guyot size simple or double, each stock carrying to the maximum one or two long drink and one or two let us coursons; 2. The size in cord with let us coursons cut in two eyes to the maximum located exclusively on the horizontal part of the cord. Some is the mode of size, the maximum loading is fixed in 18 eyes per stock and 60.000 eyes with the hectare.
Article 6L' irrigation of the vines intended for the production of “Floc de Gascogne” is prohibited in all seasons.
Article 7Les provisions of the decree n° 74-
872 of October 19, 1974 referred to above are applicable to the musts intended for making of liqueur wines for controlled label of origin “Floc de Gascogne”, except for second subparagraph of its article 6. The basic output aimed to the article 1st of the decree referred to above is fixed for the musts intended for the development of the liqueur wines “Floc de Gascogne” for 60 hectolitres for the hectare of vine in production. The percentage envisaged in its article 3 which determines the limiting ceiling of classification is fixed at 20 p. 100. The musts intended for 1 ' development of the white liqueur wines “Floc de Gascogne” can be obtained only within the maximum limit of 100 liters for 130 kg of picked off vintage implemented. Beyond this limit, surplus volumes must be eliminated by sending with distilling or the vinegar factory. The musts intended for the development of the rosy liqueur wines “Floc de Gascogne” must be obtained by draining or bleeding. The young vines can be taken into account for the production of musts intended for making of liqueur wine “Floc de Gascogne” only as from the second year following that during which the plantation was carried out on the piece before August 31.
Article 8 -
(Modified, D. of October 15, 2004) At the latest on July 31 of each year, any producer which wishes to work out liqueur wines D ? appellation contrôlée “Floc de Gascogne” must complete a declaration D ? intention D ? development on a printed paper form provided by L ? national Institut of names D ? origin and turned over to this organization. This declaration must specify in particular: - the list of the pieces having to produce the must intended for the mutage (extracted the card from encépagement); - the approximate evaluation of the output of these vines; - the volume of brandy of Armagnac of account O minimum held with the property and intended for the mutage; - liqueur wine stocks being entitled to the controlled label of origin “Floc de Gascogne” held with the property by specifying volumes in authority of analytical and organoleptic examination. During the grape harvest, at the time of the subscription of the declaration of manufacture for the general direction of the taxes, the presentation of a double of the declaration of intent of manufacture aimed by the services of the national Institute of the labels of origin is obligatory.
Article 9Les liqueur wines being entitled to the controlled label of origin “Floc de Gascogne” must be elaborate in accordance with the honest, local and constant uses. They profit from all the oenological processes authorized by the laws and payments in force.
Article 10 -
(Modified, D. September 26, 2002, Modified, D. of October 15, 2004) to be entitled to the controlled label of origin “Floc de Gascogne”, the liqueur wines must be elaborate starting from musts coming from collected grapes with good maturity presenting a minimum natural voluminal title alcoholometric of 10 p. 100 flight in power musts must be used for the period of the grape harvest progressively with their harvest, without any filtration nor preliminary mutage. They can have undergone a beginning of fermentation and must have at the moment of the mutage a high content in natural sugar at least equal to 170 grams per liter of must. Musts profit from all the oenological processes authorized by the laws and regulations in force. The use of must resulting from a former harvest, of concentrated must or nouveau riche is formally prohibited. The liqueur wines to name “Floc de Gascogne” must be worked out by mutage of the grape must by brandy to controlled label of origin “Armagnac” in quantity such as their total voluminal alcoholometric title is not lower than 17,5 p. 100 and their acquired voluminal alcoholometric title not lower than 16 p. 100 and not superior with 18 p. 100.L' brandy with controlled label of origin “Armagnac” used for the development of the “Floc de Gascogne” must come from the same exploitation as musts. It must present a minimum voluminal alcoholometric title of 52 p. 100 flight and to come from an account of minimum age 0.Le mixture will have to be made later on, then left at least at rest nine months. During the shelf life to the property, the surmutage with brandy with controlled label of origin “Armagnac” answering the conditions above is authorized. However, this complementary contribution will not be able to cause to increase the voluminal alcoholometric title acquired of more than 0,5 p. 100. It gives place to declaration with the general direction of the taxes and the national Institute of the labels of origin. The liqueur wines D ? name D ? controlled origin “Floc de Gascogne” cannot leave the wine storehouses of collecting before March 15 L ? year which follow that of harvest.
Article 11Les liqueur wines of appellation contrôlée “Floc de Gascogne” cannot be put in circulation without a certificate of approval delivered by the national Institute of the labels of origin, after examination carried out under the conditions laid down by the decree n° 74871 of October 19, 1974 referred to above. To be entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Floc de Gascogne”, the liqueur wines can be presented at the examinations analytical and organoleptic referred to above only after one conservation out of thirty days minimal bottle. The request for certificate of approval must be formulated at least a month before the date planned for the taking away. It must specify the date of setting out of bottle of the batches subjected to controls.
Article 12Les liqueur wines for which under the present decree the appellation contrôlée is asserted “Floc de Gascogne” cannot be declared after harvest offered to the public, be dispatched, put on sale or be sold without, in the declaration of harvest, the advertisements, on the leaflets, labels, invoices, containers unspecified the label of origin referred to above being registered and is accompanied by the mention “appellation contrôlée”, the whole in very apparent characters. In the presentation, the mention “Floc de Gascogne” can be carried on one or more lines but without intermediate mention. The words “Floc” and “Gascogne” must be registered in characters identical, very apparent, of the same dimension as well in height in width and of the same color. Any mention or indication other than the words “Floc de Gascogne” cannot be registered on the labels as in characters whose dimensions, as well in height as in width, do not exceed the double of those of the words “Floc de Gascogne”.
Article 13L' use of any indication or any sign likely to make believe in the purchaser that a liqueur wine is entitled to name “Floc de Gascogne”, whereas it does not answer all the conditions fixed by the 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 14Les liqueur wines produced before at the date of publication of this decree at the Official Journal will be able to continue to be marketed under the name “Floc de Gascogne” without the mention “appellation contrôlée”, within the limit of the quantities recognized by the services of the general direction of the taxes and the general direction of competition, 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_19901127_65302/11/2006 Downloadable document: AOC_Floc_de_Gascogne_-
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