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Art 1st. -
Only to the appellation contrôlée “Serious of Vayres” the red wines and white are entitled which, answering the conditions hereafter, were collected on the communes of Vayres and Arveyres, inside the territory delimited by the stop of the Court of Appeal of dated March 18, 1931 Bordeaux.
Art 2. -
(Modified, D. March 16, 1943, art 3 and D. Nov 8, 1955, art 4) - Serious wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée the “of Vayres” will have to come from following type of vines: For the red wines: Cabernets, Carmenère, red Merlot, Malbec, Small Verdot. For the white wines: Principal type of vines: Sémillon, Sauvignon, Muscadelle. Additional type of vine: White Merlot, in the maximum proportion of 30% of encépagement.
Art 3. -
(Modified, D. March 16, 1943, art 12 and D. Nov 8, 1955, art 17) - Serious wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée the “of Vayres” will have to come from musts containing before any enrichment or concentration, at least 178 grams of natural sugar per liter and to present after fermentation a minimum alcoholic strength of 10°5.
Art 4. -
(Modified, D. March 22. 1983) - the basic output is fixed at 60 hectolitres for the white wines and 50 hectolitres for the red wines per hectare of vines in production. (Modified, D. 87-854 of October 22, 1987) - the benefit of the label of origin controlled “Serious of Vayres “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 of the proposals tending to specify a regulation of the size of Serious vines producing the wine with appellation contrôlée the “of Vayres” will have to be provided to the national committee of the labels of origin by Low register the wine trade union of Vayres. [The provisions relating to the regulation of the size and the densities of plantation were defined by a decree of Feb 15, 1947] From the grape harvest of 1947, only to the appellation contrôlée “Serious of Vayres” the wines will be entitled answering all the conditions fixed by the decree of control of July 31, 1937, modified by the decree of March 16, 1943 (art.3 and 12), and coming from vines which will have been cut and planted in accordance with the provisions hereafter: Red type of vines: - The only mode of size authorized is the size with cots and astes, the stock carrying 2 astes in 8 eyes to the maximum and 3 cots with 1 or 2 eyes. White type of vines: Sémillon and sauvignon. - The only mode of size authorized is the Guyot size: Simple Guyot with a aste in 8 eyes to the maximum and 1 cot in 2 eyes; Guyot doubles to 2 astes in 5 eyes to the maximum and 2 cots in 2 eyes. Tolerated Muscadelles and type of vines. - The only authorized modes of size are size with cots in 2 eyes, the simple Guyot size, the aste carrying 6 eyes to the maximum and the cot 1 or 2 eyes. White Merlot - the only mode of size authorized is the Guyot size: Simple Guyot with 1 aste in 8 eyes to the maximum and 1 cot in 2 eyes; Guyot doubles to 2 astes in 5 eyes to the maximum and 2 cots in 2 eyes. The density of plantation of will not have to be lower than 4.500 feet with the hectare.
Art 6. -
Serious wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée the “of Vayres” will have to come from grapes collected with good maturity and vinified in accordance with the local practice. They will profit from all the nologic practices ? currently authorized by the laws and payments in force. (Supplemented D. May 11, 1966, art 1st.) - the wines could not be put in circulation with this label of origin without a certificate issued by an inspection board indicated by the national institute of the labels of origin of the wines and brandies after opinion of the trade union of name. This commission will examine whether the wine answers the conditions fixed by the regulation in force, and in particular by this decree. Its reasoned opinion will be transmitted to interested and the indirect tax authorities. Rules of procedure, approved by the national institute of the labels of origin, will determine the procedure to be followed for the delivery of the certificate. [These provisions were supplemented by the decree n° 74.871 of October 19]
Art 7. -
The appellation contrôlée “Serious of Vayres” 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 names of “Low registers” and “Vayres” are carried there in identical characters, of the same form, even dimension and even color, thus forming an inseparable name.
Art 8. -
The wines for which, under the present decree, will be to assert the appellation contrôlée “Serious of Vayres” 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.
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 “Serious of Vayres”, 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 art, labels of origin (L. August 1, 1905 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_5102/11/2006 Downloadable document: AOC_Graves_de_Vayres.doc