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Decree No 94-277 of April 5, 1994 relating to encépagement and the output of the vineyards in the exploitations producing of the wines, sweet aperitif wines and liqueur wines to label of origin - J.O Number 85 of April 12, 1994 Decree of August 24, 1994 relating to the controlled labels of origin and - J.O Number 197 of August 26, 1994 Decree of August 24, 1994 relating to the controlées labels of origin and (corrigendum) - J.O Number 210 of September 10, 1994 Decree of March 24, 1998 relating to the controlled labels of origin “Pauillac”, “Saint-Estèphe wine”, “Saint-Julien”, “Moulis”, “Medoc”, “High Medoc”, “Margaux” and “Listrac Medoc” - J.O n° 74 of March 28, 1998 Decree of June 23, 2004 modifying the decree of November 14, 1936 relating to the controlled label of origin “High Medoc” - J.O n° 147 of June 26, 2004
Article 1 -
(Modified, D. of June 23, 2004) Seuls is entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Haut-Médoc” the wines which, answering the conditions enumerated below were collected on the territory of the following communes, other than all the pieces located on modern alluvia and sand, on basement impermeable. The communes are: Blanquefort, Taillan, Saint-Aubin, Grey waxbill, Saint-Medard-in-Jalles, Parempuyre, Pian, Ludon, Macau, Arsac, Labarde, Cantenac, Margaux, Avensan, Castelnau, Soussans, Arcins, Moulis, Listrac, Lamarque, Cussac, Saint-Laurent-of-Medoc, Saint-Julien, Pauillac, Saint-Saver, Cissac, Saint-Estèphe wine, Vertheuil, Saint-Seurin-of-Cadourne. The wines result from grapes collected in L ? surface geographical of production, in a surface delimited by piece or part of piece such qu ? it was approved, on Commission proposal D ? expert indicated to this end, by the national committee of the wines and brandies of L ? national Institut of names D ? origin at the following meetings: COMMUNESDATES OF MEETING Arsac, Cantenac, Labarde, Margaux, Soussans July 6, 1955 Moulis - in - Medoc November 9, 1960 Listrac - Medoc May 13, 1970 Arcins, Blanquefort, Castelnau - of - Medoc, Cissac - Medoc, Cussac, Lamarque, Ludon - Medoc, Macau, Parempuyre, Pian - Medoc (it), Saint - Aubin - of - Medoc, the St. Lawrence - Medoc, Saint Médard's Day - in - Jalles, Saint - Saver, Saint - Seurin - of - Cadourne, Grey waxbill, Taillan - Medoc (it), Vertheuil June 1, 1990 Saint-Estèphe wine September 8, 1994 Pauillac November 6, 1997 Holy - Julien - Beychevelle November 6, 1997 Avensan February 11, 2004 L ? surface compartmental thus delimited is deferred on the plans cadastral deposited with the town hall of the communes concerned.
Article 2Les wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée Haut-
Médoc will have obligatorily to come from following type of vines other than all others: cabernet-sauvignon, cabernet-frank, carmenère, merlot, malbec and small verdot. The large-verdot type of vine is not authorized any more in the new plantations of vines intended for the production of the wine with appellation contrôlée Haut-Médoc; within ten year, from the promulgation of this decree, it must be removed encépagement.
Article 3Les wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée Haut-
Médoc will have obligatorily to come from musts at least containing 170 grams of natural sugar per liter before any enrichment or concentration and to present a minimum alcoholic strength of 10 degrees.
Article 4 -
(Modified, D. March 22, 1983) the appellation contrôlée Haut-Médoc will be granted only to the producers whose harvest will not have exceeded 48 hectolitres per hectare of vines in production. (Modified D. 94-277 of April 5, 1994) - 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.
Article 5 -
(Replaced, D. August 24, 1994, Modified, D. March 24, 1998) the only authorized modes of size are: - size with cots and astes, the stock having two astes in five eyes maximum for the cabernet-sauvignon, the malbec, the merlot and small the verdot and in seven eyes maximum for the frank cabernet and the carmenère; - size with cots, in range with 4 arms or 2 cords, increasing a maximum number of 12 eyes by stock, whatever the type of vine. The density of plantation must be 6.500 to 10.000 feet with the hectare. However: - the vines planted before September 1, 1994 and of which the density of plantation is lower than 5.000 feet with the hectare will be able to profit from name “Haut-Médoc” until pulling up, and this at the latest until the harvest of the year 2000; - the vines planted before September 1, 1994 and of which the density of plantation lies between 5.000 and 6.500 feet with the hectare will be able to profit from name “Haut-Médoc” until pulling up, and this at the latest until the harvest of the year 2020.
Article 6Les grape harvest will have to be made with good maturity. The wine making will have to be in conformity with the local practice, the surpressurage being prohibited. The practice of picking off will have to be applied. The nologic practices ? in conformity with the laws and decrees in force are authorized. (Addition, D. Oct 29, 1955, art 2.) Only from the appellation contrôlée “Haut-
Médoc” the wines will be able to profit having obtained a certificate of quality issued after tasting by a commission indicated by the national institute of the labels of origin, on a proposal from the trade union of the Medoc and Haut-Médoc. Rules of procedure of the trade union, approved by the national institute of the labels of origin, will determine the procedure to be followed for the delivery of the certificate of quality. [These provisions were supplemented by the decree n° 74.871 of October 19.]
Article 7Les wines for which, under the present decree, the appellation contrôlée will be asserted Haut-
Médoc, could not be declared, after harvest, offered to the public, 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.
Article 8L' use of any indication or any sign likely to make believe in the purchaser that a wine is entitled to the appellation contrôlée Haut-
Médoc, 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_19361114_63102/11/2006 Downloadable document: AOC_Haut-Medoc_-_2004.doc