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Art 1st. -
Only to the controlled label of origin “the Les Baux de Provence are entitled” the red or rosy wines answering the conditions fixed hereafter.
Art 2. -
The surface of production of the wines being entitled to the controlled label of origin “the Les Baux de Provence” is delimited inside the territory of the following communes of the department of the Rhone delta: Les Baux de Provence, Fontvieille, Maussane-les-Alpilles, Mouriès, Paradou, Saint-Etienne-of-Sandstone and Saint-Rémy-of-Provence.
Art 3. -
To be entitled to the controlled label of origin “the Les Baux de Provence”, 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 wines and brandies of the national Institute of the labels of origin at its meeting of June 6, 1985, for the label of origin “Slopes of Aix-en-Provence “on the territory of the common aimings to article 2 on Commission proposal of experts indicated to this end. The plans of delimitations are deposited with the town hall of the common interested parties.
Art 4. -
To be entitled to the controlled label of origin “the Les Baux de Provence”, the wines must come from following type of vines, other than very other: A. Red wines: 1°) principal Type of vines, in the minimal total proportion of 60 p.100: grenache (NR), syrah (NR), mourvèdre (NR). Two type of vines at least are obligatory in the encépagement principal one, none of these type of vines not having encépagement to exceed 90 p.100 of the whole of the pieces of vine intended for the production of red wines. 2°) additional Type of vines: cinsaut (NR), counoise (NR), carignan (NR), cabernet-sauvignon (NR). Cinsaut, counoise, carignan are limited individually to 30 p.100 maximum of encépagement. The cabernet-sauvignon is limited to 20 p.100 maximum encépagement. The type of vine carignan will not be any more the object of plantations starting from the date of publication of this decree. B. rosy Wines: 1°) principal Type of vines, in the minimal total proportion of 60 p.100: grenache (NR), syrah (NR), cinsaut (NR). Two type of vines at least are obligatory in the encépagement principal one, none of these type of vines not having encépagement to exceed 90 p.100 of the whole of the pieces of vine intended for the production of rosy wines. 2°) additional Type of vines: mourvèdre (NR), counoise (NR), carignan (NR), cabernet-sauvignon (NR). Mourvèdre, counoise, carignan are limited individually to 30 p.100 maximum of encépagement. The cabernet-sauvignon is limited to 10 p.100 maximum encépagement. The type of vine carignan will not be any more the object of plantations starting from the date of publication of this decree. In this article, by the term encépagement, it is necessary to include/understand encépagement totality of the pieces producing the wine of name for the color considered.
Art 5. -
To be entitled to the controlled label of origin “the Les Baux de Provence”, the wines must come from collected grapes with good maturity and present a minimum natural voluminal title alcoholometric of 11,5 p.100 and comprise less than three grams per liter of residual sugar. Cannot be regarded as being with good maturity any unit batch of grape harvest having a high content in sugar lower than 198 grams per liter of must for the red wines and 187 grams per liter of must for the rosy wines.
Art 6. -
With the controlled label of origin “the Les Baux de Provence can claim” only the wines answering the conditions of the decree of September 10, 1993 referred to above. The basic output aimed to the article 1st of this decree is fixed at 50 hectolitres at the hectare. The output stop envisaged with the third subparagraph of article 4 of this decree is also fixed at fifty hectolitres with the hectare. The benefit of name can be granted to the wines coming from young vines only as from the second year following that during which the plantation was carried out places from there before August 31.
Art 7. -
The vines producing the classified wine controlled “the Les Baux de Provence” must have a minimal density of 4.000 feet at the hectare with a maximum distance between rows of 2,50 meters. The size must be made out of short size, goblet or cord of royat, with a maximum of six let us coursons in one or two eyes per stock. The number of eyes left with the size should not exceed 40.000 eyes with the hectare.
Art 8. -
To be entitled to the controlled label of origin “the Les Baux de Provence” the wines must be elaborate according to local practice's. The rosy wines must be worked out by the process known as of the “bleeding” in a minimal proportion of 50 p.100 of each marketed batch. The red wines will have to be the subject of twelve months a minimum breeding.
Art 9. -
The wines cannot be put in circulation with the controlled label of origin “the Les Baux de Provence” without a certificate issued by the national Institute of the labels of origin under the conditions envisaged by the decree of October 19, 1974 referred to above.
Art 10. -
The wines for which, under the present decree, is asserted the controlled label of origin “the Les Baux de Provence” and which are 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 to be 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.
Art 11. -
The use of any indication or any sign likely to make believe in the purchaser that a wine is entitled to the controlled label of origin “the Les Baux de Provence” 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.
Art 12. -
The red and rosy wines of harvest 1994 asserted in controlled label of origin “Slopes of Aix-en-Provence “followed by the denomination” the Les Baux de Provence “, and answering all the conditions of this decree, can be allowed for the benefit of the controlled label of origin” the Les Baux de Provence “if they obtain within six month after the publication of this decree the certificate of approval envisaged in article 6, delivered above under the same conditions after examinations analytical and organoleptic. The red and rosy wines of harvest 1994 with controlled label of origin “Slopes of Aix-en-Provence “followed by the denomination” the Les Baux de Provence “held by the wholesale dealers could be allowed for the benefit of the controlled label of origin” the Les Baux de Provence “provided they are subjected to the same control but, in this case, samplings will be carried out by the agents of 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_19950420_30602/11/2006 Downloadable document: AOC_Les_Baux_de_Provence_-_1995.doc