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Decree of February 12, 1999 relating to the controlled label of origin “Minervois-La Livinière” - J.O n° 39 of February 16, 1999

Art 1st. -

Only are entitled to the controlled label of origin “Minervois-La Livinière” the red wines answering the conditions fixed hereafter.

Art 2. -

The surface of production is delimited inside the territory of the following communes: Department of the Aude (1 commune) Azille. Department of Herault (5 communes) Azillanet, Will cease, Cat-like-Minervois, Livinière, Siran.

Art 3. -

The wines must result from grape harvest collected in the surface of production aimed to article 2, delimited by pieces or parts of piece, 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 May 27, 1998, on Commission proposal of experts indicated to this end. The plans of delimitation are deposited with the town hall of the common interested parties.

Art 4. -

The wines must come from following type of vines, other than very other: - principal type of vines: grenache black, syrah black, mourvèdre black. The unit grenache NR, syrah NR and mourvèdre NR must at least account for 60% of encépagement, including 40% for the whole syrah NR mourvèdre NR; - secondary type of vines: lledoner pelut NR, carignan NR, cinsaut NR, piquepoul NR, terret NR, aspiran NR. In this article, by the term encépagement, it is necessary to include/understand encépagement totality of the pieces producing the wine of name.

Art 5. -

The wines must come from collected grapes with good maturity and present a minimum natural voluminal title alcoholometric of 12%. Cannot be considered with good maturity any unit batch of vintage having a high content in sugar lower than 200 grams per liter.

Art 6. -

The basic output is fixed at 45 hectolitres per hectare. The output stop is fixed at 54 hectolitres per hectare. The benefit of name “Minervois-La Livinière” can be granted to the wines coming from young vines only as from the fourth year following that during which the plantation was carried out places from there before August 31.

Art 7. -

The vines must be planted and cut under the following conditions: All new plantation or replanting must be carried out with a minimal density of 4.000 feet to the hectare; The vines are led in the short face with six coursons in one or two eyes. However, the type of vine syrah can be led in the long face Guyot with a long wood to six eyes maximum and one or two let us coursons of recall in one or two eyes.

Art 8. -

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 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. For making of these wines, the thermovinification, several successive pressings or pumpings, the vinificators continuous, the tanks with automatic reassembly, the tanks with recycling of marc, the érafloirs centrifugal, the drainers with screw and the presses continuous are prohibited.

Art 9. -

The irrigation for the growing period of the vine can be authorized, pursuant to the general regulation into force, only on proposal of the national Institute of the labels of origin and request of the trade union of defense of name.

Art 10. -

To be entitled to the controlled label of origin “Minervois-La Livinière”, the wines must be high with the property until November 1 of the year which follows that of harvest.

Art 11. -

The wines cannot be put in circulation with the controlled label of origin “Minervois-La Livinière” without a certificate issued by the national Institute of the labels of origin under the conditions envisaged by the decree No 74-871 of October 19, 1974 relating to the examinations analytical and organoleptic of the wines with controlled label of origin.

Art 12. -

The wines for which, under the present decree, is asserted the appellation contrôlée “Minervois-La Livinière” 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.

Art 13. -

The use of any indication or any sign likely to make believe in the purchaser that a wine is entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Minervois-La Livinière”, 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. The wines of harvests 1997 and 1998 can assert the controlled label of origin “Minervois-La Livinière” insofar as they meet the conditions fixed by this decree.

Art 14. -

The Minister for the economy, of finances and industry, the Minister for agriculture and fishing, the Secretary of State to the budget and the Secretary of State to small and medium-sized companies, to the trade and the craft industry are charged, each one in what relates to it, of the execution of this decree, which will be published in the Journal officiel de la République française. Warning: Information pré senté be on this site are the subject of a clause of nonresponsabilité INAO_19990212_45002/11/2006 Downloadable document: AOC_Minervois-La-Liviniere_-_1999.doc