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Decree of March 19, 1998 relating to certain labels of origin controlled of the Burgundy area - J.O n° 72 of March 26, 1998 Decree of March 25, 2003 modifying the decree of January 5, 1944 relating to the controlled label of origin “Petit Chablis” - J.O n° 74 of March 28, 2003 page 5518 Decree of August 2, 2005 modifying the decree of January 5, 1944 relating to the controlled label of origin “Petit Chablis” - J.O n° 181 of August 5, 2005 page 12836 text n° 84 1er.Remplacé article, D. n° 78.239 of February 27, 1978. Only to the appellation contrôlée “Petit Chablis is entitled” followed or not name of the commune of origin: 1° All white wines resulting from the delimited surface “Windfallen wood” and guarantor, in addition, in the conditions of production of this decree; 2° the white wines which, on the territory of the communes of Beine, Béru, Windfallen wood, the Vault-Vaupelteigne, Chemilly-on-Serene, Chichée, Courgis, Fleys, Fontenay, Lignorelles, Maligny, Poilly-on-Serene, Préhy (partner with Saint-Cyr-the-Colonists) and Villy, answering the conditions enumerated hereafter, were collected in the surface of production delimited by the national committee of the national Institute of the labels of origin in its meeting of January 31, 1978. On a purely transitory basis, for the pieces planted in vines on the territory of the communes enumerated with the preceding subparagraph like on that of Ligny-le-Châtel and Fish ponds, at the date of this decree, the delimitation former to this one remains in force until the pulling up of the vines and, at the latest, on January 1, 2000. These pieces are reproduced on a list approved by the national committee in its meeting of January 31, 1978. The surface of production, such as it results from the provisions of the preceding subparagraphs, will be deferred on the cadrastal maps of the communes and will be deposited in the interested town halls. 2.Remplacé article, D. March 25, 2003 The wines being entitled to the controlled label of origin “Petit Chablis” will have to come from following type of vine, other than all others: chardonnay B (locally called beaunois). 3.Remplacé article, D. October 1, 1985 To be entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Petit Chablis”, the white wines must come from collected grapes with good maturity and present a minimum natural voluminal title alcoholometric of 9,5%. Cannot be regarded as being with good maturity any unit batch of vintage having a high content in sugar lower than 144 grams per liter of must. Moreover, when the authorization of enrichment by dry sugaring is granted, the wines should not exceed a total voluminal alcoholometric title of 12,5%, under penalty of losing the right to name considered. However, the benefit of name referred to above can be granted to the wines of a total voluminal title alcoholometric higher than the limit referred to above and worked out without any enrichment, if the informant justifies of a certificate issued by the national Institute of the labels of origin of the wines and brandies after investigation carried out into his request presented before the vintage of the vines concerned. The notifications of the exemptions aimed to the preceding subparagraph must be addressed to the local services of the Directorate-General of the taxes and the Management of the consumption and the repression of the frauds. The limits aimed to the subparagraphs above can be modified when the climatic conditions justify it by joint decree of the Minister for agriculture and the minister in charge with the budget and consumption, on proposal of the national Institute of the labels of origin of the wines and brandies, after opinion of the interested producers' associations.

Art 4.Modifié, D. December 23, 1982, Replaced, D. March 25, 2003 The basic output aimed to the article 1st of the decree n° 2002-

1325 of November 5, 2002 relating to the conditions of production and the producing output of the vineyards of the wines with controlled label of origin is fixed at 60 hectolitres per hectare. The output stop aimed to article 2 of the decree of above mentioned November 5, 2002 is fixed at 70 hectolitres per hectare. The benefit of the controlled label of origin can be granted to the wines coming from the young vines only as from the third year following that during which the plantation was carried out places from there before July 31. 5.Remplacé article, D. March 25, 2003 The vines are planted, led and cut in accordance with the provisions hereafter: - mode of size: the Guyot sizes, Cord of Royat and Chablis are only authorized; - a number of frank eyes: to the maximum 14 eyes developed by stock without the number of eyes developed with the hectare not exceeding 100.000; - height of foliage: minimum 0,6 times the distance between rows, and starting from the publication of this decree: - minimal density of the plantations to be taken into account to determine spacings on the row and the spacings between rows: 5.500 feet per hectare; - maximum distance enters the rows: 1,20 meter, except for the vines planted on slopes higher or equal to 40% where this distance is carried to 1,60 meter. The maximum agronomic output with the piece aimed to article 10 of the decree of above mentioned November 5, 2002 is fixed at 11.700 kilogrammes of grapes per hectare. 6.Modifié article, D. March 19, 1998 The wines being entitled to the appellation contrôlée “Petit Chablis” will have to come from grapes collected with good maturity and vinified in accordance with the local, honest and constant uses. They will profit from all the practices currently authorized by the laws and payments in force. Article 7. The appellation contrôlée “Petit Chablis” followed or not name of the commune of origin could not be reproduced on the labels, marks, prints, stoppers, capsules, seals or any other apparatus of closing, invoices, trade paper, packing and containers, that in the condition that the terms “Petit Chablis” are carried there in identical characters of the same form, even dimension and even color. Article 8. The wines for which, under the present decree, will be asserted the appellation contrôlée “Petit Chablis” followed or not name of the commune of origin 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, invoices, labels, containers unspecified, the label of origin referred to above being accompanied by the mention “appellation contrôlée” in very apparent characters.

Article 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 “Petit Chablis”, 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_19440105_80902/11/2006 Downloadable document: AOC_Petit_Chablis_-

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