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Art 1st. -
Only are entitled to the controlled label of origin “Savennières”, recognized initially by the decree of December 8, 1952, supplemented or not by the words “Loire Valley”, the white wines answering the conditions fixed hereafter.
Art 2. -
The surface of production is delimited inside the territory of the commune of Savennières and part of the territory of the communes of Bouchemaine, section C, third cadastral sheet, edition of 1980 and Possonnière, section D, second cadastral sheet, edition of 1980, section E, first and second sheets cadastral, edition of 1980. The wines must result from grape harvest collected in the surface of production delimited by piece or part of piece such as it was approved by the national committee of the national Institute of the labels of origin during the meeting of September 11, 1985 on Commission proposal of experts indicated to this end. The plans of delimitation are deposited with the town hall of the common interested parties. The wines with controlled label of origin “Savennières” can carry the indication of the “Casting-of-Tightening” locality or “Rock-with-Monks” when they result from grape harvest collected respectively on the following territories of the commune of Savennières: Casting-of-tightening, section B, third cadastral sheet, edition of 1980, and fourth cadastral sheet, edition of 1980; Rock-with-monks, section B, fourth cadastral sheet, edition of 1980. The limits defined for these lieudits, by piece or part of piece, were approved by the national committee of the national Institute of the labels of origin during the meeting of September 11, 1985 on Commission proposal of experts indicated to this end. The plans of delimitation are deposited with the town hall of Savennières.
Art 3. -
The wines being entitled to the controlled label of origin “Savennières” must come from following type of vine, other than very other: chenin white (called pineau of the Loire locally).
Art 4. -
A - To be entitled to the controlled label of origin “Savennières”, the wines must come from collected grapes with good maturity and present a minimum natural voluminal title alcoholometric of 10 p. 100. Cannot be regarded as being with good maturity any unit batch of vintage having a high content in sugar lower than 162 grams per liter of musts. The wines must present after fermentation a sugar content residual lower or equal to 8 grams per liter. Moreover, when the authorization of enrichment is granted, the wines should not exceed a total voluminal alcoholometric title of 13 p. 100 under penalty of losing the right to this name. B - When the wines being entitled to the controlled label of origin “Savennières” present after fermentation a sugar content residual higher than 8 grams per liter, the name of Savennières must be obligatorily supplemented by the mention “medium dry wine” when this content lies between 8 and 18 grams per liter, by the “marrowy” ranking when this content lies between 18 and 45 grams per liter, or the “soft” ranking when this content is higher than 45 grams per liter. These wines must come from collected grape harvest with good maturity and present a total minimum natural title alcoholometric voluminal of 12,5 p. 100 and one title alccometric voluminal minimum asset of 12 p. 100. Cannot be regarded as being with good maturity any batch of vintage having a high content in sugar lower than 212 grams per liter of must. Moreover, when the authorization of enrichment is granted, the wines should not exceed a total voluminal alcoholometric title of 15 p. 100 under penalty of losing right to this name.
Art 5. -
With the controlled label of origin “Savennières” only the wines can claim answering the conditions of the decree of September 10, 1993 referred to above. The benefit of the controlled label of origin “Savennières” 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. With - For the wines defined in article 4 (A) above, the basic outputs and stop noted respectively to the articles 1st and 4 of this decree are fixed at 50 hectolitres per hectare. B - For the wines defined in article 4 (B) above, the basic outputs and stop noted respectively to the articles 1st and 4 of this decree are fixed at 40 hectolitres per hectare.
Art 6. -
The vines producing the wine with controlled label of origin “Savennières” must be led and cut in accordance with the provisions hereafter: - minimal distance enters the seedlings on the row: 1 meter; - a number of frank eyes: to the maximum twelve frank eyes per stock and four frank eyes on long wood. However, the vines planted before 1980 can be cut with a long wood having to the maximum seven frank eyes. In this case, the number of frank eyes maximum per stock is brought back to ten frank eyes; - minimal density of the plantations to be taken into account to determine spacings on the row and the spacings between rows: 4.000 stocks with the hectare. The minimal density of plantation defined above is lowered to 3.300 feet in the hectare for the trained vines, of which the height of foliage corresponds to 0,6 times the distance between the rows. The height of foliage is measured between the level of the lower wire of training and the top of the posts carry-wire raised of 30 centimetres (height of trimming). The lower wire of training must be at least with 40 centimetres above the ground. To profit from the provisions of the subparagraph above, the owners of the vines concerned must make them identify near the services of the national Institute of the labels of origin at the latest before June 30, 1997. In the case of new plantations, this request must be carried out at August 31 which follows the plantation. The lists of the pieces of vines thus identified are approved by the national committee of the wines and brandies of the national Institute of the labels of origin. However, the vines planted before January 1, 1997 which respect neither the minimal density of 4.000 stocks to the hectare nor the height of foliage defined above can produce wines with controlled label of origin “Savennières” until their pulling up, and at the latest until the harvest of the year 2006. This time is carried until the harvest of the year 2021 for these vines when the density of plantation is lower than 3.300 stocks with the hectare since they respect the provisions concerning the height of foliage.
Art 7. -
The wines being entitled to the controlled label of origin “Savennières” must come from grapes become good ripe, collected by selection of bunches on stocks. A mechanical vintage is not possible that after a first passage of manual vintage. The wines being entitled to the controlled label of origin “Savennières” must be vinified in accordance with the local practice. They profit from all the oenological processes currently authorized by the laws and payments in force, other than the concentration which is prohibited.
Art 8. -
The wines with controlled label of origin “Savennières” cannot be put in circulation 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 9. -
The wines for which, under the present decree, is asserted the controlled label of origin “Savennières”, supplemented or not by the words “Loire Valley”, not being able to be declared after harvest, to be offered to the consumers, 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, the label of origin referred to above are registered and accompanied by the mention “appellation contrôlée”, the whole in very apparent characters. The name of name must be registered on the labels in characters whose dimensions, as well in height as in width, should not be lower than half of those of the characters of any other mention appearing there. In addition, dimensions of the characters of the mention “Loire Valley” should not be higher, as well in height as in width, to two thirds of those of the characters composing the name of name. If one of the mentions “medium dry wine”, “marrowy” or “soft” must supplement the name of the controlled label of origin “Savennières”, this mention must obligatorily appear after the name of the label of origin controlled in the commercial documents and titles of movement. It must appear on the labels in the same visual field as that where the name of the controlled label of origin “Savennières is registered”.
Art 10. -
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 “Savennières” 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 11. -
The decree of December 8, 1952 defining the conditions of production of the controlled label of origin “Savennières” is repealed. Warning: Information pré senté be on this site are the subject of a clause of nonresponsabilité INAO_19961205_14602/11/2006 Downloadable document: AOC_Savennieres_-_1996.doc