AOVDQS Vins de Lavilledieu machine translated reference / legal text
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Art 1st. -
Only can be put on sale and to circulate for the sale under the label of origin “Vins de Lavilledieu” accompanied by the mention “delimited Wines of higher quality”, the wines which, profiting under the terms of the law from May 6, 1919, modified by the law of July 22, 1927, of this label of origin such as it was defined by the judgement of the court of dated October 15, 1947 Montauban, will be supplied with a label under the conditions fixed at the present decree; mention of this label will be related to the titles of movement.
Art 2. -
The conditions to which these wines must answer, under the terms of the judgement referred to above, are consigned in appendix to the present decree. A copy of the compartmental states determining the surface of production will be deposited with the Ministry for Agriculture and the Federation of wine associations of France (Section national Federation of the delimited wines of higher quality), like in the town halls of the common interested parties.
Art 3. -
The delivery of the label envisaged with the article first is subordinated to the tasting and the preliminary analysis of a sample of the wine for which is claimed the benefit of the mention “delimited Wine of higher quality”. Tasting is made by a commission whose members are designated by the wine Trade union in charge of the defense of name. The analysis must be carried out by a laboratory officially approved for the repression of the frauds by the Minister for Agriculture. The maximum validity of use of this label by the producer is fixed at three months. Rules of procedure worked out by the wine Trade union interested and approved by the Ministry for Agriculture after opinion of the federation of wine Associations of France (section national Federation of the delimited Wines of higher quality) and of the national Institute of the labels of origin will determine the procedure to be followed for the delivery of the labels and the labels attesting the existence of these labels and will specify the mentions which will have to be related to these documents. (A. Nov 15 .1961). The models of the label and the label to be used will be attached to these rules of procedure.
Art 4. -
When the wines profiting from the label of origin “Vins de Lavilledieu” are offered to the public, are dispatched for the sale, put or are on sale sold under the mention “delimited Wine of higher quality”, the label of origin “Vins de Lavilledieu” will have to be accompanied of the aforesaid the mention in apparent characters in the leaflets, posters advertisements and all means of publicity, on the unspecified labels and containers, like on the invoices and parts of control. A label delivered under the conditions determined in the rules of procedure aimed to article 3 of this decree will have to be affixed by the bottlers on the stopped containers containing these wines.
Art 5. -
The use of any indication or any sign likely to make believe in the purchaser that a wine is entitled to the label of origin accompanied by the mention in question, whereas it does not answer all the conditions fixed by this decree, will be continued in accordance with the general legislation on the repression of the frauds and the protection of the labels of origin, without damage of the sanctions of a tax nature, if it is necessary. APPENDIX with the decree relating to the delimited wines of higher quality “Vins de Lavilledieu”. (Extracted the judgement of the civil Court of Montauban of October 15, 1947). I. - Surface of production Communes of Lavilledieu, Meauzac, Barry-of Islemade, Albefeuille, Lagarde, Montbeton, Lacourt-Saint-Pierre, Bressols-Montech, Escatalens, Saint-Porquier, Castelsarrasin, Barthes, Labastide-of-Temple. The surface of production thus defined by the judgement above is specified by the compartmental plans y annexed. II. - Authorized Type of vines For the red wines: Principal type of vines (80% at least): Négrette (at least 35%), Mauzac, Of Bordeaux, Morterille, Chalosse. Secondary type of vines (20% to the maximum): Syrah, Gamay, black Jurançon, Picpoul, Milgranet, Iron. For the white wines: Mauzac, Sauvignon, Sémillon, Muscadelle, white Blanquette, Ondenc, Chalosse. III. - Alcoholometric Title. (Replaced A. of February 14, 1989) To be entitled to the label of origin “Vins de Lavilledieu” the wines must come from collected grapes with good maturity and present a natural voluminal alcoholometric title of 10,5%. Cannot be regarded as being with good maturity, any batch unit of vintage having a high content in sugar lower than 180 grams per liter of must for the red wines and than 170 grams per liter of must for the white wines. Moreover, when the authorization of enrichment is granted, the wines should not exceed a maximum total voluminal title alcoholometric of 13% 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 limits 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 general direction of the taxes and the general direction of competition, 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 and the minister Minister for Agriculture and Forestry for the economy, finances and the budget, on proposal of the national Institute of the labels of origin of the wines and brandies, after opinion of the interested producers' associations. IV. - Quantum with the hectare [(A. November 30, 1960) it quantum with the hectare envisaged in article 5 of the decree of November 30, 1960 is fixed for these wines at 45 hl at the hectare] [(D. 87.854 of October 22, 1987) - the benefit of name 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 August 31] V. - Practical particular The size of the vines producing these wines is subject to the following rules: Cut out of goblet: to four let us coursons of two frank eyes to the maximum. Cut simple Guyot: with a long wood of eight frank eyes and a courson of two frank eyes maximum. The density of plantation must lie between 4.000 and 4.500 feet with the hectare. The round of applause of vintage will be published at the time fixed by the Audit Board of the production of the “Vins de Lavilledieu”. Warning: Information pré senté be on this site are the subject of a clause of nonresponsabilité INAO_19540122_9002/11/2006 Downloadable document: AOVDQS_Vins_de_Lavilledieu_-_1989.doc