Publication of a communication of approval of a standard amendment to a product specification for a name in the wine sector referred to in Article 17(2) and (3) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33

(2021/C 89/07)

This communication is published in accordance with Article 17(5) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (1).

COMMUNICATION OF A STANDARD AMENDMENT TO THE SINGLE DOCUMENT

‘MARSANNAY’

PDO-FR-A0175-AM01

Submitted on: 14 December 2020

DESCRIPTION OF AND REASONS FOR THE APPROVED AMENDMENT

1. Geographical area

In Chapter I, Section IV, point 1, after ‘Côte-d’Or’, the words ‘based on the 2019 Official Geographical Code’ have been added.

This editorial amendment allows the geographical area to be identified with reference to the 2019 version of the Official Geographical Code, which is updated by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), and gives legal certainty to the definition of the geographical area.

The boundaries of the geographical area remain unchanged.

A sentence has also been added to inform operators that cartographic documents pertaining to the geographical area are available on the INAO website.

The single document is not affected by these amendments.

2. Demarcated parcel area

Point 2 has been replaced by the following provisions: ‘The wines are made from grapes grown on parcels located in the production area as approved by the National Institute of Origin and Quality (INAO) at the meeting of the relevant national committee on 19 June 2019’.

The purpose of this amendment is to include the date on which the competent national authority approved changes to the demarcated parcel area within the geographical production area. Demarcation involves identifying parcels within the geographical production area that can be used to produce the protected designation of origin in question.

This amendment also removes the specific demarcation for the different colours of wine in the specification as this distinction is already included in the demarcation. The wording of the specification can therefore be simplified.

The single document is not affected by this amendment.

3. Area in immediate proximity

In Chapter I, Section IV, point 3, the words ‘based on the 2019 Official Geographical Code’ have been added after ‘the following municipalities’.

This editorial amendment allows the area in immediate proximity to be identified with reference to the 2019 version of the Official Geographical Code, published by INSEE.

The boundaries of this area remain unchanged.

The addition of this reference means that the definition of the area in immediate proximity can be legally protected and therefore cannot later be affected by mergers or splits among municipalities or parts of municipalities, or by name changes.

The list of municipalities comprising the area in immediate proximity has also been updated, without any boundary changes, to take into account the administrative changes made before 2019.

The section of the single document headed ‘Further conditions’ has been amended accordingly.

4. Amendment to the name of the control body

References to the control body have been updated in Chapter III, Section II of the specification for AOC ‘Marsannay’.

The section of the single document headed ‘Other information’ has been amended accordingly.

SINGLE DOCUMENT

1. Product name

Marsannay

2. Geographical indication type

PDO – Protected Designation of Origin

3. Categories of grapevine product

1. Wine

4. Description of the wine(s)

Analytical description

The wines are still, dry white, red or rosé wines.

The white wines have a minimum natural alcoholic strength by volume of 11 %.

The red and rosé wines have a minimum natural alcoholic strength by volume of 10,5 %.

The total alcoholic strength by volume of the rosé wines after enrichment does not exceed 13 %.

The total alcoholic strength by volume of the white and red wines after enrichment does not exceed 13,5 %.

At the time of packaging, the red wines have a maximum malic acid content of 0,4 grams per litre.

The finished wines, ready to be released for consumption, have a maximum fermentable sugar content (glucose + fructose) of:

White wines — 3 grams per litre;, — or 4 grams per litre, if the total acidity is greater than or equal to 55.,10 milliequivalents per litre, or 4,13 grams per litre, expressed as tartaric acid, (or 2,7 grams per litre, expressed as H2SO4).

Rosé wines — 3 grams per litre;

Red wines — 2 grams per litre.

The standards provided for in EU regulations apply to maximum total alcoholic strength, minimum actual alcoholic strength, minimum total acidity, maximum volatile acidity and maximum total sulphur dioxide content.

General analytical characteristics Maximum total alcoholic strength (in % volume) Minimum actual alcoholic strength (in % volume) Minimum total acidity Maximum volatile acidity (in milliequivalents per litre) Maximum total sulphur dioxide (in milligrams per litre)

5. Wine-making practices

a. Specific oenological practices

Planting density

Growing method

The minimum density of the vines in the vineyard is 9 000 plants per hectare. The spacing between the rows is 1,25 metres or less. Between plants in the same row, spacing is at least 0,5 metres.

The vines do not have to be planted in rows as long as the minimum planting density is respected with spacing between the plants exceeding 0,5 metres.

Pruning rules

Cultivation method

The wines come from vines pruned according to the following provisions.

General provisions

White wines

— either spur pruning (vines trained to cordon du Royat and bilateral cordon) with ten or fewer buds per plant,

— or cane pruning, single Guyot with eight or fewer buds per plant,

— or ‘Chablis pruning’, only for the Chardonnay B variety, with eight or fewer buds per plant.

Red and rosé wines

The vines are pruned with a maximum of eight buds per plant:

— either spur pruning (vines trained to cordon du Royat, bilateral cordon, gobelet or éventail),

— or cane pruning to simple Guyot.

Special provisions

The formation period for the cordon is limited to two years. During this period, pruning to double Guyot is permitted with a maximum of five buds on each cane.

Pruning to single Guyot can be adapted:

— with a second spur making it possible to vary the position of the cane from one year to the next;,

— with a cane trimmed to a maximum of three buds and a spur limited to two buds.

Regardless of the pruning method, the vines can be pruned with extra buds on condition that, at the phenological stage corresponding to 11 or 12 leaves, the annual number of fruitful shoots per plant does not exceed the number of buds established by the pruning rules.

Oenological practices

Specific oenological practice

Subtractive enrichment techniques are permitted for the red wines up to a concentration rate of 10 %.

It is prohibited to use oenological charcoal, whether alone or mixed in preparations, to make the rosé wines.

The use of wood chips is prohibited.

The total alcoholic strength by volume after enrichment must not exceed 13.,5 % in the case of red and white wines, and 13 % in the case of rosé wines.

In addition to the above provisions, all oenological practices must comply with the requirements laid down at EU level and in the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code.

b. Maximum yields

Red wines

58 hectolitres per hectare

White wines

64 hectolitres per hectare

Rosé wines

65 hectolitres per hectare

6. Demarcated geographical area

The grapes are harvested and the wines made, processed and aged in the territory of the following municipalities in the department of Côte-d’Or: Chenôve, Couchey and Marsannay-la-Côte.

7. Main wine grape variety(-ies)

Chardonnay B

Pinot blanc B

Pinot gris G

Pinot noir N

8. Description of the link(s)

Description of the natural factors relevant to the link

The geographical area is situated in the most northern part of the Côte de Nuits vineyard, a straight-sided elevation which extends some 25 kilometres in a north/south direction. This elevation of tectonic origin separates the limestone plateaux of the Hautes Côtes to the west, at an altitude of between 400 and 500 metres, from the Bresse plain to the east, a Tertiary graben at an altitude of almost 250 metres, at right angles to the ‘Côte’ (slope).

A cool maritime climate dominates, disrupted by continental and southern influences from the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers. The maritime character of the region is evident in the regular moderate rainfall, around 750 millimetres per year, without significant summer droughts. Temperatures are quite cool with an annual average of 10.5 degrees centigrade.

The ‘Côte’ is located to the east of the Morvan massif and the Burgundy plateaux. Its sheltered position results in a warmer mesoclimate, as well as notably low rainfall for the region.

The geographical area comprises the municipalities of Marsannay-la-Côte, Couchey and Chenove, south of the city of Dijon, in the department of Côte-d’Or, in Burgundy.

The brow of the ‘Côte’, at a height of some 150 metres, is marked by a relatively even landscape. It is interrupted by a broad dry valley formed by the juncture of two combes draining the far west side of the ‘Côte’. There are other smaller combes, also with small alluvial fans.

The southern slope of the dry valley is formed of layers of limestone and marl (argillaceous limestone) from the Jurassic period, including the especially compact Comblanchien limestone, which forms the backbone of the landscape. Heavy parallel fracturing has scored long strips into the elevated area, creating different levels. This led to the formation of Lias marl (Lower Jurassic period), entrochal limestone, Bajocian marl (Middle Jurassic period), chert-bearing limestone, oolitic limestone and Comblanchien limestone from the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic period).

On the north side, there is less fracturing and layers of Bathonian limestone prevail.

The limestone substrate of the valley sides and base slopes is covered by layers of scree formed of a mix of clay and loam resulting from the alteration of the subsoil and areas of elevation. The nature of the layers depends on their position on the slope. On the valley side, they are very stony and sparse. On the foothills, the layers contain more fine particles and are denser, ranging from decimetres up to one metre.

At the head of the valley, a large alluvial fan sweeps down towards the plain. It comprises well-drained alluvial formations of gravel and limestone.

The parcels demarcated for the grape harvest are located on the lower part of the brow of the ‘Côte’, as well as on the alluvial fans with gravelly soils.

The soils are have not undergone much development and are generally carbonate, shallow and well-drained. However, they are characterised by a high clay content, especially on the foothills and at the levels where marl is found. The soils of the large alluvial fan have good filtering qualities. The clay content is low and there are abundant limestone pebbles.

Description of the human factors relevant to the geographical link

The earliest evidence of viticulture in the geographical area dates back to around 530 and the writings of Gregory of Tours. In his ‘History of the Franks’, he says of the city of Dijon: ‘on the west side, there are fertile mountains, covered in vines, which provide the inhabitants with such a fine vintage that they scorn the wine of Ascalon’.

From the seventh century onwards, numerous archives attest to the existence of a ‘Marsannay’ vineyard, including records of gifts to the Abbey of Bèze in 658, the Church of Saint-Etienne of Dijon in 882, and the Priory of Epoisses in 1189, inter alia.

From the eleventh century, the Dukes of Burgundy owned a property at Chenove where, in 1238, a ‘cellar’ with two presses was built. The property passed to the King of France and is now called ‘Clos du Roi’.

Until the nineteenth century, the vineyard was planted with ‘elegant varieties’, meaning the various Pinots, and produced wines of great renown. From 1850, writers refer to wine production being geared towards table wine, made mainly from the variety Gamay. Indeed, at this time, the population of the city of Dijon doubled and the demand for table wine increased proportionally. Situated at the edge of Dijon, the municipalities of Chenove, Marsannay and Couchey naturally began meeting this demand while neglecting fine wines. Producers organised collectively around this flourishing trade. Mutual aid societies were created in Marsannay in 1850 and in Couchey in 1855, and the Syndicat viticole de la Côte dijonnaise (Wine-growers’ Union of Dijon) was established in 1891. With the health and financial crises of the late nineteenth century, the importance of the vineyard diminished.

From the 1930s onwards, rehabilitation slowly began, focused on the production of fine wines. During the 1960s, the variety Gamay practically disappeared. It gave way to a vineyard planted with Pinot noir N, which was to become famous for the production of rosé wines. Since 1937, these wines have been sold under the controlled designation of origin ‘Bourgogne’. Back then, the wine-growers’ unions of Marsannay and Couchey were working to develop the revived vineyard. The reputation of the wines grew and, in 1961, it was permitted to follow the name of the controlled designation of origin ‘Bourgogne’ with the name ‘Marsannay & raquo [sic] and ‘Rosé de Marsannay’ in the case of the rosé wines.

Finally, in 1987, the controlled designation of origin ‘Marsannay’ was recognised by decree. It can be used for white, rosé and red wines.

The vines are trained according to current practice throughout the Côte de Nuits. Plant density exceeds 9 000 plants per hectare. The grape varieties are Chardonnay B and Pinot noir N. Producers understand that the soils represent valuable heritage and therefore take great care to conserve them.

It is customary for the wines to age for several months.

In 2008, the vineyard covered an area of around 230 hectares, producing an annual average of 17 000 hectolitres, mainly of red wine. White and rosé wines each represent 15 % of production.

Causal link

The cool maritime climate, the topography of the ‘Côte’, which is marked by combes and valleys, and the marl and limestone soils of the Jurassic period combine to produce the finest expressions of the native Burgundian varieties of Pinot noir N and Chardonnay B.

The parcels demarcated for the grape harvest nestle at the foot of the main elevation, once the surface soils are sufficiently developed to allow root penetration and proper drainage. Other parcels extend into the gravelly soils of the broad valley.

This diverse topography, with its varied substrates, marl and limestone subsoils, and deposits of pebble and clay, offers a mosaic of environments from which the wines draw their richness and diversity.

The wines produced from gravelly parcels and the permeable soils of alluvial fans are often fruity, elegantly structured, supple and open. Parcels on the main slope, with shallow soils rich in clay and iron oxides, produce wines that are powerful, deep-coloured and able to keep for longer.

This richness and diversity is highlighted, according to custom, by the name of the ‘climat’, or specific vineyard, appearing on the label. Ageing the wines, and enhancing suitability for bottle-ageing, helps strengthen the expression of this diversity, apparent in the taste.

The Côte d’Or vineyard extends out from Dijon and reaches its full expression in the vineyard of ‘Marsannay’. The city gives way to the long, unbroken line of vines stretching south towards the Maranges vineyard more than 50 kilometres away.

The ‘Marsannay’ vineyard is the principal survivor of the historic vineyard of the Côte Dijonnaise, once renowned for its excellent wines but now largely absorbed into the urban sprawl of Dijon.

The history of the ‘Marsannay’ vineyard is rich and complex. Over many centuries, it has witnessed the events in the development of the surrounding areas. The proximity of the city of Dijon has rendered the vineyard both fragile and emblematic. Created by the Dukes of Burgundy in the Middle Ages, owned and tended by the burghers of Dijon, the vineyard adapted to the needs of the city, even at the expense of risking its former prestige. Since its revival, it has become the ‘golden gate’ to the Côte de Nuits.

Information on the quality and characteristics of the product

The red wines are deeply coloured. They are highly supple and structured with powerful tannins. The aromas of black fruits and berries are often blended with notes of prune and musk. The parcels on gravelly soils produce wines that are elegant and richly textured rather than robust.

The rosé wines are soft and fruity, often with notes of peach or red fruit, underpinned by a delightful liveliness.

The white wines are generous and richly textured with fruity notes, sometimes suggesting exotic fruits, sometimes with notes of menthol or lemongrass.

Several years of keeping allow these wines to develop their full aromatic potential.

9. Essential further conditions (packaging, labelling, other requirements)

Area in immediate proximity

Legal framework:

EU legislation

Type of further condition:

Derogation concerning production in the demarcated geographical area

Description of the condition:

The area in the immediate vicinity, defined by derogation for the making, processing and ageing of the wines, comprises the territory of the following municipalities, based on the Official Geographic Code for 2019:

— Department of Côte-d’Or: Agencourt, Aloxe-Corton, Ancey, Arcenant, Argilly, Autricourt, Auxey-Duresses, Baubigny, Beaune, Belan-sur-Ource, Bévy, Bissey-la-Côte, Bligny-lès-Beaune, Boncourt-le-Bois, Bouix, Bouze-lès-Beaune, Brion-sur-Ource, Brochon, Cérilly, Chamboeuf, Chambolle-Musigny, Channay, Charrey-sur-Seine, Chassagne-Montrachet, Châtillon-sur-Seine, Chaumont-le-Bois, Chaux, Chenôve, Chevannes, Chorey-lès-Beaune, Clémencey, Collonges-lès-Bévy, Combertault, Comblanchien, Corcelles-les-Arts, Corcelles-les-Monts, Corgoloin, Cormot-le-Grand, Corpeau, Couchey, Curley, Curtil-Vergy, Daix, Dijon, Ebaty, Echevronne, Epernay-sous-Gevrey, L’Etang-Vergy, Etrochey, Fixin, Flagey-Echézeaux, Flavignerot, Fleurey-sur-Ouche, Fussey, Gerland, Gevrey-Chambertin, Gilly-lès-Cîteaux, Gomméville, Grancey-sur-Ource, Griselles, Ladoix-Serrigny, Lantenay, Larrey, Levernois, Magny-lès-Villers, Mâlain, Marcenay, Marey-lès-Fussey, Marsannay-la-Côte, Massingy, Mavilly-Mandelot, Meloisey, Merceuil, Messanges, Meuilley, Meursanges, Meursault, Molesme, Montagny-lès-Beaune, Monthelie, Montliot-et-Courcelles, Morey-Saint-Denis, Mosson, Nantoux, Nicey, Noiron-sur-Seine, Nolay, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Obtrée, Pernand-Vergelesses, Perrigny-lès-Dijon, Plombières-lès-Dijon, Poinçon-lès-Larrey, Pommard, Pothières, Premeaux-Prissey, Prusly-sur-Ource, Puligny-Montrachet, Quincey, Reulle-Vergy, La Rochepot, Ruffey-lès-Beaune, Saint-Aubin, Saint-Bernard, Saint-Philibert, Saint-Romain, Sainte-Colombe-sur-Seine, Sainte-Mariela-Blanche, Santenay, Savigny-lès-Beaune, Segrois, Tailly, Talant, Thoires, Vannaire, Vauchignon, Velars-sur-Ouche, Vertault, Vignoles, Villars-Fontaine, Villebichot, Villedieu, Villers-la-Faye, Villers-Patras, Villy-le-Moutier, Vix, Volnay and Vougeot,

— Department of Rhône: Alix, Anse, L’Arbresle, Les Ardillats, Arnas, Bagnols, Beaujeu, Belleville, Belmont d’Azergues, Blacé, Le Breuil, Bully, Cercié, Chambost-Allières, Chamelet, Charentay, Charnay, Châtillon, Chazay-d’Azergues, Chénas, Chessy, Chiroubles, Cogny, Corcelles-en-Beaujolais, Dareizé, Denicé, Dracé, Emeringes, Fleurie, Frontenas, Gleizé, Jarnioux, Juliénas, Jullié, Lacenas, Lachassagne, Lancié, Lantignié, Légny, Létra, Limas, Lozanne, Lucenay, Marchampt, Marcy, Moiré, Montmelas-Saint-Sorlin, Morancé, Odenas, Les Olmes, Le Perréon, Pommiers, Porte des Pierres Dorées, Quincié-en-Beaujolais, Régnié-Durette, Rivolet, Saint-Clément-sur-Valsonne, Saint-Cyr-le-Chatoux, Saint-Didier-sur-Beaujeu, Saint-Etienne-des-Oullières, Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne, Saint-Georges-de-Reneins, Saint-Germain-Nuelles, Saint-Jean-d’Ardières, Saint-Jean-des-Vignes, Saint-Julien, Saint-Just-d’Avray, Saint-Lager, Saint-Loup, Saint-Romain-de-Popey, Saint-Vérand, Sainte-Paule, Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais, Sarcey, Taponas, Ternand, Theizé, Le Val d’Oingt, Vaux-en-Beaujolais, Vauxrenard, Vernay, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Ville-sur-Jarnioux and Villié-Morgon,

— Department of Saône-et-Loire: Aluze, Ameugny, Azé, Barizey, Beaumont-sur-Grosne, Berzé-la-Ville, Berzé-le-Châtel, Bissey-sous-Cruchaud, Bissy-la-Mâconnaise, Bissy-sous-Uxelles, Bissy-sur-Fley, Blanot, Bonnay, Bouzeron, Boyer, Bray, Bresse-sur-Grosne, Burgy, Burnand, Bussières, Buxy, Cersot, Chagny, Chaintré, Chalon-sur-Saône, Chamilly, Champagny-sous-Uxelles, Champforgeuil, Chânes, Change, Chapaize, La Chapelle-de-Bragny, La Chapelle-de-Guinchay, La Chapelle-sous-Brancion, Charbonnières, Chardonnay, La Charmée, Charnay-lès-Mâcon, Charrecey, Chasselas, Chassey-le-Camp, Château, Châtenoy-le-Royal, Chaudenay, Cheilly-lès-Maranges, Chenôves, Chevagny-lès-Chevrières, Chissey-lès-Mâcon, Clessé, Cluny, Cormatin, Cortambert, Cortevaix, Couches, Crêches-sur-Saône, Créot, Cruzille, Culles-les-Roches, Curtil-sous-Burnand, Davayé, Demigny, Dennevy, Dezize-lès-Maranges, Donzy-le-Pertuis, Dracy-le-Fort, Dracy-lès-Couches, Epertully, Etrigny, Farges-lès-Chalon, Farges-lès-Mâcon, Flagy, Fleurville, Fley, Fontaines, Fragnes-La Loyère solely for the territory of the former municipality of La Loyère, Fuissé, Genouilly, Germagny, Givry, Granges, Grevilly, Hurigny, Igé, Jalogny, Jambles, Jugy, Jully-lès-Buxy, Lacrost, Laives, Laizé, Lalheue, Leynes, Lournand, Lugny, Mâcon, Malay, Mancey, Martailly-lès-Brancion, Massilly, Mellecey, Mercurey, Messey-sur-Grosne, Milly-Lamartine, Montagny-lès-Buxy, Montbellet, Montceaux-Ragny, Moroges, Nanton, Ozenay, Paris-l’Hôpital, Péronne, Pierreclos, Plottes, Préty, Prissé, Pruzilly, Remigny, La Roche-Vineuse, Romanèche-Thorins, Rosey, Royer, Rully, Saint-Albain, Saint-Ambreuil, Saint-Amour-Bellevue, Saint-Boil, Saint-Clément-sur-Guye, Saint-Denis-de-Vaux, Saint-Désert, Saint-Gengoux-de-Scissé, Saint-Gengoux-le-National, Saint-Germain-lès-Buxy, Saint-Gervais-sur-Couches, Saint-Gilles, Saint-Jean-de-Trézy, Saint-Jean-de-Vaux, Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune, Saint-Mard-de-Vaux, Saint-Martin-Belle-Roche, Saint-Martin-du-Tartre, Saint-Martin-sous-Montaigu, Saint-Maurice-de-Satonnay, Saint-Maurice-des-Champs, Saint-Maurice-lès-Couches, Saint-Pierre-de-Varennes, Saint-Rémy, Saint-Sernin-du-Plain, Saint-Symphorien-d’Ancelles, Saint-Vallerin, Saint-Vérand, Saint-Ythaire, Saisy, La Salle, Salornay-sur-Guye, Sampigny-lès-Maranges, Sancé, Santilly, Sassangy, Saules, Savigny-sur-Grosne, Sennecey-le-Grand, Senozan, Sercy, Serrières, Sigy-le-Châtel, Sologny, Solutré-Pouilly, Taizé, Tournus, Uchizy, Varennes-lès-Mâcon, Vaux-en-Pré, Vergisson, Vers, Verzé, Le Villars, La Vineuse for the combined area of the former municipalities of Donzy-le-National, La Vineuse et Massy, Vinzelles and Viré,

— Department of Yonne: Aigremont, Annay-sur-Serin, Arcy-sur-Cure, Asquins, Augy, Auxerre, Avallon, Bazarnes, Beine, Bernouil, Béru, Bessy-sur-Cure, Bleigny-le-Carreau, Censy, Chablis, Champlay, Champs-sur-Yonne, Chamvres, La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne, Charentenay, Châtel-Gérard, Chemilly-sur-Serein, Cheney, Chevannes, Chichée, Chitry, Collan, Coulangeron, Coulanges-la-Vineuse, Courgis, Cruzy-le-Châtel, Dannemoine, Deux Rivières, Dyé, Epineuil, Escamps, Escolives-Sainte-Camille, Fleys, Fontenay-près-Chablis, Gy-l’Evêque, Héry, Irancy, Island, Joigny, Jouancy, Junay, Jussy, Lichères-près-Aigremont, Lignorelles, Ligny-le-Châtel, Lucy-sur-Cure, Maligny, Mélisey, Merry-Sec, Migé, Molay, Molosmes, Montigny-la-Resle, Montholon solely for the municipalities of Champvallon, Villiers-sur-Tholon et Volgré, Mouffy, Moulins-en-Tonnerois, Nitry, Noyers, Ouanne, Paroy-sur-Tholon, Pasilly, Pierre-Perthuis, Poilly-sur-Serein, Pontigny, Préhy, Quenne, Roffey, Rouvray, Saint-Bris-le-Vineux, Saint-Cyr-les-Colons, Saint-Père, Sainte-Pallaye, Sainte-Vertu, Sarry, Senan, Serrigny, Tharoiseau, Tissey, Tonnerre, Tronchoy, Val-de-Mercy, Vallan, Venouse, Venoy, Vermenton, Vézannes, Vézelay, Vézinnes, Villeneuve-Saint-Salves, Villy, Vincelles, Vincelottes, Viviers and Yrouerre.

Labelling

Legal framework:

National legislation

Type of further condition:

Additional provisions relating to labelling

Description of the condition:

(a) Wines with the registered designation of origin may display the name of a smaller geographical unit on their labels, provided that: — it is the name of a place in the land register, — and it appears on the harvest declaration. The place name must be printed in letters no larger, either in height or in width, than half the size of the letters forming the name of the registered designation of origin.

(b) Wines with the controlled designation of origin may specify on their labels the broader geographical unit ‘Vin de Bourgogne’ or ‘Grand Vin de Bourgogne’.

(c) When the grape variety is specified on the label, this does not appear in the same visual field as the mandatory indications and is printed in letters no larger than 2 mm.

Link to the product specification

http://info.agriculture.gouv.fr/gedei/site/bo-agri/document_administratif-8fa6b7fc-47fa-4091-8d6c-4610b85767b5

(1) OJ L 9, 11.1.2019, p. 2.