Key Benefits:
Prime Minister,
On the report of the Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Rural Affairs and the Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry,
In view of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine and the regulations made for its application;
Given the general tax code;
Given the Customs Code;
Seen the Rural code;
Given the code of consumption;
In view of Decree No. 991 of 3 April 1942 implementing Act No. 445 of 3 April 1942 on controlled names, supplemented by Decree No. 48-707 of 21 April 1948 on appellations Of controlled origin;
In light of the decree n ° 87-854 of 20 October 1987 as amended relating to the auctioneeing and performance of vineyards on farms producing wines, natural sweet wines and liqueur wines with an appellation of origin;
Seen the Decree No. 93-1067 of 10 September 1993 on the performance of vineyards producing wines with a controlled designation of origin, as amended by Decree No. 99-279 of 12 April 1999;
Having regard to Decree No. 2001-510 of 12 June 2001 on the application of the Code Consumption with regard to wines, sparkling wines, sparkling wines and liqueur wines;
In view of Decree No. 2001-1163 of 7 December 2001 on the analytical and organoleptic examinations of wines with a controlled designation of origin;
Seen the Proposal of the National Wine and Life Committee of the National Institute of Appellations of Origin of 13 and 14 February 2002,
Décrète:
Only entitled to a controlled appellation of origin " Saint-Bris " Dry white wines that meet the following conditions.
The wine production area includes the territory of the following communes in the department of Yonne: Saint-Bris-le-Vineux, Chitry, Irancy, Quenne, Vincelrots.
Les Wines are derived from harvest harvested on an area delimited by parcels or parts of parcels as approved by the National Wine and Life Committee of the National Institute of Appellations of Origin in its session of 13 and 14 February 2002, on the proposal of the Committee of Experts designated for this purpose.
The parcellar area thus delimited shall be carried over to the cadastral plans submitted to the town hall of the municipalities concerned.
The wines are from the following grape varieties, excluding any other: sauvignon B, Sauvignon gris G.
The vines are planted and pruned according to the following provisions:
a) Density:
The minimum planting density is 7 000 vines per hectare;
The maximum row spacing is 1.30 Metre;
(b) Driving:
The minimum height of clam foliage is 0.6 times the distance between rows;
c) Size:
The only allowed size mode is the simple guyot size with a single long wood with eight clear eyes to the Maximum and no more than two curbs. The total of the free eyes per cep shall not exceed 10.
The number of eyes developed shall be limited to a maximum of 75,000 per hectare. The budding is required.
wines are from grapes harvested at good maturity and have an average alcoholic strength of a minimum natural volume of 10 % vol.
Cannot be considered to be in good maturity any unit lot Of wine with a wealth of less than 161 grams per litre of must.
When the authorization for fortification is granted, the wines do not exceed a maximum total alcoholic strength by volume of 12.8 % vol. Otherwise lose the right to an appellation.
The wines meet the conditions laid down in the decree of 10 September 1993.
The basic yield is set at 58 hectolitres per hectare.
The yield is set at 70 hectolitres at The
of the controlled appellation of origin shall be granted to wines originating from young vines only from the second year following the year in which the planting was carried out before 31 July.
wines with a controlled designation of origin " Saint-Bris " Cannot be put into circulation without a certificate of approval issued by the National Institute of Appellations of Origin in the Conditions laid down in the aforementioned decree of 7 December 2001.
The wines for which, under this Decree, the appellation of origin is claimed " Saint-Bris " Cannot be declared after harvest, offered to the public, shipped, sold or sold Without, in the declaration of harvest, in advertisements, on prospectuses, labels, invoices, containers of any kind, the appellation of origin shall be recorded and accompanied by the statement " Controlled ellation ", all in characters
The name of the appellation is entered on the labels in characters whose dimensions, both in height and in width, must not be less than half the size of the characters of any other mention therein.
The use of any indication or any sign that may cause the purchaser to believe that a wine is entitled to the appellation of origin controlled " Saint-Bris " When it does not meet all the specified conditions By this Decree shall be continued in accordance with the general legislation on fraud and the protection of designations of origin without prejudice to the imposition of fiscal penalties, if any.
From the 2001 harvest, wines that have received the label of high quality wines of superior quality under the appellation of origin " Sauvignon de Saint-Bris " And meeting the conditions of this Order may be Admitted for the benefit of the appellation of origin controlled, if they obtain, within three months from the date of publication of this Decree, the certificate of approval provided for in Article 7 above, issued under the same conditions after Analytical and organoleptic examination. Wine held by wholesale merchants will be subject to the same procedure; however, sampling will be carried out by the agents of the Directorate-General for Competition, Consumption and Repression of the Fraud.
The wines presented in the analytical and organoleptic examination for classification as a controlled appellation of origin shall definitively and immediately lose the benefit of the appellation of origin. ' High-quality Delimated Wine " To Which they were entitled to.
Wine benefiting from the appellation of origin " Sauvignon de Saint-Bris " In bulk and not sold at the expiration of three months following the entry into force of this Decree may be marketed under their Appellation of origin " High-quality Delimated Wine " If they obtain an extension of the validity of the label after a new examination of the quality by analysis and tasting, organised by the trade union defending the name, under the control Of the National Institute of Appellations of Origin.
The wines benefiting from the appellation of origin " Sauvignon de Saint-Bris " In bulk at the property and already sold, to which has been issued prior to the coming into force of this Order, the Label of superior quality wines may circulate under their name until stocks are exhausted, the provisions of Article 2 (3) of the Decree of 30 November 1960 concerning the validity of use by the producer of the Label of superior quality wines no longer applicable to these wines.
Done at Paris, January 10, 2003.
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
By the Prime Minister:
Minister of Agriculture, Food,
Fisheries and Rural Affairs,
Hervé Gaymard
Minister of Economy,
Finance and Industry,
Francis Mer
Budget Minister
and Reform Budget,
Alain Lambert
Secretary of State
to small and medium-sized enterprises,
to business, crafts,
to liberal professions
and consumption,
Renaud Dutreil
