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IGP · Appellation profile

Calvados

4Wines in the rules

What is made here

Wine colours

Colours the rules allow. Pick a colour to filter the rules and grapes below.

Where it is

Calvados in France

The boundary for Calvados is not on Vinous yet. It is added by the geography step of the data pipeline.

Showing every colour The colour filter changes the rules and grapes. Climate, vintages and soils describe the vineyards, so they stay the same.

01 · What the law says

The rules

Limits on grapes, yields, ripeness and ageing that every wine labelled Calvados must meet.

4 wines in the rules, all colours.
WineMax wine
hl/ha		Actual alc.
min. %
Calvados rouge 908.5
Calvados rosé 908.5
Calvados gris 908.5
Calvados blanc 908.5

From the official production rules (cahier des charges). Hover a figure to see the clause it comes from. A dash means the rules set no figure, or it is not captured yet.

02 · Where the numbers come from

Sources

  1. eAmbrosia, the EU register of geographical indications (wine) · European Commission · Commission reuse policy
  2. Code rural et de la pêche maritime, Articles L641-5 to L641-11 (AOC, AOP, IGP) · République française · Official act
  3. Cahier des charges: Calvados (Cahier des charges relatifs aux indications géographiques protégées (en lien, arrêté d’homologation paru au JORF) : Ariège, Coteaux d’Enserune, Coteaux de Narbo) · Ministère de l'Agriculture (Bulletin officiel), as linked by INAO · Official act
Still to check (3)
  • Boundary not captured yet (PGIs are not in the Eurac boundary data).
  • From the specification: Red and rosé from 20 listed varieties (abouriou N, auxerrois B, cabernet franc N…), white from 24 (auxerrois B, chardonnay B, chasselas B…), gris from 20. Rows must be at most 2 m apart. Mentions: grape names, primeur/nouveau, smaller unit Grisy.
  • National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.