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Charentais

3Wines 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

Charentais in France

The boundary for Charentais 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 Charentais must meet.

3 wines in the rules, all colours.
WineMax wine
hl/ha		Actual alc.
min. %
Charentais rouge 9011
Charentais rosé 9011
Charentais blanc 9011

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.

Blend rules

Charentais rouge

  • – Varieties listed in the cahier des charges · Others allowed
  • ≤ 20% alicante Henri-Bouschet / jurançon noir / mourvèdre · Allowed

Blend rules

Charentais rosé

  • – Varieties listed in the cahier des charges · Others allowed
  • ≤ 20% alicante Henri-Bouschet / jurançon noir / mourvèdre · Allowed

Blend rules

Charentais blanc

  • – Varieties listed in the cahier des charges · Others allowed
  • ≤ 20% alicante Henri-Bouschet / jurançon noir / mourvèdre · Allowed

In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine

4,000
Vines per hectare, minimum

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: Charentais (Cahier des charges de l'IGP Charentais, homologué par l'arrêté du 12 octobre 2021, publié au JORF du 20 octobre 2021 - BO n°43 du 21 octobre 2021) · 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: 17 black varieties (alicante Henri-Bouschet N, arinarnoa N, artaban N…) and 20 white (arriloba B, bronner B, chardonnay B…). The 20% limit on three black varieties applies to the vineyard parcel. Minimum acquired alcohol of 11% is given in a table covering red, rosé and white still wines. Density rule applies to vines planted from 2001-2002, with rows at most 2.50 m apart; the cahier also sets agro-environmental measures (no total chemical weeding, synthetic nitrogen limited to 30 units/ha/year). Mentions: grape names, primeur/nouveau, smaller units Ile de Ré, Saint-Sornin, Ile d'Oléron, Charente, Charente-Maritime.
  • National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.