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Côtes de Thau

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

Côtes de Thau in France

The boundary for Côtes de Thau 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 Côtes de Thau must meet.

3 wines in the rules, all colours.
WineMax wine
hl/ha		Actual alc.
min. %
Côtes de Thau rouge 1109
Côtes de Thau rosé 1209
Côtes de Thau blanc 1209

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: Côtes de Thau (Cahier des charges de l'IGP Côtes de Thau, homologué par arrêté du 27 juillet 2023 publié au JORF du 5 août 2023 (AGRT2311440A) - BO n°34 du 24 août 2023) · 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: 112 varieties allowed, starting Alicante Henri Bouschet N, Alphonse lavallée N, Altesse B, Alvarinho B. Mentions: grape names, primeur/nouveau, smaller unit Cap d'Agde.
  • National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.