Côtes du Lot · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

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

Where it is

Côtes du Lot in France

The boundary for Côtes du Lot 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 du Lot must meet.

3 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine	Main grape(s)	Max wine hl/ha	Actual alc. min. %
Côtes du Lot rouge	13 main varieties listed for red and rosé	120	10
Côtes du Lot rosé	13 main varieties listed for red and rosé	120	9.5
Côtes du Lot blanc	10 main varieties listed for white	120	9.5

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

eAmbrosia, the EU register of geographical indications (wine) · European Commission · Commission reuse policy
Code rural et de la pêche maritime, Articles L641-5 to L641-11 (AOC, AOP, IGP) · République française · Official act
Cahier des charges: Côtes du Lot (Cahier des charges de l’indication géographique protégée Côtes du Lot - BO n°50 du 11 décembre 2025) · 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: All classified wine-grape varieties are allowed; the main ones are 13 for red and rosé (abouriou N, alicante Henri Bouschet N, cabernet franc N…) and 10 for white (chardonnay B, chenin B, colombard B…). Mentions: grape names, primeur/nouveau, smaller unit Rocamadour.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.