What is made here
Wine colours
Colours the rules allow. Pick a colour to filter the rules and grapes below.
Where it is
Franche-Comté in France
The boundary for Franche-Comté 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 Franche-Comté must meet.
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: Franche-Comté (Cahiers des charges relatifs aux indications géographiques protégées suivantes (en lien le JORF ; pour les cahiers des charges eux-mêmes, cliquer sur le titre c) · 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: Reds and rosés from 8 varieties (pinot noir N, gamay N, meunier N, poulsard N, trousseau N…), whites from 16 (chardonnay B, auxerrois B, pinot gris G…), quality sparkling wines (red, rosé or white) from 24. Mentions: grape names, primeur/nouveau (still wines), smaller units Coteaux de Champlitte, Doubs, Haute-Saône, Motey-Besuche, Vuillafans, Offlanges, Hugier, Buffard, Gy.
- National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.