Le Pays Cathare

What is made here

Wine colours

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

Where it is

Le Pays Cathare in France

The boundary for Le Pays Cathare 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 Le Pays Cathare must meet.

3 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine	Max wine hl/ha	Actual alc. min. %
Le Pays Cathare rouge	90	11
Le Pays Cathare rosé	90	11
Le Pays Cathare blanc	90	11

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: Le Pays Cathare (Cahiers des charges de l'IGP Pays cathare homologué par l'arrêté du 31 janvier 2023, publié au JORF du 8 février 2023 - BO n°6 du 9 février 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: 58 varieties allowed, starting Agiorgitiko N, Alvarinho B, Arinarnoa N, Artaban N. Maximum volatile acidity 15.3 meq/l. Mentions: grape names, primeur/nouveau.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.