What is made here
Wine colours
Colours the rules allow. Pick a colour to filter the rules and grapes below.
Where it is
Pays d'Hérault in France
The boundary for Pays d'Hérault 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 Pays d'Hérault 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: Pays d'Hérault (Cahier des charges de l'IGP Pays d'Hérault, homologué par arrêté du 18 janvier 2023, publié au JORF du 27 janvier 2023 - BO n°13 du 30 mars 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: 123 varieties allowed, starting Agiorgitiko N, Alicante Henri Bouschet N, Alphonse lavallée N, Altesse B. Mentions: grape names, primeur/nouveau, and 16 smaller units (Bérange, Bénovie, Pays de Bessan, Cassan, Pays de Caux, Cessenon, Collines de la Moure, Coteaux de Bessilles, Coteaux de Fontcaude, Coteaux de Laurens, Coteaux de Murviel, Coteaux du Salagou, Côtes du Brian, Côtes du Ceressou, Mont Baudile, Monts de la Grage).
- National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.