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'Oc in France
The boundary for Pays d'Oc 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'Oc must meet.
Blend rules
Pays d'Oc rouge
- ≥ 50% 23 principal varieties listed for this colour · Main grape
- ≤ 50% Chenanson · Allowed
- ≤ 15% Cabernet Cortis · Allowed
Blend rules
Pays d'Oc rosé
- ≥ 50% 27 principal varieties listed for this colour · Main grape
- ≤ 50% Carignan / Chenanson · Allowed
- ≤ 15% Cabernet Cortis · Allowed
Blend rules
Pays d'Oc blanc
- ≥ 50% 28 principal varieties listed for this colour · Main grape
- ≤ 50% Carignan blanc / Clairette / Piquepoul blanc / Ugni blanc · Allowed
- ≤ 15% Cabernet blanc / Muscaris / Soreli / Souvignier gris · Allowed
Blend rules
Pays d'Oc gris
- ≥ 50% 27 principal varieties listed for this colour · Main grape
- ≤ 50% Carignan / Chenanson · Allowed
- ≤ 15% Cabernet Cortis · Allowed
Blend rules
Pays d'Oc gris de gris
- ≥ 50% 27 principal varieties listed for this colour · Main grape
- ≤ 50% Carignan / Chenanson · Allowed
- ≤ 15% Cabernet Cortis · Allowed
Blend rules
Pays d'Oc vin de raisins surmûris rouge
- ≥ 50% 23 principal varieties listed for this colour · Main grape
- ≤ 50% Chenanson · Allowed
- ≤ 15% Cabernet Cortis · Allowed
At least 6 months' ageing.
Blend rules
Pays d'Oc vin de raisins surmûris rosé
- ≥ 50% 27 principal varieties listed for this colour · Main grape
- ≤ 50% Carignan / Chenanson · Allowed
- ≤ 15% Cabernet Cortis · Allowed
At least 6 months' ageing.
Blend rules
Pays d'Oc vin de raisins surmûris blanc
- ≥ 50% 28 principal varieties listed for this colour · Main grape
- ≤ 50% Carignan blanc / Clairette / Piquepoul blanc / Ugni blanc · Allowed
- ≤ 15% Cabernet blanc / Muscaris / Soreli / Souvignier gris · Allowed
At least 6 months' ageing.
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'Oc (Cahier des charges de l'IGP Pays d'oc - BO n°15 du 10 avril 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: Each colour has principal (more than 50% of the wine), secondary (under 50%) and innovation (at most 15%) varieties: principal lists of 23 for red (Alicante Henri Bouschet N, Cabernet Franc N…), 27 for rosé and 28 for white (Altesse B, Alvarinho B…); gris and gris de gris are recorded with the rosé list, gris de gris being made only from grey grapes. A white principal grape may make up to 20% (innovation white up to 15%) of a red or rosé if co-fermented. Single-variety labels need 85%, multi-variety labels 15% each. Minimum acquired alcohol may drop to 9% after alcohol reduction. The 252 g/l must-sugar minimum applies to vins de raisins surmûris with at least 15% total alcohol; these must be 100% of the vintage. Red wines (except primeur and surmûris) must finish malolactic fermentation. 'Sur lie' rosés and whites spend only one winter in vat or barrel and are bottled from 21 March after the harvest within the zone. Smaller units: Coteaux de Narbonne, Cité de Carcassonne. Sections 6–8 were read from the full text.
- National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.