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Where it is
Pays de Brive in France
The boundary for Pays de Brive is not on Vinous yet. It is added by the geography step of the data pipeline.
Showing every colourThe 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 de Brive must meet.
5 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine
Max wine hl/ha
Wine min. % alc.
Actual alc. min. %
Pays de Brive rouge
80
–
9
Pays de Brive rosé
80
–
9
Pays de Brive blanc
80
–
9
Pays de Brive vin de raisins surmûris sur souche rouge
80
15
12
Pays de Brive vin de raisins surmûris sur souche blanc
80
15
12
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.
Boundary not captured yet (PGIs are not in the Eurac boundary data).
From the specification: Red and rosé wines from 10 listed varieties (cabernet franc N, cabernet-sauvignon N, cot N…), white wines from 6 (chardonnay B, chenin B, sauvignon B…), without shares. For wines from grapes overripened on the vine, enrichment and concentration techniques are prohibited. Red wines other than primeur/nouveau must complete malolactic fermentation (malic acid at most 0.4 g/l at release).
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.