What is made here
Wine colours
Colours the rules allow. Pick a colour to filter the rules and grapes below.
Where it is
Pays des Bouches-du-Rhône in France
The boundary for Pays des Bouches-du-Rhône 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 des Bouches-du-Rhône 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 des Bouches-du-Rhône (Cahier des charges de l’indication géographique protégée Pays des Bouches-du-Rhône - BO n°50 du 11 décembre 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: 145 varieties allowed, starting Agiorgitiko N, aléatico N, alicante henri bouschet N, aligoté B (the list includes two numbered selections, UD 55.100 and UD 31.125). With the smaller unit Terre de Camargue: a shorter list of 75 varieties and maximum yields of 100 hl/ha (red, rosé) and 120 hl/ha (white). Mentions: grape names, primeur/nouveau.
- National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.