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Val de Loire

5Wines in the rules

What is made here

Wine colours

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

Where it is

Val de Loire in France

The boundary for Val de Loire 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 Val de Loire must meet.

5 wines in the rules, all colours.
WineMax wine
hl/ha		Actual alc.
min. %
Val de Loire rouge 908.5
Val de Loire rosé 908.5
Val de Loire gris –8.5
Val de Loire blanc 908.5
Val de Loire partiellement désalcoolisé ––

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

  1. eAmbrosia, the EU register of geographical indications (wine) · European Commission · Commission reuse policy
  2. Code rural et de la pêche maritime, Articles L641-5 to L641-11 (AOC, AOP, IGP) · République française · Official act
  3. Cahier des charges: Val de Loire (Cahier des charges de l’indication géographique protégée Val de Loire, homologué par l'arrêté du 1er juillet 2025 (AGRT2517511A) - BO n°27 du 3 juillet 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: 38 varieties allowed, starting Artaban N, abouriou N, cabernet franc N (chasselas B only in some departments); section 5 was read from the full text. Minimum acquired alcohol for still wines is 8.5% in wine-growing zone B and 9% in zone C (8.5 recorded). Partially de-alcoholised wines (red, rosé, gris or white) must have 6–8.5% (zone B) or 6–9% (zone C); wines for them share the 90 hl/ha yield, which is stated for red, rosé and white wines (not recorded for gris). Unenriched wines of 15–20% total alcohol are allowed except from Chenin B appellation areas in Maine-et-Loire and Indre-et-Loire. Mentions: grape names, primeur/nouveau, smaller units (departments plus Marches de Bretagne, Pays de Retz).
  • National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.