Var · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

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

Where it is

Var in France

The boundary for Var 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 Var must meet.

6 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine	Max wine hl/ha	Actual alc. min. %
Var rouge	100	9
Var rosé	100	9
Var blanc	120	9
Var mousseux de qualité rouge	100	–
Var mousseux de qualité rosé	100	–
Var mousseux de qualité blanc	120	–

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

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: Var (Cahier des charges de l’indication géographique protégée Var - 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: Varieties include Agiorgitiko N, alicante henri bouschet N, aligoté B and alphonse lavallée N, without shares. Smaller geographical units 'Argens', 'Coteaux du Verdon' and 'Sainte Baume' may be added; 'Correns' is limited to white still and quality sparkling wines from seven varieties (Floréal B, solaris B, soreli B, souvignier gris B, ugni blanc B, vermentino B, voltis B). Variety names and 'primeur'/'nouveau' may be added.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.