Corbières AOC

The AOC Corbières is an official wine region of the Languedoc. It is congruent with the eponymous Mediterranean Corbières mountain range, which extends over the Aude and Pyrénées Orientales in large parts. The Corbières appellation has since 24 December 1985 on the status of an Appellation d' Origine ( AOC short ) and comprises approximately 14,400 hectares. The Corbieres - wines are red, rosé and white grown in colors. Partially superimposed on the growing area of ​​the AOC Corbières other official growing areas. Thus overlap at times in the Corbières maritimes AOC Fitou (wine) and the AOC Corbières, it being noted that the AOC Fitou (wine) is the higher AOC.

  • 3.1 Approved communities

Description

The Corbières produce just over one percent of the French wine production. While up in the 1980s, mainly low-cost board - and country wines were produced, since there was a tendency to better and more expensive wines is evident. The main grape varieties are Carignan, Grenache and Syrah ( red varieties ). While the wine used primarily in wine cooperatives ( Cave Coopératives ) was generated, the trend is now clearly on individual wineries / wine makers who market their own wine. This is associated with a significant increase in quality. This is visible to the customer mainly by the more informative labeling of the bottles. While only the region and the winegrowers are noted in the simple country - or table wine, it is the quality wine more information on the label is, for example, the name of the winery, grape variety, alcohol content, quality ( AOC Vin de pays d'oc, Vin Doux naturel, and so on ).

Varieties

The general rule in the Corbières wine-growing area a revenue cap of 50 hectoliters / hectare.

Red wine

In the Corbières appellation red wine are produced to approximately 95%. Approved varieties are Carignan, Grenache, Lledoner Pelut, Mourvèdre, Piquepoul Noir, Terret Noir, Syrah and Cinsault.

The combined share of Syrah, Mourvedre, Grenache and Lledoner is Pelut since 2003 at least 50 %. The proportion of Cinsault was limited to a maximum of 20 %.

The minimum alcohol content is 11.5 % by volume.

White wine

Approved main varieties are Bourboulenc (called Malvasia ), Grenache Blanc (here called Macabeo ) Macabeo Marsanne, Roussanne and Vermentino (called role ). The combined share of Nebensorten Clairette Blanche, Muscat blanc à petits grains, Piquepoul Blanc and Terret Blanc and Terret Gris may not exceed 10 %.

The minimum alcohol content is 11.0 % by volume.

Approved varieties are Carignan, Grenache, Lledoner Pelut, Mourvèdre, Piquepoul Noir, Terret Noir, Syrah, Cinsault and all varieties approved for the white wines of Corbières. The proportion of Syrah, Mourvedre, Grenache, Lledoner Pelut and Piquepoul Noir put together at least 25% of the mixing rate dar.

  • The combined share of Carignan and Terret Noir is a maximum of 50%.
  • The combined share of the white varieties may not exceed 10%.

The minimum alcohol content is 11.0 % by volume.

Area

The wine-growing area extends from the hills of the Corbières about 50 km inland ( near Carcassonne ) to Narbonne on the Mediterranean coast. This large area with 87 municipalities is divided due to the heterogeneous conditions in 11 sub-zones. These subzones are:

  • Boutenac
  • Durban
  • Fontfroide
  • Lagrasse
  • Lézignan
  • Montagne d' Alaric
  • Saint -Victor
  • Serviès
  • Sigean
  • Termenès
  • Quéribus

There are specific considerations for the definitive allocation of the Corbières in several appellations.

In the arid, mostly located at about 400-500 meters of altitude area with little fertile limestone soils, the wine-growing is the only agricultural source of income dar. about 660,000 hectoliters of wine annually produced.

Approved communities

The 87 municipalities are located in the Aude department. Open to the towns of Alba, Arquette -en- Val, Bages, Barbaira, Bizanet, Boutenac, Camp Long -d'Aude, Canet d'Aude -, Capendu, Cascastel -des- Corbières, Caunettes -en- Val, Caves, Comignes, Conilhac, Coustouge, Cruscades, Cucugnan, Davejean, Dernacueillette, Douzens, Duilhac- sous- Peyrepertuse, Durban -Corbières, Embres -et- Castelmaure, Escales, Fabrezan, Félines- Termenès Ferrals -les -Corbières, Feuilla, Fitou, Floure, Fontcouverte, Fontiès -d'Aude, Fontjoncouse, Fraissé -des- Corbières, Gruissan, Jonquières, Labastide -en- Val, Lagrasse, La Palme, Laroque -de- Fa, Leucate, Lézignan -Corbières, Luc -sur- Orbieu Maironnes, Maisons, Montbrun -des- Corbières, Mont Gaillard, Montirat, Montlaur, Mont Redon, MONTSERET, Monze, Moux, Narbonne, Névian, Ornaisons, Padern Palairac, Paziols, Peyriac -de- Mer, Port-la -Nouvelle, Portel -des -Corbières, Pradelles -en- Val, Quintillan, Ribaute, Rieux -en- Val, Roquefort -des- Corbières, Rouffiac -des- Corbières, Saint -André -de- Roquelongue, Saint -Jean -de- Barrou, Saint -Laurent -de- la- Cabrerisse, Saint- Pierre -des- Champs, Servies- en- Val, Sigean, Talairan, Taurize, Termes, Thézan -des- Corbières, Tournissan, Treilles Tuchan, Villar -en- Val, Vignevieille, Villeneuve -les -Corbières, Ville -Termenès, Villesèque -des- Corbières, Villetritouls.

Languedoc-Roussillon wine Fitou AOC Varietal Cinsaut Desert climate Albas (Aude) Bages (Aude) Caves, Aude Fontcouverte (Aude) La Palme, Aude Laroque-de-Fa Luc-sur-Orbieu Maisons (Aude) Montgaillard (Aude) Port-la-Nouvelle Rieux-en-Val Saint-Jean-de-Barrou Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse Termes (Aude)
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