Wine Academy: Wine of The AOC System Decryption

Speaking of French wine law, I must mention is the AOC system. The generation and the 1930s wine management system, not only for France, and even the world has far-reaching impact.

Control system of origin

The meaning of AOC

AOC, can be translated as "country of origin control system", the French appellation of origin of the Management Committee to develop products for a specific area of ​​legal documents, including wine, cheese, butter and other agricultural products. For the AOC provides the geographic boundaries of grape growing, allowing the planting of grape varieties, grape farming (planting density, pruning methods, unit production, the sugar content of ripe grapes, harvest time, etc.), wine-making methods (fermentation method , time, method and time of aging, etc.).

In accordance with French speaking, AOC is the Appellation d "Origine Controllee acronym, which means Appellation of the name; Origine is the origin, Controllee said control and Origine Appellation do not confuse them, although most of the name comes from the origin, such as Bordeaux and Bourgogne, but the name is not simply the origin of the concept.

Name can be used alone to define a place of origin, such as Bordeaux, is a place of origin, but also name, this production vary from region-level Bordeaux, Bourgogne, to the public district or village level, such as Pauillac, Nuits St . Georges, there is minimal to the vineyard a Romanee Conti. In the same area, a higher level of AOC AOC requirements for lower-level units of production, harvest the grapes when the sugar content requirements will be higher. Therefore, in general the quality will be higher. For example, in Bordeaux, Appellation Haut-Medoc Controllee unit of output requires the following in 5000 liters per hectare, while the Appellation Pauillac Controllee unit of output requires 4500 liters per hectare. Most include a place name only, know the names you can know where this bottle of wine come from, what breed is brewing, as well as the type of wine, sparkling wine such as Champagne is certainly, Travel is certainly dry pink wine, Sauternes is certainly botrytis sweet white wine type.

Names of origin as a single name

In addition to using a single origin of place names as a name, sometimes in names other than to increase grape varieties, such as: Bourgogne Aligote, or wine category, such as: Bordeaux Rose as the name.

For those unfamiliar with this set of AOC system for people who recognized the vineyards on the wine label name has a certain challenge. Different levels of wine labeled with different connotations, for example, from the Principal unless the vineyard, the vineyard on the wine label or the name of the font can not be greater than the height of the font names in their half of the village.

AOC's history

AOC system's origins can be traced to the 15th century, when Roquefort that decree by the Parliament of control. The first modern law in May 6, 1919 to develop, when the origin of this protection regulations passed after the man began to be recorded and co-producing the product, and conducted a number of amendments. July 30, 1935, the French Ministry of Agriculture, a unit of French appellations of origin of the Management Committee was established and began to regulate the production of wine. In 1937, the French Rhone-producing areas Chteauneuf-du-Pape's Baron Pierre Le Roy Boiseaumarié Ctes du Rhne obtained legal findings, the first to receive AOC certification. July 2, 1990, the Management Committee finds that the French appellations of origin to extend to other agricultural products.

AOC wines

AOC management

Founded in July 30, 1935 the French name of the country of origin will be (Institut National des Appellations d "OrigineINAO) is the AOC's governing body, while AOC wines in the production and marketing chain also affected, DGCCRF and DGI two institutional oversight . DCI accepted for planting grapes, grape varieties, harvesting, winemaking procedures, inventory and reporting, and the associated verification. DGCCRF experts in the production and marketing stages of sampling for analysis to determine if the wine is really , and where there is no fraud, but a fake office.

Although the INAO and other institutions belonging to the French Ministry of Agriculture has such a diversity of functions, but the face of so many national wine production units is inadequate. INAO has offices in all areas, but they can market to each of the wine tasting again. Generally speaking, if a winery of a wine has been used a certain name, then the INAO officials will no longer say, if you want to use more advanced Zhezhi wine's name, then the INAO officials to begin a very complex peer review process. So for example if Zhezhi wine production is too high of a year, usually less than the requirements of the name it uses, it is likely he became the net, and still use the name to the market, of course, Once that punishment is quite severe.

AOC wine is the highest level of wine in France

How to look at AOC wine

AOC wines, although the highest level of wine in France, but he and other AOC from the lowest to the most advanced Grand Crus AOC has. Should say that it is not entirely representative of a quality indicator, some low-end of the AOC wine is not necessarily better than the Vin de Pays, AOC represents both quality and style of two factors. AOC Beaujolais, although it is also light and simple fruit-rich wine. To buy a good French wine, see if he is just one aspect of the AOC, there is more content than the AOC need to know about it.

AOC AOC wines, the highest level of French wine

AOC in French means "controlled name of origin."

Region of origin grape varieties, planting quantity, brewing process, alcohol and other experts have been certified.

Origin can only be planted with grapes, grape juice must not and do not in blending.

AOC French wine production accounts for 35% of total production.

Bottle label marked Appellation + appellation + Controlee.

AOC level of wine can also be subdivided into a lot of class, which marked the origin of the wine producing areas were smaller, the better the wine quality.

 

AOC represents both quality and style of two factors

VIN DE PAYS (Wine of Country)

Daily wine in the wine to be upgraded to the best wine region

Region can be marked on the label wine producing areas.

Can indicate blending grape production area, but only the middle region of the grapes.

French wine production accounts for about 15% of total output.

Bottle label marked as Vin de Pays + appellation.

French regional wines produced in most of the southern Mediterranean coast.

VIN DE TABLE (Wine of the table)

Is the most low-end wines for everyday drinking.

Grape juice by blending different regions, if the juice be limited to the areas of France, can be called the French daily wine.

Countries outside the European Community may not be used grape juice.

French wine production accounts for about 38% of total output.

Bottle label marked as Vin de Table.