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The wines of the AOC Alsace, the grape variety which usually appears on the label are 100% of this grape. When not indicated, it is a blend of several grape varieties sometimes referred to as "Edelzwicker," sometimes also "Gentile" or wearing a brand name. Additional geographical indications may also appear on the label: localities, municipalities...

The wines of Alsace (except cream) are always sold in the bottle type "Rhine wine" called "flute d'Alsace, which is reserved by the rules. Since 1972, they must be bottled in their production region.

The wines of Alsace are the COA submitted to a tasting prior approval under the control of the National Institute of Appellations of Origins.

AOC Alsace currently represents 74% of total production, 92% white.

History


AOC Alsace was achieved after lengthy discussions at national level. In 1935, a first decree implements the French AOC. But talks with the INAO, certifying body, have been interrupted due to the annexation of Alsace by Germany during WWII.
At the end of the war, the 1945 ordinance, prepared by the Association of winemakers in Alsace, AOC Alsace defined. This order will serve as a basis for defining the INAO the AOC of our region. But only 17 years later, in 1962, that it has been officially defined by decree. The wines of Alsace and entered into the great family of French wines to AOC.

Production conditions


The annual yield per hectare in 2007 authorized the Alsace appellation was 80 hl / ha plus 2.5% PLC (Ceiling Limit Rank = reserve volume set annually by the INAO) for whites, and 75 hl / ha without PLC for Pinot Noir. This annual performance since 1999 comes with a performance target for each of the white varieties that replaces the old method of calculation of return "all varieties confounded," which was historically practiced in Alsace.
The current minimum levels are: 9 ° for the Sylvaner, Pinot Blanc and Edelzwicker, 9.5 ° for Riesling and Muscat, 10 ° to 11 ° and Black Pinot for Pinot gray, Gewurztraminer and Klevener Heiligenstein.