#AGRT2604337ATemporary lower alcohol threshold for Pays d'Oc IGP wines from the 2025 harvest
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This rule temporarily lowers the minimum natural alcohol level for non-fortified Pays d'Oc IGP wines made from the 2025 harvest, from 10% to 9%, because of difficult weather and health conditions in 2025. It mainly affects wineries and growers producing still wines under the Pays d'Oc label, especially those who did not enrich the wine. It also keeps the 10 mg/l iron limit for rosé and white wines and confirms a special rule for certain overripe or noble-rot white wines with high fermentable sugar content. Producers using the Pays d'Oc IGP should check that their 2025 wines meet the updated analysis rules before marketing them under the label.
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Key Changes
- Lowers the minimum acquired alcohol level for non-enriched Pays d'Oc IGP wines from the 2025 harvest from 10% to 9%.
- Keeps the 10 mg/l maximum iron content for Pays d'Oc rosé and white wines.
- Confirms a special derogation for certain non-enriched white wines made from overripe or noble-rot grapes with high fermentable sugar content.
Obligations
What this law requires
Producers of still wines benefiting from the IGP "Pays d'Oc" may market wines from the 2025 harvest without enrichment with a minimum acquired alcoholic strength of 9% vol instead of 10% vol.
Producers of non-fortified still wines benefiting from the Pays d'Oc IGP may market 2025-harvest wines without enrichment only if the acquired alcoholic strength is at least 9% vol.; wines that were enriched must still reach at least 10% vol.
Rosé and white wines bearing the Pays d'Oc IGP must not exceed a maximum iron content of 10 mg/litre.
For still wines benefiting from the IGP "Pays d'Oc" that have undergone enrichment, producers must ensure a minimum acquired alcoholic strength of 10% vol.
White Pays d'Oc IGP wines made without enrichment from overripe grapes or grapes affected by noble rot, with fermentable sugars (glucose + fructose) of at least 45 g/l, may only use the derogatory volatile-acidity standard set by a joint order of the ministers responsible for consumer affairs and agriculture.