#52026XC03250EU notice approving standard amendments to the Muscat de Lunel PDO wine specification
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This notice updates the EU-recognised product specification for the French PDO wine “Muscat de Lunel”. The changes mainly clarify the defined production area by referencing France’s 2025 Official Geographic Code and confirm that wines using the term “Muscat de Noël” must be bottled inside that area. It also adjusts vineyard trellising rules for certain vines trained to cordon de Royat, raising the load-bearing wire height from 0.60 metres to 0.80 metres and removing a related lifting-wire requirement. The practical impact is limited to producers and certifiers working with this specific protected wine name.
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Key Changes
- Updates the Muscat de Lunel PDO specification to reference France’s 2025 Official Geographic Code for the production area.
- Confirms that wines using the term “Muscat de Noël” must be bottled within the defined geographical area.
- Raises the load-bearing wire height for cordon de Royat vines from 0.60 metres to 0.80 metres and removes a related lifting-wire requirement.
Obligations
What this law requires
Wines bearing the term “Muscat de Noël” under the PDO “Muscat de Lunel” must be bottled within the defined geographical area for the product specification.
Producers of PDO “Muscat de Lunel” must apply the updated vineyard trellising rule for relevant vines trained to cordon de Royat, using a load-bearing wire height of 0.80 metres rather than 0.60 metres.
Compliance checks for the PDO “Muscat de Lunel” geographical area should identify the production area by reference to France’s 2025 Official Geographic Code as incorporated into the amended product specification.