Pic Saint- Loup PRESS PACK PIC SAINT-LOUP AOC LANGUEDOC Syndicat des vignerons du Pic Saint-Loup Route de Pompignan - 34270 Valflaunès Tél. 33(0)4 67 55 97 47 - Fax 33(0)4 67 56 52 38 Port. 33(0)6 45 95 08 51 -
[email protected] www.pic-saint-loup.com Contacts Presse : Clair de Lune - Marie Gaudel - Amandine Rostaing 3 grande rue des Feuillants - 69001 Lyon Tél. 33(0) 4 72 07 31 90 - Fax 33(0) 4 72 07 31 91
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[email protected] www.clairdelune.fr Pic Saint- Loup Environment and area Nestling in the foothills of the Cévennes some 20 kilometres to the north of Montpellier in the Hérault, the Pic Saint Loup vineyards are among Languedoc's most northerly. Part of the AOC Languedoc family, the area, covering thirteen communes and with an annual production of 25,000 hectolitres, is about to become an AOC in its own right. It was at the end of 2001 that the producers applied to the INAO (National Institute of Origin and Quality) for the name AOC Pic Saint-Loup to be recognized officially. The formalities being completed, the request should be confirmed at the end of 2010.*. ( *See interview on page 3.) Set between the Mediterranean and the Cévennes Set between the Mediterranean and the Cévennes, in the south the Pic Saint-Loup area starts near the outskirts of Montpellier, and encircles the Pic Saint-Loup (658 metres) and the Hortus slopes(512 metres). To the north it stretches to the Gard and Hérault boundary.