24.7.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 248/13 Publication of a communication of approval of a standard amendment to a product specification for a n ame in the wine sector referred to in Article 17(2) and (3) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (2019/C 248/05) This notice is published in accordance with Article 17(5) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (1). COMMUNICATION OF APPROVAL OF A STANDARD AMENDMENT ‘Bourgueil’ Reference number: PDO-FR-A0729-AM01 Date of communication: 10.5.2019 DESCRIPTION OF AND REASONS FOR THE APPROVED AMENDMENT 1. Geographical area Description and reasons The paragraph on the geographical area has been replaced as follows: ‘The grapes are harvested and the wines made and developed in the geographical area approved by the National Institute of Origin and Quality at the meeting of the competent national committee on 16 December 2010. The perimeter of this area, on the date of approval of this specification by the competent national committee, comprises the territory of the following municipalities of the department of Indre-et-Loire, as based on the 2018 Official Geo­ graphic Code: Benais, Bourgueil, La Chapelle-sur-Loire, Chouzé-sur-Loire, Coteaux de Loire for the territory of the delegated munici­ palities of Saint-Patrice et Ingrandes de Touraine, Restigné, Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil.’ The amendment takes into account the merging of municipalities, although the perimeter of the geographical area has not been changed. Point 6 of the Single Document has been amended accordingly. 2. Pruning rule Description and reasons Under point (b) of section VI, the vines are now pruned with a maximum of 12 buds. The single Guyot method allows for a cane with 8 buds. This amendment should make it possible to be better prepared for climate hazards in the spring, which have become increasingly frequent in recent years. Point 5.1 of the Single Document has been amended accordingly. 3. Maximum density of each parcel Description and reasons The maximum density of each parcel has gone from 9 500 kg/ha to 8 500 kg/ha. Given the greater number of buds, the protection and management body does not want to increase the yield at the expense of quality and has therefore decided to reduce the maximum density of each parcel. The Single Document is not affected by this amendment. 4. Vegetation cover for headlands Description and reasons Under point 2(a) the words: ‘beyond 1,50 metres from the last plant’ has been replaced by ‘at least 1 metre from the anchorage for the trellising of the vine, and this distance may be increased to 2,50 m etres if the soil is maintained mechanically;’ (1) OJ L 9, 11.1.2019, p. 2. C 248/14 EN Official Journal of the European Union 24.7.2019 This amendment aims at taking into account changes in cultivation practices and in the maintenance of vegetation by mechanical means. The Single Document is not affected by this amendment. 5. Target yield Description and reasons The target yield has gone from 67 hl/ha to 65 hl/ha. Given the greater number of buds, the protection and manage­ ment body does not want to increase the yield at the expense of quality and has therefore decided to reduce the target yield. Point 5.2 of the Single Document has been amended accordingly. 6. Fermenting room capacity Description and reasons The minimum fermenting room capacity required has been reduced in order not to penalise young winegrowers setting up in the area, without, however, exempting them from the requirements necessary for the proper vinification and storage of the wine. The Single Document is not affected by this amendment. 7. Circulation between authorised warehouses Description and reasons Point 4(b) of section IX of Chapter 1 concerning the date of entry into circulation of the wines between authorised warehouses has been deleted. The Single Document is not affected by this amendment. 8. Declaration of the assignment of parcels Description and reasons Point 1 of section I of Chapter 2 has been deleted because it refers to a procedure that is unnecessary considering the situation in Bourgueil. The following are entitled to a controlled designations of origin (AOC) in the area of produc­ tion of AOC Bourgueil: St Nicolas de Bourgueil, Touraine, Crémant de Loire and Rosé de Loire. All the parcels of AOC Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil are inspected according to the requirements for vines for that controlled designation of origin. Parcels intended for the production of AOC Crémant de Loire or AOC Rosé de Loire must be identified in the production records kept by the producers, and parcels intended for the production of AOC Touraine are desig­ nated by the operator as from January when assigning parcels. The Single Document is not affected by this amendment. 9. Main points for checking Description and reasons Chapter 3 has been revised to ensure consistent drafting of the main points for checking. The Single Document is not affected by this amendment. SINGLE DOCUMENT 1. Name of product Bourgueil 2. Geographical indication type PDO — Protected Designation of Origin 24.7.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 248/15 3. Categories of grapevine products 1. Wine 4. Description of the wine(s) The wines are still and red or rosé. They have a minimum natural alcoholic strength by volume of 10,5 %. After packaging, they meet the following analytical standards: — the red wines have a fermentable sugar content (glucose and fructose) not exceeding 2 grams per litre; — the rosé wines have a fermentable sugar content (glucose + fructose) not exceeding 4 grams per litre and a total acidity expressed as grams of tartaric acid per litre exceeding 3,5 grams per litre. After enrichment, their total alcoholic strength by volume does not exceed 13 %. Malolactic fermentation is completed for the red wines; the malic acid content does not exceed 0,3 grams per litre. The volatile acidity and total sulphur dioxide contents of the red and rosé wines and the total acidity content of the red wines have been laid down in Community legisla­ tion. The rosé wines usually have fresh and fairly intense aromas of red and white fruit, occasionally highlighted with citrus notes. The red wines are elegant, with colours ranging from dark ruby to deep garnet. Often there is a tannic structure, but it is faint. Their aromatic character usually combines notes of red and black fruit. Some of the more opulent wines benefit from being aged for a few years. They may then reveal more complex cocoa-like, slightly smoked or spicy notes. General analytical characteristics Maximum total alcoholic strength (in % volume) Minimum actual alcoholic strength (in % volume) Minimum total acidity Maximum volatile acidity (in milliequivalents per litre) Maximum total sulphur dioxide (in milligrams per litre) 5. Wine-making practices a. Essential oenological practices Cultivation method Training system: (a) Planting density The minimum planting density of the vines is 4 500 plants per hectare, with spacing between the rows not exceeding 2,10 metres. The spacing between plants in the same row must be at least 0,80 metres and may not exceed 1,10 metres. (b) Pruning rules The vines are pruned before 1 May, with a maximum of 12 buds per vine, using the following techniques: — the single Guyot method, with a cane having a maximum of 8 buds and a maximum of 2 shoots with 1 or 2 buds; — two half canes having a maximum of 4 buds each and a maximum of 2 shoots with 1 or 2 buds; — short pruning (the Royat cordon method), with a maximum of 6 shoots with a maximum of 2 buds. C 248/16 EN Official Journal of the European Union 24.7.2019 Specific oenological practice The use of oenological charcoal to make the rosé wines is forbidden, whether alone or mixed in preparations. Reduc­ tive methods of enrichment are permitted for the red wines, with the maximum partial concentration rate set at 10 % in relation to the volumes used. After enrichment, the wines’ total alcoholic strength by volume does not exceed 13 %. In addition to the above provisions, the oenological practices concerning these wines must meet the requirements laid down at Community level and in the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code. b. Maximum yields 65 hectolitres per hectare 6. Demarcated geographical area The grapes are harvested and the wines made and developed in the geographical area approved by the National Institute of Origin and Quality at the meeting of the competent national committee on 16 December 2010. The perimeter of this area, on the date of approval of this specification by the competent national committee, comprises the territory of the following municipalities of the department of Indre-et-Loire, as based on the 2018 Official Geo­ graphic Code: Benais, Bourgueil, La Chapelle-sur-Loire, Chouzé-sur-Loire, Coteaux de Loire for the territory of the delegated munici­ palities of Saint-Patrice et Ingrandes de Touraine, Restigné, Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil. 7. Main wine grapes Cabernet Sauvignon N Cabernet Franc N 8. Description of the link(s) The vineyards of the controlled designation of origin ‘Bourgueil’ are located north of the Loire, upstream of the confluence with the Vienne, on the north-western tip of the ‘Touraine’ wine-producing region. The geographical area is bordered by the forest of Gâtine in the north and the Loire in the south. It rests partially on a vast, mainly south-facing slope topped off by forest and partially on terraces and hillocks, locally called ‘montilles’. The soils low down on the slope are brown limestone soils that developed on micaceous Turonian chalk or yellow tuffeau chalk, while mid-slope there are silicate-clay soils originating from sandy-clay Senonian formations.