The "AOC Côtes de Provence La Londe" appellation in a nutshell
The appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) designates a product originating from a specific region or place, whose characteristics are essentially due to this geographical environment. It is the result of a combination of production and terroir, expressed through the know-how of the people involved.
The scope of this protection, originally designed to guarantee the origin of wine, was extended to all agricultural and food products, and then to forestry and seafood products.
Appellation d'origine protégée (AOP) is the European equivalent of AOC.
AOC Côtes de Provence" wines in the intercommunal area
In May 2008, La Londe les Maures was awarded the terroir designation : AOC / AOP ''Côtes de Provence - La Londe'' issued by the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine for over twenty private and cooperative wineries.
This denomination designates wines located at the coastal end, south-west of the Maures massif, where highly altered phyllades outcrop.
The Côtes de Provence La Londe delimited area covers all or part of four communes in the Var: La Londe les Maures, Bormes les Mimosas, La Crau and Hyères.
The immediate proximity of the Mediterranean Sea conditions the climate specific to this area. Winter and summer temperatures are mild. Annual rainfall is particularly low (under 700 mm/year). Sunshine is long-lasting, and sea breezes provide almost permanent, high-amplitude ventilation.
This terroir comprises 4 types of soil: shallow, stony soils on phyllades, sloping colluvial soils on more or less stony phyllades, colluvial soils in collapse zones with quartzite, sandstone and phyllades pebbles, and ancient alluvial soils with quartzite, sandstone and phyllades pebbles.
FOR MORE INFORMATION about "AOC Côtes de Provence - LA LONDE", click here
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LABEL VIGNOBLES ET DECOUVERTES
Since 2022,"Méditerranée Porte des Maures" has officially been awarded the "Vignobles et Découvertes" label, and "Vignobles de Provence, Méditerranée - Porte des Maures" has joined the ranks of France's great wine-growing regions!
This designation symbolizes the attractiveness of Provence's terroirs and its international image.
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