Wine Law

23 concerning the use of these geographical units. However, for grapevine products produced in a smaller geographical unit, at least 85% of the grapes from which the grapevine product has been produced has to originate in that smaller geographical unit 41 . The remaining grapes used in the production (25%) will originate in the demarcated geographical area of the designation of origin or geographical indication concerned. The name of a geographical unit smaller or larger than the area underlying the designation of origin or geographical indication or a geographical area references shall refer to a locality or group of localities, a local administrative area or part thereof, a wine- growing sub-region or part thereof or an administrative area. As an example, we may consider the French PDO Côtes de Provence: such PDO is reserved to wines that meet the conditions set by the specifications contained in the Decree No. 2009-356 of 30 March 2009 and whose harvest of the grapes, vinification and elaboration are made within 15 municipalities in the Department of Bouches-du-Rhône, as well as 68 municipalities in the Department of Var and in the municipality of Villars-sur-Var, in the Department of Alpes-Maritimes. However, if harvest of the grapes, vinification and elaboration is made in Châteauneuf-le-Rouge, Meyreuil, Peynier, Puyloubier, Rousset, Le Tholonet, Trets in the Bouches-du-Rhône or in Pourcieux et Pourrières in the Var, these wines may claim the PDO Côtes de Provence supplemented by the geographical name “Sainte-Victoire”. Secondly, if harvest of the grapes, vinification and elaboration is made in the Var in the municipalities of Fréjus, La Motte, Le Muy, Puget-sur-Argens, Roquebrune-sur-Argens, Saint-Raphaël and, in part, of Callas and Trans-en-Provence, these wines may claim the PDO Côtes de Provence supplemented by the geographical name “Fréjus”. Finally, under the condition that harvest of the grapes, vinification and elaboration is made in the Var in the municipalities of Hyères, La Londe-les-Maures or, in part, of Bormes-les-Mimosas and La Crau, these wines may claim the PDO “Côtes de Provence” supplemented by the geographical name “La Londe”. As we shall in point 4.5., the same issue is dealt in a slightly different way under Italian law. 41 This does not include (i) any quantity of grapevine products used in sweetening, “ expedition liqueur ” or “ tirage liqueur , (ii) any quantity of grapevine product referred to in point (3)(e) and (f) of Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.