Appellation
Entraygues-Le Fel
Identity card
AOPRedRoséWhite
South West France · Recognised on 18 February 1965
Key points
- Terraced vines in the upper Lot valley, hand-picked.
- Red and rosé: Fer leads; white: Chenin, over 90% of the wine.
- Six communes in the Aveyron, two in the Cantal.
Grape varieties
RedRosé
Accessory varieties: Mouyssaguès (grape entry not yet written), Négret de Banhars (grape entry not yet written) (15% at most of the holding's vines)
Fer Servadou · at least 50% of the holding's vines
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon · at least 10% of the holding's vines
Reds: Fer over 40% of the wine; 45% of the vines is enough until the 2031 harvest
Rosés: Fer and complementaries over 85%, no variety above 60%
White
Accessory varieties: Mauzac, Saint-Côme (grape entry not yet written)
Chenin Blanc · at least 90% of the holding's vines
Production rules
55
hl/ha
Maximum yield
10.5
% ABV
Minimum natural alcohol
Minimum ageing: Reds: at least until 15 March of the year after the harvest
- Maximum yield
- How much wine a hectare may produce under the appellation (a higher, exceptional ceiling often exists). The lower it is, the less can be made: one of the levers on how concentrated the grapes are. For reference: 35 hl/ha to 80 hl/ha across 148 Oenopia appellations of the same colour.
- Minimum natural alcohol
- The alcohol the grapes' own sugar must be able to give, without enrichment: a ripeness threshold at harvest. For reference: 9 % ABV to 14.5 % ABV across 97 Oenopia appellations of the same colour.
- Minimum ageing
- A minimum ageing period the specification requires before the wine may be sold to consumers.
Terroir
- Lie of the land: Steep slopes of the Lot and Truyère valleys, terraced
- Soils: Schist in the west, granite in the east: acid soils
- Aspect: South to south-east slopes, about 300 to 450 m up
Wine style
- Red
- deep purplish red
- black fruit, blackcurrant
- vegetal notes
- keeps a few years
- White
- pale, green-tinged
- floral
- honeyed notes
Boundaries: INAO, AOC vineyard plot delimitation (September 2026 edition) · Open Licence
Specification
3 November 2011
Decree no. 2011-1439 of 3 November 2011 on the AOC “Entraygues - Le Fel” (JORF no. 0257 of 5 November 2011, text no. 34); specification published in the Bulletin officiel of the Ministry of Agriculture. First recognised as a VDQS (the quality tier then below the AOC) by the order of 18 February 1965.
Labelling terms
- The larger geographical unit "Sud-Ouest" may appear
Sources
- Official sourceCahier des charges de l'appellation d'origine contrôlée « Entraygues - Le Fel »— Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO) / Ministère de l'agriculture
A small vineyard in the upper Lot valley, between Rodez and Aurillac: six communes in the north-west of the Aveyron and two in the Cantal, with terraced vines on steep schist and granite slopes, picked by hand. Fer leads the reds and rosés, Chenin the whites.
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