Ambré

Traditional term for wine

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 4 January 2021

• Registered name: Ambré
• Register: Traditional terms for wine
• Status: Registered
• Class or category of product: Traditional Term
• Protection type: Traditional Term
• Country of origin: France
• Traditional term grapevine product category: Liqueur wine
• Traditional term type: Description of product characteristic
• Traditional term language: French
• Date of registration (UK scheme): 10 March 2021
• Reason for protection: EU agreement

Summary

Article 7 of Decree of 29 December 1997: PDO ‘Rivesaltes’: in order to be entitled to the controlled designation of origin “Rivesaltes” completed with the mention “ambré”, white wines must have grown on the property in an oxidising environment up to 1 September of the second year following the year of the crop.

Legislation

Member State or Third Country law: Article 7 du décret du 29 décembre 1997

Published 4 January 2021