Languedoc AOCs wine - Conseil interprofessionnel des vins du Languedoc

The Languedoc-Roussillon region stays ahead

Varied production

In 2006, harvest forecasts of 56.3 million hL were made in France.
The Languedoc-Roussillon region (16 million hL) is the largest producer ahead of the Aquitaine region (8 million hectolitres), Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur (4.5 million hL) and Rhône-Alpes (2.9 million hL). In little under 20 years, the Languedoc-Roussillon region has gone from a production rate of 29 million hL to between 15 million hL to 20 million hL. The reduction is the result of considerable clearing of vines and an ambitious policy to develop wines with a better reputation. The 1980s saw the creation of appellations or the development of already existing appellations in Languedoc (granting of the AOC in 1982 for the Faugères and Saint-Chinian, in 1985 for the Coteaux du Languedoc, Corbieres and Minervois, in 2006 for Malepère).

Production in the Languedoc Roussillon region since 1986 in thousands of hl

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A mixed production
Production in the Languedoc-Roussillon region is varied and can be divided into two main categories: on one hand quality wines from a specific region (VQPRD) most of which are AOC (still wines and natural sweet wines), and on the other hand table wines, most of which are country wines: from departments (Aude, Herault etc), or grape types (generally Vins de pays d’Oc) and sometimes by area (Vin de pays of Carcassonne, Vin de pays from Côtes de Thongue etc).

The production in Languedoc, Roussillon and the Vallée du Rhône in the gard of quality wines from a specific region (VQPRD) accounts for 16% of the Languedoc-Roussillon volumes. With 3 089 000 hl of production, these are the second best vineyards in terms of quality after the vineyards of Aquitaine.
The Languedoc AOC vineyards alone are in fourth position in terms of quality in France.

Consult the harvests accredited since 1995

Accreditation	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
AOC STILL WINES -The Languedoc still wines have the some of the lowest yields of AOC in France (42 hl/ha on average).
Cabardes	15 024	14 713	15 260	19 783	23 382	27 287	28 758	20 375	15 647	20 809	16 218
Clairette	4 139	3 799	3 163	1 630	2 432	3 125	3 924	2 934	1 989	2 307	3 584
Corbières	663 048	646 102	526 402	539 986	635 506	647 639	684 270	637 538	524 619	533 030	534 795
AOC Languedoc	398 001	381 381	365 528	412 039	431 301	483 459	513 571	447 983	375 048	353 827	355 882
Faugères	67 012	68 374	78 075	73 708	79 731	80 611	78 703	70 806	69 112	74 649	72 501
Fitou	100 614	98 378	116 445	90 990	98 819	109 845	100 549	90 222	93 996	91 814	90 842
Limoux	1 317	2 092	2 549	1 842	5 099	6 958	4 849	4 526	4 888	5 325	6 237
Malepere	30 149	24 948	28 385	40 825	31 856	33 202	34 650	37 853	27 164	23 803	18 052
Minervois	237 772	207 819	185 393	191 362	204 404	224 353	219 978	200 940	156 132	158 351	155 368
Minervois La Livinière			2 295	2 909	5 471	5 221	6 659	7 293	4 002	6 799	ND
Saint-Chinian	122 656	118 699	120 036	123 245	131 432	139 060	141 042	135 673	131 576	141 529	115 095
TOTAL	1 639 432	1 566 303	1 443 731	1 498 319	1 649 431	1 760 758	1 816 861	1 657 142	1 404 175	1 412 243	1 368 574

VDN - (Natural sweet wines) Yields have been defined by decree at 30 hl/ha, however agronomy yields are generally 25 hl/ha
Frontignan		28 260	22 018	24 085	22 207	25 160	24 833	23 491	24 489	22 402	20 131
Lunel		11 337	10 697	10 918	11 730	11 334	11 162	11 212	11 318	9 525	8 973
Mireval		8 896	7 521	7 859	7 854	7 951	6 064	6 209	8 042	7 256	7 166
St Jean de Minervois		4 757	4 503	5 153	5 201	5 443	5 655	5 674	5 566	6 072	6 203

TOTAL		53 250	44 739	48 015	46 992	49 888	47 713	46 587	49 415	45 255	42 473

SPARKLING WINES - Accreditation exclusively for bottled wines, as close as possible to marketing (basic yield: 7 500 kg/ha)
Limoux	49 665	59 963	61 618	60 146	83 701	73 183	75 043	84 775	69 470	60 469	64 092
TOTAL	49 665	59 963	61 618	60 146	83 701	73 183	75 043	84 775	69 470	60 469	64 092

OVERALL TOTAL	1 689 397	1 679 516	1 549 688	1 606 480	1 780 124	1 883 829	1 939 708	1 788 504	1 523 060	1 517 967	1 475 139

Sources : INAO