Côtes de Toul

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• A cuesta extending the Côtes de Meuse northward, stretching 20 km west of Toul, its eastern escarpment overlooking a cereal plain. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• 8 communes in Meurthe-et-Moselle; claimed vineyard area of 75 ha in 2023 (of which 37.5 ha gris, 20.5 ha white, 17 ha red).

• As early as 1355, Lorraine ordinances codified viticulture: prescribed training methods, interplanted crops banned in 1666, and 'cantons à vigne' formally delineated.
• Since 1991, collective research into the vinification of vin gris has led to the reintroduction of Pinot Noir N as a second principal variety.

• Vin gris: bright salmon-coloured appearance, dry, light, and lively, with a nose of fresh fruit and a moreish palate — the unique worldwide technique of free-run drainage or immediate pressing applied to Gamay.
• White Auxerrois: citrus nose, floral, broad and lingering palate; red Pinot Noir: finely tannic, full-bodied, round and elegant. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• Clay-limestone soils → freshness and floral/fruity notes in the gris and whites; good phenolic ripeness → tannic structure in the reds.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• Product specification (BO Agri, PDF) — approved 22 septembre 2011, JORF 24 septembre 2011 ;
• Official INAO text (show_texte)
• INAO product entry
• Official trade body site — CIVA