📜 Alpilles

Alpilles is a French protected geographical indication (PGI, IGP) for still red, rosé and white wines. The grapes come from 19 communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department around the Alpilles hills in Provence, with Saint-Rémy-de-Provence at the centre; the wines are made in a slightly wider area of 33 communes (29 in Bouches-du-Rhône, 2 in Gard and 2 in Vaucluse).

The specification sets a minimum actual alcohol of 9% vol. and a maximum yield of 90 hl/ha. Red wines are described as perfumed, with a generous, fleshy structure; white and rosé wines as aromatic and fine, with moderate acidity. Among the many authorised varieties, the document highlights syrah, grenache, cabernet-sauvignon, carignan, cinsault and counoise for red wines and roussanne, marsanne, viognier, vermentino and clairette for white wines.

The name of one or more grape varieties may be added to the label, as may the terms “primeur” or “nouveau”. If “Vin de pays” is used instead of “Indication géographique protégée”, the EU PGI logo must appear on the label. The current specification was approved by the order of 25 November 2025, published in the Journal officiel on 3 December 2025.