📜 Maures

Maures is a French protected geographical indication (PGI) for still red, rosé and white wines and for quality sparkling wines in the same colours. The grapes are grown and the wines made in 46 communes of the Var department in south-eastern France, around the crystalline Maures massif, between the Toulon area and the Fréjus plain, on the Mediterranean coast.

Rosé dominates (about 68% of the volume at the time of the specification): pale, lively and fruity, made mostly by direct pressing. Reds (about 25%) are fleshy and tannic; whites (about 7%) are aromatic and round, often with Vermentino (locally called Rolle). Sparkling wines are mostly rosé, floral or fruity and round. The vineyards of the area are planted mainly with Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah and Carignan.

Still wines must have at least 10% vol actual alcohol, and the yield is limited to 105 hl per hectare. The label may carry grape variety names and the terms "primeur" or "nouveau"; "Vin de Pays" may replace "indication géographique protégée", with the EU PGI logo. The current specification was approved by the French order of 25 November 2025, published in the Journal officiel on 29 November 2025; the name was first recognised as a vin de pays by a decree of 25 January 1982.