Doktor Weingolb's appendix

For WBW 33 on Wednesday May 16 (next Wednesday), try to pick a moderately priced bottle ($15-30) and assess its value. Your bottle can be a Languedoc-Roussillon vin de pays or a wine given an official Languedoc-Roussillon controlled appellation (AOC wine). Things like colour, style of wine or alcohol content do not matter. Just the fact that your bottle is mid-priced and features one of the following designations of origin on the label:

(Please note that names not preceded by initials are, by default, AOCs: i.e. AOC Banyuls or Appellation Banyuls Contrôlée, as it will be shown on the label)

Banyuls
Blanquette de Limoux
Cabardès
Clairette de Bellegarde
Clairette du Languedoc
Collioure
Corbières
Costières de Nîmes (Rhône)
Coteaux du Languedoc
Côtes de la Malepère
Côtes du Roussillon
Côtes du Roussillon-Villages
Cremant de Limoux
Faugères
Fitou
Limoux
Maury
Minervois
Minervois La Livinière
Muscat de Frontignan
Muscat de Lunel
Muscat de Mireval
Muscat de Rivesaltes
Muscat de St-Jean de Minervois
Rivesaltes
St-Chinian
VdP Catalan (phased out)
VdP Cathare
VdP d'Hauterive
VdP d'Oc
VdP de Bérange
VdP de Bessan
VdP de Cassan
VdP de Caux
VdP de Cessenon
VdP de Cucugnan
VdP de l'Ardailhou
VdP de l'Aude
VdP de l'Hérault
VdP de la Bénovie
VdP de la Cité de Carcassonne
VdP de la Côte Vermeille
VdP de la Haute Vallée de l'Aude
VdP de la Haute Vallée de l'Orb
VdP de la Vallée du Paradis
VdP de la Vaunage
VdP de la Vicomté d'Aumelas
VdP de la Vistrenque
VdP de Saint-Guilhem le Désert
VdP des Cévennes
VdP des Collines de la Moure
VdP des Coteaux d'Enserune
VdP des Coteaux de Bessilles
VdP des Coteaux de Cèze
VdP des Coteaux de Fontcaude
VdP des Coteaux de la Cabrerisse
VdP des Coteaux de Laurens
VdP des Coteaux de Miramont
VdP des Coteaux de Murviel
VdP des Coteaux de Narbonne
VdP des Coteaux de Peyriac
VdP des Coteaux des Fenouilledes (phased out)
VdP des Coteaux du Libron
VdP des Coteaux du Littoral Audois
VdP des Coteaux du Pont du Gard
VdP des Coteaux du Salagou
VdP des Coteaux du Termenes
VdP des Coteaux Flaviens
VdP des Côtes Catalanes
VdP des Côtes de Lastours
VdP des Côtes de Lezignan
VdP des Côtes de Pérignan
VdP des Côtes de Prouilhe
VdP des Côtes de Thau
VdP des Côtes du Brian
VdP des Côtes du Ceressou
VdP des Côtes du Thongue
VdP des Côtes du Vidourle
VdP des Gorges de l'Hérault
VdP des Hauts de Badens
VdP des Monts de la Grage
VdP des Pyrénées-Orientales
VdP des Sables du Golfe du Lion
VdP des Vals d'Agly (phased out)
VdP du Duché d'Uzès
VdP du Gard
VdP du Mont Baudile
VdP du Torgan
VdP du Val d'Orbieu
VdP du Val de Cesse
VdP du Val de Dagne
VdP du Val de Montferrand
VdP du Vaucluse
VDQS Côtes de la Malepère
XXXX (Unregulated vin de table or "table wine" that features no year of vintage or recognized classification not be permitted without the express written permission of Doktor Weingolb)

ABOUT THIS LIST

VdP names are for Vin de Pays wines (read more about Vin de Pays for WBW 33).

Côtes de la Malepère appears twice -- once as an AOC and again as a VDQS (Vin Délimité de Qualité Supérieure). This is because the Malepère designation operated as a VDQS before being recently elevated to official appellation status. Bottles baring either Malepère marking are permitted for WBW 33.

Tags in italics in the list above indicate those designations which have recently been rescinded from the region. These designations are no longer labeled on wine made the Languedoc-Roussillon and therefore were not included in previous lists put up on Doktor Weingolb's appendix. But, since participants may still come across an old bottle (hopefully not too old), submitting these wines will be allowed for WBW 33.

FYI: the Costières de Nîmes appellation is now officially grouped outside of Languedoc-Roussillon. Somewhat similar to eastern Languedoc wine in style, it gloms onto the Rhone Valley, with which it also shares key characteristics. Obviously, you can still make a case for these bottles being Languedoc-Roussillon wines if you want and I welcome them for WBW 33.

A FURTHER ADDENDUM TO THE LIST

In any thorough discussion on the appellations of Languedoc-Roussillon, the topic of sub-appellations needs to come up. These names such as "Pic Saint-Loup" Coteaux du Languedoc further specify the origin of the wine. Sub-appellations are an important measure that is traditionally used within the AOC Coteaux du Languedoc to usher in future full-fledged appellations. This is to say that, one day, Pic Saint-Loup will be its own independent appellation. There are many sub-appellations, like "La Méjanelle" and "La Clape", but were simply not listed above since that kind of specificity will probably make finding a bottle for WBW 33 harder rather than easier. Nevertheless these sub-appellations make for a colourful read in the rich backgrounder provided by The Wine Doctor. Take a look.