| AOC |
Wine region |
Est. date |
Comments |
| Ajaccio | Corsica | 1984 | Before 1984 a designation within Corse or Vin du Corse under the alternative names Ajaccio or Coteaux d'Ajaccio |
| Aloxe-Corton | Burgundy | 1938 | |
| Alsace | Alsace | 1945 | |
| Alsace Grand Cru | Alsace | 1975 | |
| Anjou | Loire | 1936 | |
| Anjou-Coteaux de la Loire | Loire | 1946 | |
| Anjou-Gamay | Loire | 1936 | |
| Anjou mousseux | Loire | 1938 | |
| Anjou Villages | Loire | 1991 | |
| Anjou Villages Brissac | Loire | 1998 | |
| Arbois | Jura | 1936 | |
| Auxey-Duresses | Burgundy | 1970 | |
| Bandol | Provence | 1941 | |
| Banyuls | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1972 | |
| Banyuls Grand Cru | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1972 | |
| Barsac | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Bâtard-Montrachet | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Béarn | South West France | 1975 | |
| Beaujolais | Beaujolais | 1937 | |
| Beaujolais-Villages | Beaujolais | 1937 | |
| Beaumes de Venise | Rhône | 2005 | Before 2005 a part of Côtes du Rhône Villages |
| Beaune | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Bellet | Provence | 1941 | |
| Bergerac | South West France | 1936 | |
| Bergerac sec | South West France | 1936 | |
| Bergerac rosé | South West France | 1936 | |
| Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Blagny | Burgundy | 1970 | |
| Blanquette de Limoux | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1981 | |
| Blanquette méthode ancestrale | Languedoc | 1981 | |
| Blaye | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Bonnes-Mares | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Bonnezeaux | Loire | 1951 | |
| Bordeaux | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Bordeaux clairet | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Bordeaux Côtes de Francs | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Bordeaux Haut-Benauge | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Bordeaux moelleux | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Bordeaux rosé | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Bordeaux sec | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Bordeaux supérieur | Bordeaux | 1943 | |
| Bourgogne | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Bourgogne aligoté | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Bourgogne clairet | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Bourgogne clairet Côte chalonnaise | Burgundy | | |
| Bourgogne Coulanges-la-Vineuse | Burgundy | | |
| Bourgogne Côte Saint-Jacques | Burgundy | | |
| Bourgogne Coulanges-la-Vineuse | Burgundy | | |
| Bourgogne Côtes d'Auxerre | Burgundy | | |
| Bourgogne Côtes du Couchois | Burgundy | | |
| Bourgogne Epineuil | Burgundy | | |
| Bourgogne grand ordinaire | Burgundy | | |
| Bourgogne Hautes-côtes de Beaune | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Bourgogne Hautes-côtes de Nuits | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Bourgogne La Chapelle Notre-Dame | Burgundy | | |
| Bourgogne le Chapitre | Burgundy | | |
| Bourgogne Montrecul | Burgundy | | |
| Bourgogne mousseux | Burgundy | | |
| Bourgogne ordinaire | Burgundy | | |
| Bourgogne Passe-tout-grains | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Bourgogne Vézelay | Burgundy | | |
| Bourgogne rosé | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Bourgueil | Loire | 1937 | |
| Bouzeron | Burgundy | 1998 | AOC under this name in 1998, the designation Bourgogne aligoté Bouzeron existed since 1937 |
| Brouilly | Beaujolais | 1938 | |
| Bugey | Bugey | 2009 | |
| Buzet | South West France | 1973 | Originally under the name Côtes de Buzet, changed to Buzet in 1986 |
| Cabardes | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1999 | As VDQS also known under the alternative name Côtes du Cabardès et de l'Orbiel |
| Cabernet d'Anjou | Loire | 1964 | |
| Cabernet de Saumur | Loire | 1964 | |
| Cadillac | Bordeaux | 1973 | |
| Cahors | South West France | 1971 | |
| Canon Fronsac | Bordeaux | 1939 | Originally under the name Côtes Canon Fronsac, name changed to Canon Fronsac in 1964 |
| Cassis | Provence | 1936 | |
| Cérons | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Chablis | Burgundy | 1938 | |
| Chablis Grand Cru | Burgundy | 1938 | |
| Chablis Premier Cru | Burgundy | 1938 | |
| Chambertin | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Chambertin-Clos-de-Beze | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Chambolle-Musigny | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Champagne | Champagne | 1936 | |
| Chapelle-Chambertin | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Charlemagne | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Charmes-Chambertin | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Chassagne-Montrachet | Burgundy | 1970 | |
| Château-Chalon | Jura | 1936 | |
| Château-Grillet | Rhône | 1936 | |
| Châteauneuf-du-Pape | Rhône | 1936 | |
| Châtillon-en-Diois | Rhône | 1975 | |
| Chaume | Loire | 2003 | Until 2003 and 2005-2007 a village designation within Coteaux du Layon. Created as a separate AOC in 2003 under the name Chaume Premier Cru des Coteaux du Layon, which was annulled in 2005. Chaume created anew as an AOC in 2007. |
| Chénas | Beaujolais | 1936 | |
| Chevalier-Montrachet | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Cheverny | Loire | 1993 | |
| Chinon | Loire | 1937 | |
| Chiroubles | Beaujolais | 1936 | |
| Chorey-les-Beaune | Burgundy | 1970 | |
| Clairette de Bellegarde | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1949 | |
| Clairette de Die | Rhône | 1993 | |
| Clairette du Languedoc | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1948 | Original decree of 28 September 1948 updated 12 April 1965, 30 August 1972, and 15th of November 1983 |
| Clos des Lambrays | Burgundy | 1981 | Originally a Premier Cru vineyard in Morey-Saint-Denis |
| Clos de la Roche | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Clos de Tart | Burgundy | 1939 | |
| Clos de Vougeot | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Clos Saint-Denis | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Collioure | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1971 | |
| Condrieu | Rhône | 1940 | |
| Corbieres | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1985 | |
| Cornas | Rhône | 1938 | |
| Corse or Vin de Corse | Corsica | 1976 | |
| Corton | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Corton-Charlemagne | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Costières de Nîmes | Rhône | 1986 | Originally Costières du Gard, renamed to Costières de Nîmes in 1989, and in 2004 reassigned to the Rhône region |
| Côte de Beaune | Burgundy | 1970 | |
| Côte de Beaune-Villages | Burgundy | 1970 | |
| Côte de Brouilly | Beaujolais | 1938 | |
| Côte de Nuits-villages | Burgundy | 1964 | |
| Côte Roannaise | Loire | 1994 | |
| Côte-Rôtie | Rhône | 1940 | |
| Coteaux Champenois | Champagne | 1974 | |
| Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence | Provence | 1985 | |
| Coteaux de Die | Rhône | 1993 | |
| Coteaux de l'Aubance | Loire | 1950 | |
| Coteaux de Pierrevert | Provence | 1998 | |
| Coteaux du Giennois | Loire | 1998 | |
| Coteaux du Languedoc | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1985 | |
| Coteaux du Layon | Loire | 1950 | |
| Coteaux du Loir | Loire | 1948 | |
| Coteaux du Lyonnais | Lyonnais | 1984 | |
| Coteaux du Quercy | South West France | 2011 | upgraded to AOC (AOP) from AOVDQS as disappear as label in 2011 |
| Coteaux de Saumur | Loire | 1948 | |
| Coteaux du Tricastin | Rhône | 1973 | |
| Coteaux du Vendômois | Loire | 2001 | |
| Coteaux Varois | Provence | 1993 | |
| Côtes de Bergerac | South West France | 1936 | |
| Côtes de Bergerac Blanc | South West France | 1936 | |
| Côtes de Blaye | Bordeaux | 1995 | Formerly part of Blaye |
| Côtes de Bordeaux Saint-Macaire | Bordeaux | 1937 | |
| Côtes de Bourg | Bordeaux | 1936 | AOC in 1936 for red wines, in 1941 for white wines |
| Côtes de Castillon | Bordeaux | 1989 | Separate AOC in 1989, formerly Côtes de Castillon could be added to Bordeaux AOC |
| Côtes de Duras | South West France | 1937 | |
| Côtes du Forez | Burgundy | 2000 | |
| Côtes de la Malepere | Languedoc | 2007 | |
| Côtes de Millau | South West France | 2011 | upgraded to AOC (AOP) from AOVDQS as disappear as label in 2011 |
| Côtes de Montravel | South West France | 1937 | |
| Côtes de Provence | Provence | 1977 | |
| Côtes de Toul | Eastern France | 1998 | |
| Côtes du Jura | Jura | 1937 | |
| Côtes du Luberon | Rhône | 1988 | |
| Côtes du Marmandais | South West France | 1990 | |
| Côtes du Rhône | Rhône | 1937 | |
| Côtes du Rhône Villages | Rhône | 1966 | |
| Côtes du Roussillon | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1977 | |
| Côtes du Roussillon Villages | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1977 | |
| Côtes du Ventoux | Rhône | 1973 | |
| Côtes du Vivarais | Rhône | 1999 | |
| Cour-Cheverny | Loire | 1993 | |
| Crémant d'Alsace | Alsace | 1976 | |
| Crémant de Bordeaux | Bordeaux | 1990 | |
| Crémant de Bourgogne | Burgundy | 1975 | |
| Crémant de Die | Rhône | 1993 | |
| Crémant du Jura | Jura | 1995 | |
| Crémant de Limoux | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1990 | |
| Crémant de Loire | Loire | 1975 | |
| Crépy | Savoy | 1948 | |
| Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Crozes-Hermitage | Rhône | 1937 | |
| Échezeaux | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Entre-Deux-Mers | Bordeaux | 1937 | |
| Entre-Deux-Mers-Haut-Benauge | Bordeaux | 1937 | |
| Faugeres | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1982 | |
| Fitou | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1948 | |
| Fixin | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Fleurie | Beaujolais | 1936 | |
| Fronsac | Bordeaux | 1937 | Originally Côtes de Fronsac, name changed to Fronsac in 1976 |
| Frontignan | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1936 | |
| Fronton | South West France | 1975 | Originally under the name Côtes du Frontonnais, name changed to Fronton in 2005 |
| Gaillac | South West France | 1970 | |
| Gaillac Premieres Côtess | South West France | 1970 | |
| Gevrey-Chambertin | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Gigondas | Rhône | 1971 | |
| Givry | Burgundy | 1946 | |
| Grand Roussillon | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1972 | |
| Grands Échezeaux | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Graves | Bordeaux | 1937 | |
| Graves de Vayres | Bordeaux | 1937 | |
| Graves Supérieures | Bordeaux | 1937 | |
| Griotte-Chambertin | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Haut-Médoc | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Haut-Montravel | South West France | 1937 | |
| Haut-Poitou | Loire | 2011 | |
| Hermitage | Rhône | 1937 | |
| Irancy | Burgundy | 1999 | The designation Bourgogne Irancy existed since 1937 |
| Irouléguy | South West France | 1970 | |
| Jasnieres | Loire | 1937 | |
| Juliénas | Beaujolais | 1938 | |
| Jurançon | South West France | 1936 | |
| L'Étoile | Jura | 1937 | |
| Ladoix | Burgundy | 1970 | |
| La Grande Rue | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Lalande-de-Pomerol | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| La Romanée | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| La Tâche | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Latricieres-Chambertin | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Les Baux-de-Provence | Provence | 1995 | Before 1995 a part of Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence AOC |
| Limoux | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1981 | |
| Lirac | Rhône | 1947 | |
| Listrac-Médoc | Bordeaux | 1957 | Separate AOC in 1957 under the name Listrac, also part of the area for Haut-Médoc. Change of name to Listrac-Médoc in 1986. |
| Loupiac | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Lussac-Saint-Émilion | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Mâcon | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Mâcon supérieur | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Mâcon-villages | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Madiran | South West France | 1948 | |
| Maranges | Burgundy | 1989 | |
| Marcillac | South West France | 1990 | |
| Margaux | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Marsannay | Burgundy | 1987 | |
| Maury | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1972 | |
| Mazis-Chambertin | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Mazoyeres-Chambertin | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Médoc | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Menetou-Salon | Loire | 1959 | |
| Mercurey | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Meursault | Burgundy | 1970 | |
| Minervois | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1985 | |
| Minervois-La Liviniere | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1999 | |
| Monbazillac | South West France | 1936 | |
| Montagne Saint-Émilion | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Montagny | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Monthelie | Burgundy | 1970 | |
| Montlouis | Loire | 1938 | |
| Montrachet | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Montravel | South West France | 1937 | |
| Morey-Saint-Denis | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Morgon | Beaujolais | 1936 | |
| Moulin a vent | Beaujolais | 1936 | |
| Moulis or Moulis-en-Médoc | Bordeaux | 1938 | |
| Muscadet | Loire | 1937 | |
| Muscadet-Coteaux de la Loire | Loire | 1936 | |
| Muscadet-Côtes de Grandlieu | Loire | 1994 | |
| Muscadet-Sevre et Maine | Loire | 1936 | also written Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine |
| Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise | Rhône | 1945 | |
| Muscat de Frontignan | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1936 | |
| Muscat de Lunel | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1943 | |
| Muscat de Mireval | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1959 | |
| Muscat de Rivesaltes | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1972 | |
| Muscat de Saint-Jean de Minervois | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1949 | |
| Musigny | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Néac | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges | Burgundy | 1972 | |
| Orléans | Loire | 2006 | |
| Orléans-Cléry | Loire | 2006 | |
| Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh | South West France | 1948 | |
| Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh Sec | South West France | 1948 | |
| Palette | Provence | 1948 | |
| Patrimonio | Corsica | 1984 | Before 1984 a designation within Corse or Vin du Corse |
| Pauillac | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Pécharmant | South West France | 1946 | |
| Pernand-Vergelesses | Burgundy | 1970 | |
| Pessac-Léognan | Bordeaux | 1987 | Before 1987 part of Graves AOC |
| Petit Chablis | Burgundy | 1944 | |
| Pomerol | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Pommard | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Pouilly-Fuissé | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Pouilly-Fumé | Loire | 1937 | May also be written Blanc Fumé de Pouilly |
| Pouilly-Loché | Burgundy | 1940 | |
| Pouilly-sur-Loire | Loire | 1937 | |
| Pouilly-Vinzelles | Burgundy | 1940 | |
| Premieres Côtes de Blaye | Bordeaux | 1994 | Before 1994 part of Blaye |
| Premieres Côtes de Bordeaux | Bordeaux | 1937 | |
| Puisseguin Saint-Émilion | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Puligny-Montrachet | Burgundy | 1970 | |
| Quarts de Chaume | Loire | 1954 | |
| Quincy | Loire | 1936 | |
| Régnié | Beaujolais | 1988 | |
| Reuilly | Loire | 1937 | |
| Richebourg | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Rivesaltes | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1997 | |
| Romanée-Conti | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Romanée-Saint-Vivant | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Rosé d'Anjou | Loire | 1936 | |
| Rosé de Loire | Loire | 1974 | |
| Rosé des Riceys | Champagne | 1971 | |
| Rosette | South West France | 1946 | |
| Roussette de Savoie | Savoy | 1973 | |
| Roussette du Bugey | Bugey | 2009 | |
| Ruchottes-Chambertin | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Rully | Burgundy | 1939 | |
| Saint-Amour | Beaujolais | 1946 | |
| Saint-Aubin | Burgundy | 1970 | |
| Saint-Bris | Burgundy | 2003 | As VDQS previously known as Sauvignon de Saint-Bris |
| Saint-Chinian | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1982 | |
| Saint-Émilion | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Saint-Émilion Grand Cru | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Saint-Estephe | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Saint-Georges Saint-Émilion | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Saint-Joseph | Rhône | 1956 | |
| Saint-Julien | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Saint-Mont | South West France | 2011 | upgraded to AOC (AOP) from AOVDQS as disappear as label in 2011 |
| Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil | Loire | 1937 | |
| Saint-Péray | Rhône | 1936 | |
| Saint-Pourçain | Loire | 2009 | |
| Saint-Romain | Burgundy | 1970 | |
| Saint-Sardos | South West France | 2011 | upgraded to AOC (AOP) from AOVDQS as disappear as label in 2011 |
| Saint-Véran | Burgundy | 1971 | |
| Sainte-Croix-du-Mont | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux | Bordeaux | 1937 | |
| Sancerre | Loire | 1936 | |
| Santenay | Burgundy | 1970 | |
| Saumur | Loire | 1936 | |
| Saumur-Champigny | Loire | 1936 | |
| Saumur mousseux | Loire | 1976 | |
| Saussignac | South West France | 1982 | |
| Sauternes | Bordeaux | 1936 | |
| Savennières | Loire | 1952 | |
| Savennières-Coulée-de-Serrant | Loire | 1952 | |
| Savennières-Roche-aux-Moines | Loire | 1952 | |
| Savigny-les-Beaune | Burgundy | 1970 | |
| Seyssel | Savoy | 1942 | |
| Tavel | Rhône | 1936 | |
| Tonnerre | Burgundy | 2006 | |
| Touraine | Loire | 1939 | Originally called Coteaux de Touraine, changed to Touraine in 1953 |
| Touraine-Amboise | Loire | 1939 | |
| Touraine-Azay-le-Rideau | Loire | 1939 | |
| Touraine-Mesland | Loire | 1939 | |
| Touraine Noble Joué | Loire | 2001 | |
| Tursan | South West France | 2011 | upgraded to AOC (AOP) from AOVDQS as disappear as label in 2011 |
| Vacqueyras | Rhône | 1990 | |
| Valençay | Loire | 2004 | |
| Vin de Savoie | Savoy | 1973 | |
| Vins d'Entraygues et du Fel | South West France | 2011 | upgraded to AOC (AOP) from AOVDQS as disappear as label in 2011 |
| Vins d'Estaing | South West France | 2011 | upgraded to AOC (AOP) from AOVDQS as disappear as label in 2011 |
| Vins Fins de la Côte de Nuits | Burgundy | 1964 | |
| Viré-Clessé | Burgundy | 1999 | Previously the two designations Mâcon-Clessé and Mâcon-Viré existed within Mâcon AOC since 1937 |
| Vinsobres | Rhône | 2006 | Separate AOC in 2006, previously a part of Côtes du Rhône Villages |
| Volnay | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Volnay Santenots | Burgundy | 1937 | |
| Vosne-Romanée | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Vougeot | Burgundy | 1936 | |
| Vouvray | Loire | 1936 | |
