The following is a list of French wines that are entitled to use the designation Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) on their label. There are currently over 300 appellations acknowledged by the INAO.
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" |- ! 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 || |- | Cairanne || Rhone Valley || 2018 || |-| 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 || 1923 || |- | 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 15 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 || |- (name changed in 2011 to Gringnan-les-Adhemar, in order to disassociate wine from negative publicity re building of nuclear power station at Tricastin) | 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 || Loire || 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 || |- |Gros-plant-du-pays-nantais |Loire |2012
| 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 || |-