Pintadeau de la Drôme

Pintadeau de la Drôme is a young guinea fowl reared in a defined area of the Drôme department in France. It must come from slow-growing strains with blue-grey plumage and dark tarsi, slaughtered between 87 and 100 days, and fed a diet comprising a minimum of 70 % cereals, finished with grape pips from the tenth week.

About this designation

Pintadeau de la Drôme is registered as a PGI under file number PGI-FR-0546, with EU protection granted on 30 March 2006 and eAmbrosia identifier EUGI00000013765. The designation covers fresh young guinea fowl — birds in which the sternum remains flexible and not ossified — reared within 256 municipalities of the Department of Drôme, as enumerated in the specification. The birds must belong to slow-growing strains characterised by blue-grey plumage and dark tarsi, with an average live weight at slaughter of 1 750 g (plus or minus 450 g) and a slaughter age of between 87 and 100 days. Maximum housing density is set at 13 birds per square metre, with access to an aviary of at least double the floor area of the housing and a height of more than two metres. Feed must be exclusively plant, mineral and vitamin in composition, with a minimum of 70 % cereals during the growth and finishing phases; from the tenth week, grape pips are incorporated. Carcases must be graded at the slaughterhouse, meeting at least class A and a minimum eviscerated weight of 850 g without giblets or 1 100 g partially eviscerated. Hatching, slaughtering and packing may take place outside the PGI area; all other production stages must occur within it. All labels are numbered. The inspection body named in the specification is Qualité-France SA, Paris La Défense. The responsible national authority is the Institut National de l'Origine et de la Qualité.

Source: The register document this entry was written from · retrieved August 26, 2026

Distinctive facts

• Registered as a PGI on 30 March 2006 under file number PGI-FR-0546 (eAmbrosia identifier EUGI00000013765).
• Slaughter age is fixed between 87 and 100 days; birds must come from slow-growing strains with blue-grey plumage and dark tarsi.
• Feed must contain a minimum of 70 % cereals; grape pips are required in the finishing ration from the tenth week.
• The rearing area comprises 256 municipalities in the Department of Drôme; hatching, slaughtering and packing may take place outside this area.

Tasting notes

Drôme guinea fowl IGP. Lean dark-pink meat, robust gamey flavor more intense than chicken.

HoReCa use

Roasted with Provençal herbs; in cocottes; bourgeois French dish "pintade aux choux"; pairs with Crozes-Hermitage.

Packaging

• whole-bird-fresh-1.2-1.6kg
• eviscerated-vacuum-1.2-1.5kg