Morava · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

Colours the rules allow. Pick a colour to filter the rules and grapes below.

Where it is

Morava in Czechia

Latitude: 48.6°–49.3° N
Vineyard altitude: 186 m to 308 m
Production zone: 428,996 ha

Contains 7 appellations (outlined on the zone map)
Mikulovská, Novosedelské Slámové víno, Slovácká, Šobes, Velkopavlovická, Znojemská, Znojmo

Worked out from the boundaries (smallest container first). They follow whole communes, so a neighbour sharing a commune can show up here too.

Boundary drawn from whole communes, so it is a little larger than the legal zone. Boundary: Eurac Research PDO inventory (CC0). Country outlines: Natural Earth. Dots on the zone map are the vineyard points used for climate.

Showing every colour The colour filter changes the rules and grapes. Climate, vintages and soils describe the vineyards, so they stay the same.

01 · What the law says

The rules

Limits on grapes, yields, ripeness and ageing that every wine labelled Morava must meet.

33 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine	Max yield t/ha	Must weight min.	Wine min. % alc.	Actual alc. min. %	Dry extract min. g/l	Ageing min. months	In wood min. months
Morava jakostní víno bílé	14	15 °NM	6	4.5	10	–	–
Morava jakostní víno růžové	14	15 °NM	6	4.5	14	–	–
Morava jakostní víno červené	14	15 °NM	6	4.5	14	–	–
Morava kabinetní víno bílé	14	19 °NM	6	4.5	10	–	–
Morava kabinetní víno růžové	14	19 °NM	6	4.5	14	–	–
Morava kabinetní víno červené	14	19 °NM	6	4.5	14	–	–
Morava pozdní sběr bílé	14	21 °NM	6	4.5	13	–	–
Morava pozdní sběr růžové	14	21 °NM	6	4.5	15	–	–
Morava pozdní sběr červené	14	21 °NM	6	4.5	15	–	–
Morava výběr z hroznů bílé	14	24 °NM	6	4.5	14	–	–
Morava výběr z hroznů růžové	14	24 °NM	6	4.5	15	–	–
Morava výběr z hroznů červené	14	24 °NM	6	4.5	16	–	–
Morava výběr z bobulí bílé	14	27 °NM	6	4.5	16	–	–
Morava výběr z bobulí růžové	14	27 °NM	6	4.5	18	–	–
Morava výběr z bobulí červené	14	27 °NM	6	4.5	18	–	–
Morava výběr z cibéb bílé	14	32 °NM	6	4.5	16	–	–
Morava výběr z cibéb růžové	14	32 °NM	6	4.5	18	–	–
Morava výběr z cibéb červené	14	32 °NM	6	4.5	18	–	–
Morava ledové víno bílé	14	27 °NM	6	4.5	19	–	–
Morava ledové víno červené	14	27 °NM	6	4.5	18	–	–
Morava slámové víno bílé	14	27 °NM	6	4.5	19	–	–
Morava slámové víno červené	14	27 °NM	6	4.5	18	–	–
Morava rezerva červené	14	–	–	–	–	24	12
Morava rezerva bílé a růžové	14	–	–	–	–	24	6
Morava likérové víno	–	–	17	15	–	–	–
Morava šumivé víno	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Morava jakostní šumivé víno	–	–	10	–	–	–	–
Morava jakostní aromatické šumivé víno	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Morava perlivé víno	–	–	9	7	–	–	–
Morava perlivé víno dosycené oxidem uhličitým	–	–	9	7	–	–	–
Morava částečně zkvašený hroznový mošt	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
Morava víno ze sušených hroznů	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Morava víno z přezrálých hroznů	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

From the official production rules (national product specification, via the EU register). Hover a figure to see the clause it comes from. A dash means the rules set no figure, or it is not captured yet.

Other varieties allowed

Besides the main grapes, the rules allow these varieties in some wines. Grape names link where a profile exists.

52 varieties · 9 wines

Agni, Alibernet, André, Ariana, Aurelius, Auxerrois, Blauburger, Cabernet Moravia, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cerason, Chardonnay, Domina, Dornfelder, Dĕvín, Erilon, Florianka, Frankovka, Fratava, Hibernal, Irsai Oliver, Kerner, Kofranka, Laurot, Lena, Malverina, Merlot, Modrý Portugal, Muller Thurgau, Muškát Moravský, Muškát Ottonel, Nativa, Neronet, Neuburské, Pinot Noir, Pálava, Rinot, Rubinet, Rulandské Bílé, Rulandské Šedé, Ryzlink Rýnský, Ryzlink Vlašský, Sauvignon Blanc, Savilon, Sevar, Svatovavřinecké, Sylvánské Zelené, Tramín Červený, Veltlínské Zelené, Veltlínské Červené Rané, Veritas, Vrboska, Zweigeltrebe

In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine

Cellar

Where the wine must be made

Within the production zone

02 · Climate fingerprint

The climate

The growing season averages 15.2 °C, intermediate on Gregory Jones's scale, with 1,162 growing degree days (Winkler Ib).

The average year 1991–2020, vineyards at about 315 m

Monthly mean, °CRain, mmGrowing season

Growing-season temperature: 15.2 °C; Intermediate · 15–17 °C (Jones)
Growing degree days: 1,162; Region Ib: 1,111–1,388 degree days
Growing-season rain: 475 mm; Of 682 mm a year
Harvest rain: 117 mm; September–October

Copernicus ERA5-Land monthly averages at 5 vineyard points (Vineyard point 1, 234 m; Vineyard point 2, 328 m; Vineyard point 3, 292 m; Vineyard point 4, 366 m; Vineyard point 5, 357 m), moved to each point's height from the model's terrain. Indices that need daily data are not captured yet. How the climate figures are made.

Closest climates in the database

Picked by the data, not by hand: the profiles nearest on season warmth (counted twice), degree days, rain, ripening-month nights and day–night range. Neighbours within 30 km are left out, as they share the same weather.

1. ZnojmoVery similarCompared with Morava: same season warmth, similar rain.

2. Coteaux champenoisVery similarCompared with Morava: same season warmth, similar rain.

3. Hessische BergstraßeVery similarCompared with Morava: same season warmth, similar rain.

Growing-season temperature

Morava

15.2 °C

Znojmo

15.2 °C

Coteaux champenois

15.2 °C

Hessische Bergstraße

15.2 °C

Growing degree days

Morava

1,162

Znojmo

1,163

Coteaux champenois

1,143

Hessische Bergstraße

1,140

Growing-season rain

Morava

475 mm

Znojmo

468 mm

Coteaux champenois

482 mm

Hessische Bergstraße

476 mm

03 · Year by year

35 vintages

Each column is one growing season: heat above or below the 1991–2020 average, and rain at harvest. Pick a year for the details.

Warmer than averageCooler than averageHarvest rain (Sep–Oct)Average harvest rain, 117 mm

2025

Growing-season temp.
Growing degree days
Harvest rain
Growing-season rain
September nights
Hot days and frosts

Seasons are labelled by harvest year (April–October). Year-to-year changes from ERA5-Land; tested against station records in Alto Adige (r = 0.94 for season temperature at Bolzano). Rain varies more locally, so treat single-season rain with some caution. Vintage ratings, harvest dates and frost or hail events have places in the data model but are not loaded yet.

04 · Where the numbers come from

Sources

A geospatial inventory of regulatory information for wine protected designations of origin in Europe · Candiago et al., Scientific Data 9, 394 (2022); Eurac Research · CC0
ERA5-Land monthly averaged data (reanalysis-era5-land-monthly-means) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), Climate Data Store · CC BY 4.0 (Copernicus licence)
OpenStreetMap vineyard areas (landuse=vineyard), from Geofabrik country extracts · OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL 1.0
Copernicus DEM GLO-90 (AWS open data tiles) · European Space Agency / Copernicus · Copernicus DEM licence
Product specification: Morava (CHOP_Morava_SPECIFIKACE_final.pdf) · National authority, as filed in the EU register (eAmbrosia) · Official document
Appellation nesting worked out from boundaries (pipeline/build_nesting.py) · Vinous, from the Eurac PDO boundaries · CC0 (source data)
Climate profiles calculated by Vinous: method

Still to check (3)

Generated from EU reference data: check against the current product specification.
From the specification: Products are the specification's categories: quality wine (jakostní víno) and Prädikat-style quality wines with attribute (kabinetní víno, pozdní sběr, výběr z hroznů, výběr z bobulí, výběr z cibéb, ledové víno = ice wine, slámové víno = straw wine) per colour, plus liqueur, sparkling (šumivé), quality sparkling (sekt), aromatic quality sparkling, semi-sparkling (perlivé), carbonated semi-sparkling, partially fermented grape must (burčák), wine from dried grapes and wine from overripe grapes; must weights are in °NM (normalised must meter). Dry extract values are the lower end of the stated range; volatile acidity limits are also given in meq/l; varieties are any registered in the State Variety Book (the specification lists the planted area by variety); jakostní víno odrůdové may blend at most 3 varieties. Ice wine grapes must be harvested at -7 °C or below and stay frozen during pressing. Straw wine grapes are dried for at least 3 months (2 months if the must already reaches 32 °NM). Quality sparkling wine may be made by tank (at least 60 days) or bottle fermentation (at least 9 months), so no single method is recorded. 'Archivní víno' may be released no earlier than 3 years after the harvest year; 'mladé víno' must be sold by the end of the harvest year. 'Rezerva' (still wines only) needs 24 months' ageing in wood and then bottle, of which 12 months in wood for red and 6 for white or rosé. 'Premium' applies to výběr wines from grapes at least 30 % affected by noble rot. Wines from dried or overripe grapes are defined by reference to the straw-wine and ice-wine/výběr rules; liqueur wine needs 15-22 % actual and at least 17 % total alcohol.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.