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Landwein Rhein

3Wines in the rules

What is made here

Wine colours

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

Where it is

Landwein Rhein in Germany

The boundary for Landwein Rhein is not on Vinous yet. It is added by the geography step of the data pipeline.

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 Landwein Rhein must meet.

3 wines in the rules, all colours.
WineMax wine
hl/ha		Must weight
min.		Grape ripeness
min. % pot. alc.		Actual alc.
min. %		After enrichment
max. % alc.		Acidity
min. g/l
Landwein Rhein Weißwein 10050 °Oe64.511.53.5
Landwein Rhein Roséwein 10050 °Oe64.511.53.5
Landwein Rhein Rotwein 10050 °Oe64.5123.5

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.

In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine

Allowed
Enrichment (chaptalisation)

02 · Where the numbers come from

Sources

  1. eAmbrosia, the EU register of geographical indications (wine) · European Commission · Commission reuse policy
  2. Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Article 93 (definitions of designation of origin and geographical indication) and Articles 92-123 · European Union · EU law
  3. Product specification: Landwein Rhein (ggA Landwein Rhein_111215.pdf) · National authority, as filed in the EU register (eAmbrosia) · Official document
Still to check (3)
  • Boundary not captured yet (PGIs are not in the Eurac boundary data).
  • From the specification: Landwein (PGI) spanning Rheinland-Pfalz, Hessen and Nordrhein-Westfalen. Maximum yield differs by state: 150 hl/ha in Rheinland-Pfalz, 100 hl/ha in Hessen, 105 hl/ha in Nordrhein-Westfalen (lowest recorded). Varieties: a common list (Auxerrois, Bacchus, Weißer Riesling, Blauer Spätburgunder, Dornfelder...) plus further lists for Hessen and Rheinland-Pfalz, Hessen only, Rheinland-Pfalz only and NRW only. At least 85 % of grapes from the area, the rest from another German Landwein area. Sweetness terms trocken, halbtrocken, lieblich and süß are defined. Sweetening is allowed only with German grape must. Mixing red- and white-grape products is not allowed except for Rotling.
  • National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.