Mitteldeutscher Landwein

What is made here

Wine colours

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

Where it is

Mitteldeutscher Landwein in Germany

The boundary for Mitteldeutscher Landwein 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 Mitteldeutscher Landwein must meet.

3 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine	Max wine hl/ha	Must weight min.	Grape ripeness min. % pot. alc.	Actual alc. min. %	After enrichment max. % alc.	Acidity min. g/l
Mitteldeutscher Landwein Weißwein	90	53 °Oe	6.4	4.5	11.5	3.5
Mitteldeutscher Landwein Roséwein	90	53 °Oe	6.4	4.5	11.5	3.5
Mitteldeutscher Landwein Rotwein	90	53 °Oe	6.4	4.5	12	3.5

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

eAmbrosia, the EU register of geographical indications (wine) · European Commission · Commission reuse policy
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Article 93 (definitions of designation of origin and geographical indication) and Articles 92-123 · European Union · EU law
Product specification: Mitteldeutscher Landwein (ggA Mitteldeutscher Landwein_111214.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). Described as dry or medium-dry (trocken or halbtrocken). Varieties: white list (Auxerrois, Bacchus, Weißer Burgunder, Müller-Thurgau, Weißer Riesling...) and red/rosé list (Acolon, André, Dornfelder, Blauer Spätburgunder...) without shares, plus varieties under suitability trials. Enrichment may not use concentrated grape must; cold concentration is prohibited; Sweetening is allowed only with German grape must.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.