Starkenburger Landwein

What is made here

Wine colours

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

Where it is

Starkenburger Landwein in Germany

The boundary for Starkenburger 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 Starkenburger 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
Starkenburger Landwein Weißwein	100	53 °Oe	6.4	4.5	11.5	3.5
Starkenburger Landwein Rotwein	100	53 °Oe	6.4	4.5	12	3.5
Starkenburger Landwein Roséwein	100	53 °Oe	6.4	4.5	11.5	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: Starkenburger Landwein (ggA Starkenburger Landwein_111213.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: Long variety lists for white wine (Albalonga, Arnsburger, Auxerrois, André, Bacchus, Riesling, Silvaner...) and for red and rosé wine (Acolon, Accent, Allegro, Cabernet varieties, Dornfelder, Spätburgunder...), with no shares. Minimum natural strength 6.4 % vol / 53 °Oechsle; yield 100 hl/ha. Wines are made dry ('trocken') or medium-dry ('halbtrocken') under the EU sugar limits (dry up to 4 g/l or 9 g/l, medium-dry up to 12 g/l or 18 g/l with the acidity conditions). Sweetening only with grape must. Production must take place in this Landwein area, another Hessian Landwein area or one in a neighbouring state. The specification also mentions Weißherbst; no separate rules.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.