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PGI · Appellation profile

Sjælland

6Wines 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

Sjælland in Denmark

The boundary for Sjælland 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 Sjælland must meet.

6 wines in the rules, all colours.
WineMax wine
hl/ha		Actual alc.
min. %		Acidity
min. g/l
Sjælland rødvin 609.54.5
Sjælland hvidvin 609.54.5
Sjælland rosévin 609.54.5
Sjælland vin af delvist tørrede druer 609.54.5
Sjælland mousserende vin 609.54.5
Sjælland mousserende kvalitetsvin 60104.5

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.

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: Sjælland (Produktspecifikation Sjælland 21.12.2011.doc) · 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: Danish regional wine. Varieties from the OIV list: 20 black (Acolon, Cabernet Cantor, Baco Noir, Baron, Bolero, Pinot Noir, Regent, Rondo...), 18 green (Chardonnay, Helios, Johanniter, Madeleine Angevine, Orion, Riesling, Solaris...) and 2 pink (Siegerrebe, Souvignier gris), with no shares. Sweet wines may have lower actual alcohol if total alcohol is at least 10.5 % vol. Maximum yield is given as '60 hl' per hectare. Limits on volatile acidity and sulphur dioxide are not recorded; no rules on enrichment, ageing or vinification place. Wine from partly dried grapes shares the still-wine limits. Sparkling wines need over 3.5 bar pressure at 20 °C.
  • National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.