Βελβεντό

What is made here

Wine colours

The only colour the rules allow.

Where it is

Βελβεντό in Greece

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

01 · What the law says

The rules

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

1 wine in the rules.
Wine	Main grape(s)	Max yield t/ha	Max wine hl/ha	Grape ripeness min. % pot. alc.	Wine min. % alc.	Actual alc. min. %	Acidity min. g/l	Sugar max. g/l
Βελβεντό οίνος λευκός ξηρός	Ροδίτης / Ξινόµαυρο / Μοσχόµαυρο / Merlot / Syrah / Cabernet Franc / Cabernet Sauvignon / Ληµνιώνα	12	90	10.5	11	11	3.5	9

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

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: Βελβεντό (Προδιαγραφή Προϊόντος για το ΠΓΕ Βελβεντός.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: Dry wines only. Maximum total acidity 7.5 g/l (7.0 for red); white and rosé fermentation at no more than 20 °C. The zone is the municipal unit of Velvento (Kozani); no altitude limit is set.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.