Γουμένισσα

What is made here

Wine colours

The only colour the rules allow.

Where it is

Γουμένισσα in Greece

Latitude: 40.7°–41.0° N
Production zone: 37,700 ha

Boundary drawn from whole communes, so it is a little larger than the legal zone. Boundary: Eurac Research PDO inventory (CC0). Country outlines: Natural Earth. Dots on the zone map are the vineyard points used for climate.

01 · What the law says

The rules

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

3 wines 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	Ageing min. months	In wood min. months	In bottle min. months
Γουμένισσα Οίνος Ερυθρός Ξηρός	Xinomavro	10	80	11.5	11.5	11.5	3.5	4	–	–	–
Γουμένισσα Οίνος Ερυθρός Ξηρός Επιλεγμένος (Réserve)	Xinomavro	10	80	11.5	11.5	11.5	3.5	4	24	12	6
Γουμένισσα Οίνος Ερυθρός Ξηρός Ειδικά Επιλεγμένος (Grande Réserve)	Xinomavro	10	80	11.5	11.5	11.5	3.5	4	48	18	18

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.

Blend rules

Γουμένισσα Οίνος Ερυθρός Ξηρός

– Xinomavro · Main grape
≥ 20% Negoska · Allowed

Blend rules

Γουμένισσα Οίνος Ερυθρός Ξηρός Επιλεγμένος (Réserve)

– Xinomavro · Main grape
≥ 20% Negoska · Allowed

At least 24 months' ageing.

Blend rules

Γουμένισσα Οίνος Ερυθρός Ξηρός Ειδικά Επιλεγμένος (Grande Réserve)

– Xinomavro · Main grape
≥ 20% Negoska · Allowed

At least 48 months' ageing.

Other varieties allowed

Besides the main grapes, the rules allow these varieties in some wines. Grape names link where a profile exists.

2 varieties · Γουμένισσα Οίνος Ερυθρός Ξηρός, Γουμένισσα Οίνος Ερυθρός Ξηρός Επιλεγμένος (Réserve), Γουμένισσα Οίνος Ερυθρός Ξηρός Ειδικά Επιλεγμένος (Grande Réserve)

Negoska, Xinomavro

In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine

150 m

Lowest vineyard allowed

Training

Systems allowed

goblet or linear forms with double cordon

Prohibited

Irrigation

02 · Climate fingerprint

The climate

The growing season averages 20.2 °C, hot on Gregory Jones's scale, with 2,178 growing degree days (Winkler IV).

The average year 1991–2020, vineyards at about 59 m

Monthly mean, °CRain, mmGrowing season

Growing-season temperature: 20.2 °C; Hot · 19–21 °C (Jones)
Growing degree days: 2,178; Region IV: 1,944–2,221 degree days
Growing-season rain: 370 mm; Of 752 mm a year
Harvest rain: 130 mm; September–October

Copernicus ERA5-Land monthly averages at 3 vineyard points (Vineyard point 1, 43 m; Vineyard point 2, 63 m; Vineyard point 3, 71 m), moved to each point's height from the model's terrain. Indices that need daily data are not captured yet. How the climate figures are made.

Closest climates in the database

Picked by the data, not by hand: the profiles nearest on season warmth (counted twice), degree days, rain, ripening-month nights and day–night range. Neighbours within 30 km are left out, as they share the same weather.

1. ParrinaVery similarCompared with Γουμένισσα: same season warmth, similar rain.

2. LameziaVery similarCompared with Γουμένισσα: same season warmth, similar rain.

3. Muscat du Cap CorseVery similarCompared with Γουμένισσα: same season warmth, similar rain.

Growing-season temperature

Γουμένισσα

20.2 °C

Parrina

20.3 °C

Lamezia

20.1 °C

Muscat du Cap Corse

20.3 °C

Growing degree days

Γουμένισσα

2,178

Parrina

2,204

Lamezia

2,167

Muscat du Cap Corse

2,196

Growing-season rain

Γουμένισσα

370 mm

Parrina

382 mm

Lamezia

404 mm

Muscat du Cap Corse

339 mm

03 · Year by year

35 vintages

Each column is one growing season: heat above or below the 1991–2020 average, and rain at harvest. Pick a year for the details.

Warmer than averageCooler than averageHarvest rain (Sep–Oct)Average harvest rain, 130 mm

2025

Growing-season temp.
Growing degree days
Harvest rain
Growing-season rain
September nights
Hot days and frosts

Seasons are labelled by harvest year (April–October). Year-to-year changes from ERA5-Land; tested against station records in Alto Adige (r = 0.94 for season temperature at Bolzano). Rain varies more locally, so treat single-season rain with some caution. Vintage ratings, harvest dates and frost or hail events have places in the data model but are not loaded yet.

04 · Where the numbers come from

Sources

A geospatial inventory of regulatory information for wine protected designations of origin in Europe · Candiago et al., Scientific Data 9, 394 (2022); Eurac Research · CC0
ERA5-Land monthly averaged data (reanalysis-era5-land-monthly-means) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), Climate Data Store · CC BY 4.0 (Copernicus licence)
Product specification: Γουμένισσα (ΓΟΥΜΕΝΙΣΣΑ προδιαγραφή τελικο.doc) · National authority, as filed in the EU register (eAmbrosia) · Official document
Climate profiles calculated by Vinous: method

Still to check (3)

Generated from EU reference data: check against the current product specification.
From the specification: Xinomavro and Negoska are co-fermented, Negoska at least 20 % by weight. Areas inside irrigation networks or below 150 m are excluded; vines must be over four years old. Fermentation below 30 °C.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.