Ικαρία · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

The only colour the rules allow.

Where it is

Ικαρία in Greece

The boundary for Ικαρία 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 Ικαρία 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
Ικαρία Οίνος λευκός ξηρός	Vaftra, Mandilaria, Fokiano +1	10	75	10	11.5	11.5	3.5	45

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

50–800 m

Vineyard altitude allowed

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: Ικαρία (Προδιαγραφή Προϊόντος ΠΓΕ Ικαρία.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: Zone is the island of Ikaria between 50 and 800 m. White and rosé ferment at no more than 20 °C; sweetening permitted for off-dry and medium wines; wine may be made in wineries in neighbouring prefectures. Sugar maxima carry footnotes referring to EU labelling rules.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.