Χίος · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

The only colour the rules allow.

Where it is

Χίος in Greece

The boundary for Χίος 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 Χίος 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
Χίος οίνος λευκός ξηρός	Αγιαννιώτικο / Μανδηλαριά / Φωκιανό / Χιώτικο κρασερό	10	80	12	12.5	12.5	4.5	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 m

Lowest vineyard allowed

Training

Systems allowed

κυπελλοειδή (goblet); γραμμικά (trellised rows)

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: Χίος (ΠΡΟΔΙΑΓΡΑΦΗ ΤΟΥ ΟΙΝΟΥ ΜΕ ΠΓΕ ΧΙΟΣ.docx) · 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: Specification: white and red wines, each dry, medium-dry (ημίξηρος) and medium-sweet (ημίγλυκος); sugar figures are total sugars in g/l. Grape yield 10,000 kg/ha for all; wine yield 80 hl/ha red and 75 hl/ha white. Total acidity maxima range from 5.5 to 8 g/l by type. Vineyards in Chios prefecture above 50 m; bush (goblet) and trellised training; white fermentation at most 20 °C; medium-dry and medium-sweet wines may be made by sweetening dry wine under EU rules.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.