Κως · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

The only colour the rules allow.

Where it is

Κως in Greece

The boundary for Κως 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 Κως 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
Κως Οίνος λευκός ξηρός	Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsaut, Grenache rouge +4	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

20 m

Lowest vineyard 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: Κως (Κως Προδιαγραφή Προϊόντος.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: White, red and rosé (ερυθρωπός) wines, each dry, semi-dry or semi-sweet. Sweetening is permitted for semi-dry and semi-sweet wines; white and rosé ferment at no more than 20 °C; the zone covers Kos above 20 m. Sugar figures are total sugars.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.