Κρήτη · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

The only colour the rules allow.

Where it is

Κρήτη in Greece

The boundary for Κρήτη 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 Κρήτη must meet.

1 wine in the rules.
Wine	Main grape(s)	Grape ripeness min. % pot. alc.	Wine min. % alc.	Actual alc. min. %	Acidity min. g/l	Sugar max. g/l
Κρήτη οίνος λευκός ξηρός	white and red varieties listed	16	17.5	15	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.

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: Κρήτη (Προδιαγραφή ΠΓΕ Κρήτη.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: Regional PGI for Crete: still white, red and rosé (ερυθρωπός) wines dry to sweet; liastos (sun- or shade-dried grapes, no added must, concentrate or alcohol); white and red liqueur wines (fortified; made from must of at least 12 % vol natural strength) and liqueur wine from dried grapes, with fortification completed by 31 May of the following year. Yields are not fixed here: the specification refers to the yields in the ministerial decisions for the Cretan PDO and PGI wines, and grapes must come from their recognised vineyard areas. Maximum total acidity 7.5 g/l (7.0 g/l for red); white and rosé fermentation not above 20 °C; sweetening permitted for semi-dry and sweeter wines.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.