Λακωνία · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

The only colour the rules allow.

Where it is

Λακωνία in Greece

The boundary for Λακωνία 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 Λακωνία 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
Λακωνία οίνος λευκός ξηρός	Μαυρούδι / Αγιωργίτικο / Θράψα / Μανδηλαριά / Ροδίτης / Μαλαγουζιά / Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot	12	96	11	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.

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: Λακωνία (ΛΑΚΩΝΙΑ ΠΡΟΔΙΑΓΡΑΦΗ ΠΡΟΪΟΝΤΟΣ τελ.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: Grape yield 12,000 kg/ha for red and white varieties; wine yield 96 hl/ha for red and 90 hl/ha for white, none stated for rosé. Maximum total acidity 7.5 g/l (7.0 for most reds); white and rosé fermentation at no more than 20 °C; sweetening allowed for semi-dry, semi-sweet and sweet wines. The zone is the whole prefecture of Laconia.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.