Μακεδονία

What is made here

Wine colours

The only colour the rules allow.

Where it is

Μακεδονία in Greece

The boundary for Μακεδονία 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 Μακεδονία must meet.

1 wine in the rules.
Wine	Grape ripeness min. % pot. alc.	Wine min. % alc.	Actual alc. min. %	Acidity min. g/l	Sugar max. g/l
Μακεδονία Οίνος λευκός ξηρός	11	17.5	11	3.5	17.5

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: Μακεδονία (Τροποποιημένη Προδιαγραφή του ΠΓΕ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ.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: Amended product specification (Ares(2013)3472338). Types: white, red and rosé (ερυθρωπός) wines each dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet and sweet; white and red liqueur wine (λικέρ, 15-22 % vol actual, made from partially fermented must of at least 12 % vol natural with added vine-based alcohol or distillate); Liastos (wine from sun- or shade-dried grapes with no added must, concentrate or alcohol); white semi-sparkling wine dry and semi-dry (1-2.5 bar, CO2 of endogenous origin, traditional local technique). Maximum yields are not stated: the text defers them to the ministerial decisions recognising the PDO and PGI wines of Macedonia. Sugar is given as total sugars. The semi-sweet rosé needs a higher natural strength (11.0 %) than its actual strength (10.5 %), as printed; the semi-sweet white actual strength is printed '10,.0'. White and rosé wines are fermented at no more than 20 °C; sweetening is permitted for semi-dry, semi-sweet and sweet wines. Liastos, liqueur and semi-sparkling wines are said to use the varieties of the PGI Peloponnese list (apparently a copy error) grown in named Macedonian areas (Siatista, Kastoria, Drama; Pieria, Evros; Florina). White varieties include Assyrtiko, Malagousia, Roditis, Xinomavro, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc; red include Xinomavro, Negoska, Limnio, Agiorgitiko, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. The zone covers listed Macedonian prefectures, some with altitude limits (e.g. Thessaloniki 50-800 m, Kastoria 600-1000 m, Kozani 250 m and above), so no single altitude is recorded. A labelling clause names PGI Dodecanese (a copy error); 'Ρομπόλα' may not be named on white wine labels.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.