Μεταξάτων

What is made here

Wine colours

The only colour the rules allow.

Where it is

Μεταξάτων in Greece

The boundary for Μεταξάτων 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 Μεταξάτων must meet.

1 wine in the rules.
Wine	Main grape(s)	Max yield t/ha	Max wine hl/ha	Wine min. % alc.	Actual alc. min. %	Acidity min. g/l	Sugar max. g/l
Μεταξάτα ΟΙΝΟΣ ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΞΗΡΟΣ	100% Θηνιάτικο (Thiniatiko, synonym of Mavrodafni)	10	86	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: Μεταξάτων (Προδιαγραφή Προϊόντος ΠΓΕ Μεταξάτα.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: Red wines only (dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet) from Thiniatiko (Mavrodafni); recorded as 100 % because it is the only variety named. Sweetening is permitted for semi-dry and semi-sweet wines. No natural alcohol minimum is stated. The zone is Monastiria Metaxaton on Kefalonia.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.