Νέα Μεσημβρία

What is made here

Wine colours

The only colour the rules allow.

Where it is

Νέα Μεσημβρία in Greece

The boundary for Νέα Μεσημβρία 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 Νέα Μεσημβρία 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
Νέα Μεσηµβρία οίνος λευκός ξηρός	Ληµνιό / Cabernet Sauvignon / Cinsaut / Grenache rouge / Merlot / Syrah	12	96	11	11.5	11.5	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: Νέα Μεσημβρία (ΠΓΕ Νέα Μεσήμβρια - 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 and red wines only, dry and semi-dry; grape yield 12,000 kg/ha for both colours. Maximum total acidity 7.5 g/l (7.0 for reds); white fermentation at no more than 20 °C; sweetening of dry wines allowed for semi-dry wines. The zone is the municipal district of Nea Mesimvria (Thessaloniki); no altitude limit is set.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.