Πέλλα · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

The only colour the rules allow.

Where it is

Πέλλα in Greece

The boundary for Πέλλα 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 Πέλλα must meet.

1 wine in the rules.
Wine	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
Πέλλα Οίνος λευκός ξηρός	12	90	10.5	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: Πέλλα (Πέλλα 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: Pella (Πέλλα) regional wine: white, red and rosé, each dry or semi-dry; zone is the prefecture of Pella. Varieties (no shares): white Roditis, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Ugni Blanc; red Xinomavro, Agiorgitiko, Limnio, Moschomavro, Negoska, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsaut, Merlot, Syrah; rosé the red list plus Roditis. Grape yield 12,000 kg/ha is set for red and white varieties and applied here to rosé too. Sweetening permitted for semi-dry wines; dry wines may exceed 4 g/l sugar under the EU rules referred to; white and rosé fermentation at no more than 20 °C.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.