Ζάκυνθος

What is made here

Wine colours

The only colour the rules allow.

Where it is

Ζάκυνθος in Greece

The boundary for Ζάκυνθος 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 Ζάκυνθος 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
Ζάκυνθος Οίνος λευκός ξηρός	12	98	10.5	11	11	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.

In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine

20 m

Lowest vineyard allowed

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: Ζάκυνθος (Προδιαγραφή οίνων ΠΓΕ Ζάκυνθος.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, red and rosé (ερυθρωπός) wines, each dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet or sweet. White varieties: Φιλέρι, Κορίθι, Ασπρούδες, Μυγδάλι, Μοσχατέλλα (Μοσχαρδίνια), Βιολεντό, Γουστολίδι (Αυγουστολίδι, Βοστίλιδας), Κουτσουμπέλι, Λαγόρθι, Παύλος, Ροδίτης, Ρομπόλα, Σαββατιανό, Σκιαδόπουλο. Rosé uses the listed white and red varieties; its grape yield is recorded as the lower red-variety limit (12 t/ha; white varieties 13 t/ha). Sweetening is permitted for semi-dry, semi-sweet and sweet wines; white and rosé ferment at no more than 20 °C; the zone covers Zakynthos above 20 m. Sugar figures are total sugars; sweet wines have only a minimum (45 g/l).
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.