Balaton · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

Colours the rules allow. Pick a colour to filter the rules and grapes below.

Where it is

Balaton in Hungary

The boundary for Balaton is not on Vinous yet. It is added by the geography step of the data pipeline.

Showing every colour The colour filter changes the rules and grapes. Climate, vintages and soils describe the vineyards, so they stay the same.

01 · What the law says

The rules

Limits on grapes, yields, ripeness and ageing that every wine labelled Balaton must meet.

6 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine	Max wine hl/ha	Grape sugar min. g/l	Grape ripeness min. % pot. alc.	Wine min. % alc.	Acidity min. g/l
Balaton bor - fehér	100	152	9	9	4
Balaton bor - rozé	100	152	9	9	4
Balaton bor - vörös	100	152	9	9	4
Balaton pezsgő - fehér	100	152	9	9	4
Balaton pezsgő - rozé	100	152	9	9	4
Balaton pezsgő - vörös	100	152	9	9	4

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

3,300

Vines per hectare, minimum

Training

Systems allowed

umbrella; Moser; Sylvoz; low, medium-high and high cordon; Guyot; single curtain; head; bush (bak)

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
Technical file: Balaton (Ares(2014)2153658) · 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: Technical file AM01 (2014). Although registered as a PGI, this document calls Balaton a protected designation of origin (OEM) and is referenced PDO-HU-A1507-AM01. Categories: wine and sparkling wine (pezsgő), each white, rosé and red. Grapes need 151.5 g/l sugar (9 % vol); maximum bud load 14 buds/m2; hand or machine harvest; sweetening only within the zone or the listed neighbouring processing area. Vineyards planted after 22 September 2006: listed training systems and at least 3,300 vines/ha. Zone: the Badacsony, Balatonboglár, Balaton-felvidék, Balatonfüred-Csopak, Nagy-Somló and Zala wine districts. Main varieties: Zweigelt, Zöld veltelini, Cabernet sauvignon, Cabernet franc, Furmint, Ezerjó, Kékfrankos, Kadarka, Hárslevelű, Cserszegi fűszeres, Chasselas, Chardonnay, Olasz rizling, Merlot, Rizlingszilváni, Rajnai rizling, Pinot noir. 'Palackban erjesztett' (bottle-fermented) is only a permitted label term, so no sparkling method is recorded. The analytical table labels minimum total alcohol as 'tömegszázalék' (per cent by mass), a template label; the figures are recorded as % vol.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.