Balatonmelléki

What is made here

Wine colours

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

Where it is

Balatonmelléki in Hungary

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

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01 · What the law says

The rules

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

3 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine	Max wine hl/ha	Grape ripeness min. % pot. alc.	Wine min. % alc.	Acidity min. g/l
Balatonmelléki fehér	120	8	8	4
Balatonmelléki rozé	120	8	8	4
Balatonmelléki vörös	120	8	8	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); Lyra

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: Balatonmelléki (Ares(2014)2154486) · 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). At least 85 % of the grapes must come from the zone (Class I and II cadastre land of Fejér, Somogy, Veszprém and Zala), with a production derogation for Bács-Kiskun, Pest, Komárom-Esztergom, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Vas, Tolna and Baranya. Vineyards planted after 1 August 2010: listed training systems and at least 3,300 vines/ha; older vineyards qualify regardless. Practices in rows 14 and 32 of Annex I A to Regulation 606/2009 are not permitted; sweetening only within the zone or the neighbouring processing area. 'Muskotály' needs at least 85 % muscat-type varieties (at most 15 % of the listed others). About 70 varieties are listed, the main ones including Zweigelt, Zöld veltelini, Cabernet sauvignon, Furmint, Ezerjó, Kékfrankos, Kadarka, Hárslevelű, Chardonnay, Olasz rizling, Merlot, Kövidinka and Pinot noir. 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.