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PGI · Appellation profile

Maltese Islands

3Wines in the rules

What is made here

Wine colours

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

Where it is

Maltese Islands in Malta

The boundary for Maltese Islands 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 Maltese Islands must meet.

3 wines in the rules, all colours.
WineMax wine
hl/ha		Grape ripeness
min. % pot. alc.		Wine
min. % alc.
Maltese Islands white 1259.510.5
Maltese Islands rosé 1259.510.5
Maltese Islands red 1209.510.5

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

  1. eAmbrosia, the EU register of geographical indications (wine) · European Commission · Commission reuse policy
  2. Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Article 93 (definitions of designation of origin and geographical indication) and Articles 92-123 · European Union · EU law
  3. Product specification: Maltese Islands (Product Specification_Maltese Islands.pdf) · 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: Product specification (December 2011). Lowest limits recorded: wines from Girgentina and Ġellewża need only 9.5 % vol natural alcohol (other white and rosé 10.0 % natural and 10.5 % total; other reds 10.5 % natural and 11.0 % total; Ġellewża monovarietal red 10.5 % total). The kg/ha yields in the table (179 white/rosé, 171 red, i.e. 17.9 and 17.1 t/ha) are stated not to be legal requirements, so only hl/ha is recorded. Novello, Frizzante, semi-sparkling, aerated semi-sparkling and liqueur wine mentions follow national Legal Notice 167 of 2007; a varietal mention needs at least 85 % of that variety. Varieties are those in Legal Notice 188 of 2006, not listed in the specification. The production area is the Maltese Islands excluding the harbour area of Malta.
  • National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.