Official exam number
The official test number ( AP no. ) Is the number issued by the authorities for the individual labeling of wines or brandies that meet certain quality criteria. The official test number must be clearly visible on every bottle.
Official test number for German wine
The official test number is the number assigned to each “ quality wine ” and “ predicate wine ” (formerly “quality wine with predicate”) according to German wine law , which confirms the successful passing of the quality wine test . It is mandatory to indicate it on the label .
The official test number is only awarded if the wine has been made from grapes from the Vitis vinifera grapevine , the stipulated harvest quantity per hectare has been complied with and the applicable wine law requirements have been analytically and sensory fulfilled.
The bottling plant , the year of employment for quality wine testing and the current internal number of the wine can be read from it.
The structure of the official examination number
The first digit identifies the test center that assigned the official test number to the wine (1 = Koblenz ; 2 = Wittlich ; 3 = Trier ; 4 = Alzey ; 5 = Neustadt ; 6.7 = Bad Kreuznach ...). The next three digits stand for the municipality in which the applicant is based. Numbers five to seven are the bottler's company number. The next two digits indicate the filling of a company as a consecutive number. The year of the application can be seen from the last two digits. For example, the number 01 indicates the year 2001.
Official test number for German brandy
The official test number is issued annually to a brandy produced in the Federal Republic of Germany by the state quality testing offices of the federal states after an analytical and sensory test. The brandy is judged by an expert examination committee for color, clarity, smell and taste. The maximum possible number of points is 20. A product that receives less than 15 points may not be placed on the market as brandy.
literature
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 2nd Edition. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich, 2003, ISBN 3-7742-0914-6 .