Young wine

Bottle of young wine (Primeur)

Young wine is wine from the last or at most penultimate production. Annex 1 point 11 of the EU wine market regulation defines it as follows:

"Young wine: the wine whose alcoholic fermentation has not yet ended and which has not yet been separated from its yeast."

Its liveliness is typical. In Austria this wine is usually called Heurigen (in Styria also Junker), in Spanish Vino joven , in Italian Novello , in French Nouveau or Primeur .

Typical varieties

White wines: Grüner Veltliner , Welschriesling , Müller-Thurgau , Bouvier , Neuburger , Sauvignon Blanc and Muscatel .
Red wines: St. Laurent , Pinot Noir , Blauer Portugieser and Zweigelt .

A particularly well-known young wine, the arrival of which is celebrated throughout Europe every year, is the French Beaujolais nouveau .

Web links

Wiktionary: Jungwein - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Remarks

↑ Regulation (EC) No. 1493/99 (PDF) of the Council of May 17, 1999 on the common organization of the market for wine, Annex 1 of which according to Council Regulation (EC) No. 479/2008 of April 29, 2008 on the common organization of the market in wine, amending Regulations (EC) No 1493/1999, (EC) No 1782/2003, (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 3/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2392/86 and (EC ) No 1493/1999 is retained.

[1] Regulation (EC) No. 1493/99 (PDF) of the Council of May 17, 1999 on the common organization of the market for wine, Annex 1 of which according to Council Regulation (EC) No. 479/2008 of April 29, 2008 on the common organization of the market in wine, amending Regulations (EC) No 1493/1999, (EC) No 1782/2003, (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 3/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2392/86 and (EC ) No 1493/1999 is retained.