Rectified grape must concentrate
Rectified grape must concentrate (RTK) is the liquid, non- caramelized product that is produced by rectification and extensive dehydration, as well as other approved treatments to remove the ingredients except sugar from grape must . It is a highly concentrated sugar syrup made from grape must.
use
Council Regulation (EC) No. 1493/1999 of May 17, 1999 on the common organization of the market in wine provides for the use of RTK for the purpose of enrichment as a market regulation mechanism. Enrichment may only be carried out once, at the latest by March 15th of the year following the grape harvest. For this purpose, a notification of the planned fortification with rectified grape must concentrate to increase the alcohol content and then a notification of the increase in alcohol content through rectified grape must concentrate in accordance with Article 25 paragraph 1 of Regulation (EC) No. 1622/2000 is required beforehand.
Ban on enrichment
In Germany, the use of RTK was banned until 1986. Table and quality wines can be enriched with RTK.
The use of RTK for enrichment (Germany, Austria) of predicate wines , such as. B. Cabinet or selection .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Regulation (EC) No. 1493/1999 ( PDF (PDF) )
- ↑ Wine market organization ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Procedure and results of enrichment with RTK (PDF file; 158 kB)
- Wolfgang Renner: Test results from enrichment with RTK , Graz, Haidegg
literature
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 3rd completely revised edition. Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .