Selection
Selection was since 2000 under German wine law for quality wines was legal term for wines that have been fermented by specific directives and also the highest (of two) stages of this quality. This stage. Less high-quality, but still classified in the profile wine category, are wines with the designation Classic . Both must represent varietal, typical regional wines. The name was deleted in 2018 due to insufficient market depth.
particularities
The admission requirements are regulated in § 32b and c of the Wine Ordinance . As with Classic wines, the specification of the grape variety is mandatory. Only a few, regionally typical grape varieties may be used. In Rheinhessen, where this quality level was introduced as the first before all other German wine-growing regions since 1992, these are the seven varieties Riesling , Silvaner , Grauer Burgunder , Weißer Burgunder , Traminer , Spätburgunder and Blauer Portugieser . In the Palatinate , the largest growing area in Germany, these are Riesling, Müller-Thurgau , Silvaner, Kerner and Dornfelder . Overall, there are stricter obligations for cultivation than for classic wines , for example only 60 hectoliters per hectare may be harvested through pruning (in Rheinhessen even a maximum of 55 hl / hectare). The respective state government defines which grape varieties are typical. The grape must used for winemaking may only have a natural minimum alcohol content that corresponds to the definition of "dry", in the case of Riesling wines not more than 12 percent by volume, whereby the total acidity may only be one and a half times. Wines that do not meet one of the required minimum requirements may be marketed as predicate wines - provided that the conditions are met . The allocation of the official test number must not take place before May 1st of the following year of harvest.
Labeling
The German Wine Institute has made a protected lettering available for Selection wines.
Approved grape varieties for classic wines
- Palatinate : Riesling , Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner, Kerner and Dornfelder
- Rheinhessen : Riesling, Silvaner, Grauer Burgunder, Weißer Burgunder, Traminer , Spätburgunder and Portugieser
Individual evidence
- ↑ Current wine law , German Wine Institute, January 1, 2019, page 21
- ^ Weinverordnung WeinV (1995) at bmj.bund.de
- ↑ Matthias Pflume: Rheinhessen. Wine and specialties guide, Soschek Verlag Mainz, ISBN 3-924 744-21-1 , p. 43f.
- ↑ The German Wine Magazine, Dr. Fraund GmbH, 2008