Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete
Quality wines produced in specified regions, on the wine label usually abbreviated QbA, was a quality level of the wine. It lies on table wine and wine country but under quality wine. Unlike other quality levels (eg, table wine ) the grapes must come from a single one of the approved growing areas. The grapes used must come exclusively from vine varieties of the species Vitis vinifera. If the vine still in the approval process, it must be stated on the label the name " from experimental cultivation ".
The higher requirements when such wines are aimed particularly at the level of maturity of the grapes. Must weight must be at least 50 ° to 72 ° Oechsle depending on growing region and grape variety. Thus, for example, is in the state of Rhineland -Palatinate, the minimum must weight at dornfelder for quality wine 68 degrees Oechsle. An accumulation by sugar (but only fructose and glucose) before fermentation ( Chaptalisation ) is allowed. The wines are subjected to an analytical test which is carried out by organoleptic, wine legal and chemical criteria, and carry on the label official verification number. The wines must have a total alcoholic strength of at least 9 % and actual alcoholic strength by 7%; the difference is the residual sugar in the wine and thus determines its sweetness.
Specified region
The specified region defines a demarcation of the area, on the " quality viticulture " is legally possible, so quality wine specified region ( psr ) and quality wines psr is allowed predicate.
The terms " specified region ", " wine region " and " wine country " are often - not quite correct - used synonymously.
See: quality wine in Germany
Quality garantierten origin
The specific traditional name ' quality wine guaranteed origin " ( QGU ) was for Germany for certain quality wines produced in specified regions ( psr) recognized by Article 15, paragraph 2 of Council Regulation (EEC ) No 823/87 of 16 March 1987. The designation is possible since 1994. This is typical of a growing region or sub-region, varietal wines of quality level QbA Of the label Q.g.U. to guarantee geographical origin but hardly used in Germany.
Other countries
Similar, if not always comparable regional organizations are also in other countries, how to find, for example, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Thus, in France for wine sub-regional and local AOC (about Margaux ) stringent requirements for maximum yield and must weight as Regional AOC (eg, Bordeaux Supérieur ). About this division also consistently awarded some organizations ( appellations ) additional predicates for certain wineries and vineyards (eg, Premier Cru and Grand Cru ). In Italy, the DOC and DOCG designations are comparable, which are enhanced by subzones and predicates such as " classico " and so on.
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