4. Wine spirit

Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 · European Union

Wine spirit is a spirit drink: produced exclusively by the distillation at less than 86 % vol. of wine or wine fortified for distillation or by the redistillation of a wine distillate at less than 86 % vol., containing a quantity of volatile substances equal to or exceeding 125 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol. alcohol, having a maximum methanol content of 200 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol. alcohol. The minimum alcoholic strength by volume of wine spirit shall be 37,5 %. No addition of alcohol as defined in Annex I(5), diluted or not, shall take place. Wine spirit shall not be flavoured. This shall not exclude traditional production methods. Wine spirit may only contain added caramel as a means to adapt colour. Where wine spirit has been matured, it may continue to be placed on the market as ‘wine spirit’ provided it has been matured for as long as, or longer than, the period stipulated for the spirit drink defined under category 5.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.