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32. Sloe-aromatised spirit drink or pacharán

Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 · European Union

A sloe-aromatised spirit drink or pacharán is a spirit drink which has a predominant sloe taste and is produced by the maceration of sloes (Prunus spinosa) in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin, with the addition of natural extracts of anise or distillates of anise or both. The minimum alcoholic strength by volume of a sloe-aromatised spirit drink or pacharán shall be 25 %. For the production of a sloe-aromatised spirit drink or pacharán, a minimum quantity of 125 grams of sloe fruits per litre of the final product shall be used. A sloe-aromatised spirit drink or pacharán shall have a content of sweetening products, expressed as invert sugar, between 80 and 250 grams per litre of the final product. The organoleptic characteristics, colour and taste of a sloe-aromatised spirit drink or pacharán shall be provided exclusively by the fruit used and the anise. The term ‘pacharán’ may be used as a legal name only when the product is produced in Spain. When the product is produced outside Spain, ‘pacharán’ may only be used to supplement the legal name ‘sloe-aromatised spirit drink’, provided that it is accompanied by the words: ‘produced in …’, followed by the name of the Member State or third country of production.

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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.