6. Grape marc spirit or grape marc

Grape marc spirit or grape marc is a spirit drink which meets the following requirements: it is produced exclusively from grape marc fermented and distilled either directly by water vapour or after water has been added and both of the following conditions are fulfilled: each and every distillation is carried out at less than 86 % vol.; the first distillation is carried out in the presence of the marc itself; a quantity of lees may be added to the grape marc that does not exceed 25 kg of lees per 100 kg of grape marc used; the quantity of alcohol derived from the lees shall not exceed 35 % of the total quantity of alcohol in the finished product; it has a volatile substances content equal to or exceeding 140 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol. alcohol and has a maximum methanol content of 1000 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol. alcohol. The minimum alcoholic strength by volume of grape marc spirit or grape marc shall be 37,5 %. No addition of alcohol, diluted or not, shall take place. Grape marc spirit or grape marc shall not be flavoured. This shall not preclude traditional production methods. Grape marc spirit or grape marc may only contain added caramel as a means of adjusting the colour. Grape marc spirit or grape marc may be sweetened in order to round off the final taste. However, the final product may not contain more than 20 grams of sweetening products per litre, expressed as invert sugar.

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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.