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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

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.

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