#52026XC02777EU notice approving amendments to the Penedès PDO wine specification
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This notice approves several standard changes to the product rules for Penedès PDO wines from Spain. It lowers the minimum alcohol level for red wines from 11.5% to 11%, adds organic certification requirements for grapes harvested from 2025 onward, and introduces Malvasia de Sitges sweet wine as a new liqueur wine type. The changes matter mainly for Penedès wine producers, bottlers, certification bodies, and buyers using the PDO label. Producers will need to check that affected wines and grapes meet the new organic rules and updated technical limits before marketing them under the Penedès PDO.
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Key Changes
- The minimum actual alcoholic strength for Penedès red wines is reduced from 11.5% to 11%.
- From the 2025 harvest onward, grapes and several wine categories must be certified organic.
- Malvasia de Sitges sweet wine is added as a new type of liqueur wine under the Penedès specification.
Obligations
What this law requires
Red wines marketed under the Penedès PDO must have a minimum actual alcoholic strength of at least 11%.
All Penedès PDO wines in categories 1, 3, 8 and 16 made from grapes harvested in 2025 or later must be certified as organic.
Grapes harvested in 2025 or later for use in Penedès PDO wines must be certified as organic.
Quality sparkling wines under the Penedès PDO remain subject to the existing organic certification requirements.