White wine with maceration" has been added to the list of special wines of the International Vine and Wine Organization (OIV)

2021-01-22

White wine with maceration" has been added to the list of special wines of the International Vine and Wine Organization (OIV). The decision was made at the OIV General Assembly on 26 November 2020 online.
Until now, the OIV special wines list included 7 wines: "sparkling wines", “carbonated wines”, , "liqueur wines", " Sweet wines with residual sugar derived from grapes”, "ice wines", "flor or film wines" and “Wine with an alcohol content modified by dealcoholisation”. "White wine with maceration" became the eighth in the list of OIV special wines.
The International Organization of Vine and Wine accepted the proposal of the Georgian side, to add the white wine fermented with long maceration on skins, to the categories of OIV special wines, in the expedited procedure in 2017.
Today's decision was preceded by an annual review and procedural support by OIV working groups.
An appropriate explanation will be given in the International Code of Practice of Oenology regarding the OIV decision:
• Winemaking is conducted exclusively using white grapes varieties;
• the maceration is carried out in contact with grape pomace;
• the minimum duration of the maceration phase is 1 month;
• “White wine with maceration” can be characterised by an orange-amber colour and a tannic taste.