VDP.SEKT.STATUTE (VDP Rules for Sparkling Wines)

VDP.Guts/Ortssekt

VDP.Lagensekt

Name

VDP.GUTSSEKT | VDP.ORTSSEKT

VDP.ERSTE LAGE® | VDP.GROSSE LAGE®

Indicator

Bottle labelling and design according to the VDP.Wine Classification

Bottle labelling and design according to the VDP.Wine Classification

Vineyard demarcation

According to the VDP.Classification for the single-vineyard origin levels VDP.GROSSE LAGE® and VDP.ERSTE LAGE®

Production premise

Grapes for sekt production must stem from estate vineyards.

Yield

According to VDP.Regulations

Grape varieties

Regionally defined

Harvest method

Grapes for VDP.Sekt must be picked by hand

Crush

Whole cluster press

Production

Traditional bottle fermentation

Maturation on yeast

15 months minimum

36 months minimum

Control

Appraisal test within the framework of the VDP wine estate control

Appraisal test before market release