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Indication |
Sugar content g/l |
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Brut Nature / Extra brut / Brut (Erittäin kuiva) |
0 –12 |
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Extra Sec / Extra Dry / Extra trocken / Extra seco (Kuiva) |
12–17 |
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Sec / Dry / Trocken / Secco (Puolikuiva) |
17–32 |
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Demi-sec / Halbtrocken / Medium Dry (Puolimakea) |
32–50 |
|
Sweet / Doux / Dolce, (Makea) |
over 50 |
|
Dry |
Wines containing maximum 4 g/l of sugar or maximum 9 g/l of sugar, if the acid content of the wine calculated as tartaric acid is maximum 2 g/l lower than the content of remaining sugar. |
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Medium dry |
Wines that do not correspond to the definition of dry wine but contain no more sugar than 12 g/l, or if the amount of remaining sugar is maximum 18 g/l while the acid content of the wine (in tartaric acid) is maximum 10 g/l lower than the content of remaining sugar. |
|
Medium sweet |
Wines containing more sugar than the earlier mentioned wines, yet no more than 45 g/l. |
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Sweet |
Wines containing more than 45 g/l of sugar/l. |
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– Wine containing 7 g/l of sugar and 6 g/l of acid |
dry |
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– Wine containing 7 g/l of sugar and 4 g/l of acid |
medium dry |
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– Wine containing 17 g/l of sugar and 8 g/l of acid 8 g/l |
medium dry |
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– Wine containing 17 g/l of sugar and 6 g/l of acid |
medium sweet |
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– Wine containing 20 g/l of sugar |
medium sweet |
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– Wine containing 50 g/l of sugar |
sweet |
