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Liquor Products Act, 1989 (Act No. 60 of 1989)

Notices

Wine of Origin Scheme

Tables

Table 4 : Unacceptable quality characteristics of wine

 

[Section 35(3)(c)]

 

Element

Class of wine

Nature of unacceptability

1

2

4

Clarity

All classes

With regard to age, cultivar and type:

(a) Turbid, hazy
(b) Sediment, crust, crystals

Colour

All classes

With regard to age, cultivar and type:

(a) Insufficient colour
(b) Faulty colour

Flavour and taste

All classes except noble late harvest

With regard to age, cultivar and type:

(a)        Insufficient cultivar character

(b) Excessive wood or vanillin character
(c) Sulphur compounds
(d) Volatile character (such as vinegar and ethyl acetate)
(e) Cork or mouldy character
(f) Thin, watery
(g) Faulty acid balance
(h) Faulty cultivar character
(i) Overaged character
(j) Sulphur dioxide
(k) Filter material
(I) Foreign to wine character (such as geranium, oil, paint)
(m) Microbiological spoilage (such as "Brettanomyces”, vinegar and mouse)
(n) Tannic, astringent
(o) Insufficient distinctive wine or style related character
(p) Oxidation
(q) Rancid
(r) Excessive spirit character
(s) Phenolic
(t) Press juice, stalk and skin character
(u) Bitter

Flavour and taste

Noble late harvest

With regard to age, cultivar and type:

(a)        Insufficient cultivar character

(b) Excessive wood or vanillin character
(c) Sulphur compounds
(d) Volatile character (such as vinegar and ethyl acetate)
(e) Cork or mouldy character
(f) Thin, watery
(g) Faulty acid balance
(h) Faulty cultivar character
(i) Overaged character
(j) Sulphur dioxide
(k) Filter material
(I) Foreign to wine character (such as geranium, oil, paint)
(m) Microbiological spoilage (such as "Brettanomyces", vinegar and mouse)
(n) Tannic, astringent
(o) Insufficient distinctive wine or style related character
(p) Oxidation
(q) Rancid
(r) Excessive spirit character
(s) Phenolic
(t) Press juice, stalk and skin character
(u) Bitter
(v) Does not have a clearly perceptible noble rot character
(w) Does not have the acknowledged balance in taste between, sugar free extract and acid of a wine made from noble rot grapes
(x) Does not have the full bodied character of a wine with a high sugar free extract
(y) Reveals a caramelised raisin flavour and taste

 

[Table 4 substituted by regulation 3 of Notice No. 6 of 2018, GG 41370 dated 5 January 2018]