RESOLUTION OENO 3/2001

WINE CONCENTRATION BY FREEZING/CRYOCONCENTRATION

TEH GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING CONSIDERED the work of the expert group “International Code on Oenological Practices,”

DECIDES based on the proposal by Commission II “Oenology” to include the following oenological practices and prescriptions in Part II of the aforementioned International Code and to consequently modify the sheet “Cold treatment” (3.3.4).

PART II

Chapter 3: Wines

Wine concentration by freezing/cryoconcentration

Definition:

Prescriptions for concentrating wine by partial freezing and physical removal of the ice thus formed.

Objective:

See the sheet “Partial dehydration of wine”.

Prescription:

1. See the sheet “Partial dehydration of wine”;
2. Concentration can lead to a reduction of 20% of initial volume and should not be increased by more than 2% by volume of the initial alcohol strength of wine.

Recommendation of OIV:

Accepted.