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

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Table 4 : Unacceptable quality characteristics of wine
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TABLE 4

UNACCEPTABLE QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF WINE

[Sect. 25(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) Sulphur compounds
(b) Volatile character (such as ethyl acetate)
(c) Mouldy character
(d) Thin, watery
(e) Faulty cultivar character
(f) Overaged character
(g) Sulphur dioxide
(h) Foreign to wine character (such as geranium, oil, paint, filter material)
(i) Microbiological spoilage (such as "Brettanomyces" and mouse)
(j) Insufficient distinctive wine or style related character
(k) Oxidation

Flavour and taste

Noble late harvest

With regard to age, cultivar and type:

(a) Sulphur compounds
(b) Volatile character (such as ethyl acetate)
(c) Mouldy character
(d) Thin, watery
(e) Faulty cultivar character
(f) Overaged character
(g) Sulphur dioxide
(h) Foreign to wine character (such as geranium, oil, paint, filter material)
(i) Microbiological spoilage (such as "Brettanomyces" and mouse)
(j) Insufficient distinctive wine and style related character

 

[Table 4 substituted by regulation 19 of Notice No. R. 6003, G52342, dated 20 March 2025]