Article 7Definition of coupage
1.
Within the meaning of point (d) of the second paragraph of Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008, ‘coupage’ shall mean the mixing of wines or musts of different origins, different vine varieties, different harvest years or different categories of wine or of must.
2.
The following shall be regarded as different categories of wine or must:
(a)
red wine, white wine and the musts or wines suitable for yielding one of these categories of wine;
(b)
wines without a protected designation of origin or geographical indication, wines with a protected designation of origin (PDO) and wines with a protected geographical indication (PGI) as well as musts or wines suitable for yielding one of these categories of wine.
For the purposes of this paragraph, rosé wine shall be regarded as red wine.
3.
The following processes shall not be regarded as coupage:
(a)
enrichment by the addition of concentrated grape must or rectified concentrated grape must;
(b)
sweetening.