Permitted grape varieties in Belgium
From the product specifications and technical files.
| Designation | Permitted varieties |
|---|---|
| Hageland wine (36 varieties) | Acolon, auxerrois, bacchus, cabernet cantor, cabernet cortis, cabernet dorsa, cabernet jura, cabernet noir, cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, dornfelder, grüner veltliner, johanniter, kerner, lemberger, léon millot, merlot, merlot khorus, müller-thurgau, muscaris, ortega, pinot blanc, pinot gris, pinot meunier, pinot noir, pinotin, ravel blanc, regent, riesling, satin noir, sauvignac, siegerrebe, solaris, sorelli, souvignier gris, tempranillo. |
| Haspengouw wine (18 varieties) | Auxerrois, bacchus, bianca, chardonnay, domina, dornfelder, kerner, müller-thurgau, optima, ortega, pinot blanc, pinot gris, pinot noir, regent, riesling, schönburger, siegerrebe, würzer. |
| Heuvelland wine (23 varieties) | Acolon, auxerrois, cabernet cortis, cabernet dorsa, chardonnay, dornfelder, gamay, johanniter, kerner, müller-thurgau, phoenix, pinot blanc, pinot gris, pinot meunier, pinot noir, regent, rondo, sauvignon blanc, siegerrebe, solaris, souvignier gris, syrah, zweigelt. |
| Maasvallei Limburg (10 varieties) | Acolon, auxerrois, chardonnay, dornfelder, gewürztraminer, pinot blanc, pinot gris, pinot noir, riesling, siegerrebe. |
| Flemish quality sparkling wine (35 varieties) | Acolon, arbanne, auxerrois, blaufränkisch, bronner, cabernet blanc, cabernet noir, chardonnay, chenin, dornfelder, gamaret, grüner veltliner, johanniter, kerner, merzling, monarch, muscaris, muscat, müller-thurgau, ortega, petit meslier, phoenix, pinot blanc, pinot gris, pinot meunier, pinot noir, pinot noir précoce, pinotin, prior, regent, riesling, rondo, sankt laurent, souvignier gris, voltis. |
| Flemish regional wine | No exhaustive list: all varieties of the species Vitis vinifera or resulting from a cross with other species of the genus Vitis. |
| Côtes de Sambre et Meuse (37 varieties) | Auxerrois, bronner, cabernet blanc, cabernet dorsa, cabernet jura, cabertin, chardonnay, chasselas, chenin, dornfelder, gamaret, gamay, garanoir, gewürztraminer, hélios, johanniter, madeleine angevine, merlot, merzling, müller-thurgau, muscat, optima, ortega, phoenix, pinot blanc, pinot gris, pinot noir, pinot noir précoce, pinotin, regent, rivaner, riesling, rondo, saint-laurent, sieger, solaris, traminer. Note: the specification also states that only Vitis vinifera is eligible for the PDO, whereas bronner, johanniter and solaris are interspecific. |
| Vin mousseux de qualité de Wallonie (7 varieties) | Chardonnay, pinot noir, pinot blanc, pinot gris, pinot meunier, auxerrois, riesling (Ministerial Decree 2008, Art. 11). Current list in specification version 8: not available. |
| Crémant de Wallonie (4 varieties) | Exclusively chardonnay, pinot noir, pinot blanc and pinot meunier (Ministerial Decree 2008, Art. 16). The reform proposal would allow all varieties of the Côtes de Sambre et Meuse PDO; current list: not available. |
| Vin de pays des jardins de Wallonie | No exhaustive list: Vitis vinifera or crosses with other Vitis species. |
The Flemish files mention colour codes (B = white, N = blue/black, G = grey, Rs = rosé); these have been omitted here. Unlike the classic European appellations, the Belgian PDOs are explicitly open to mildew-resistant (PIWI) varieties such as johanniter, solaris, souvignier gris, muscaris and voltis.