| (1) | An estate wine shall comply with the following requirements: |
| (a) | It shall be produced solely from grapes that were harvested on land that forms part of a unit that is registered for the production of estate wine. |
| (b) | It shall undergo all processes up to and including bottling on the unit where those grapes were harvested. |
[Clause 8(1)(b) substituted by regulation 4 of Notice No. R. 554 of 2009]
| (c) | It shall comply with the appropriate requirements in the Act for wine or a particular class of wine: |
| (d) | It shall not display any unacceptable quality characteristics. |
[Clause 8(1)(d) substituted by regulation 9(a) of Notice No. R. 835 of 2005]
| (e) | It shall also be a wine of origin. |
[Clause 8(1)(e) inserted by regulation 9(b) of Notice No. R. 835 of 2005]
[Clause 8(1) substituted by regulation 6(a) of Notice No. R. 1819 of 2003]
| (2) | Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1)(a)— |
| (a) | must, concentrated must or sweet reserve that is added to an estate wine for purposes of sweetening shall be deemed to have been derived from grapes that were harvested on the relevant unit that is registered for the production of estate wine, provided that the total of the products thus added does not constitute more than five per cent of the volume of the estate wine concerned. |
[Clause 8(2)(a) substituted by regulation 6 of Notice No. R. 813 of 2006]
| (aA) | the Authority may, in the case of a unit referred to in section 6B(6) of this Scheme, upon application submitted to it in writing before 1 November 2003, approve that grapes that were harvested on land that previously formed part of the estate concerned, may until 30 June 2004 be deemed to have been harvested on the relevant unit that is registered for the production of estate wine; |
| (b) | a spirit that is added to an estate wine for purposes of fortification shall be deemed to have been produced from grapes that were harvested on the relevant unit that is registered for the production of estate wine; and |
| (c) | concentrated must that is added before or during alcoholic fermentation to must that is intended for an estate wine shall be deemed to have been harvested on the relevant unit that is registered for the production of estate wine. |
[Clause 8(2)(c) substituted by regulation 7 of Notice No. R. 813 of 2006]
[Clause 8(2) substituted by regulation 6(b) of Notice No. R. 1819 of 2003]
| (3) | Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1)(b), the Authority may, in the case of an unit referred to in section 6B(6) of this Scheme, approve in terms of section 19 of this Scheme that an estate wine be removed from the unit concerned after all processes up to and including completion or termination of alcoholic fermentation in that wine have been completed on the unit concerned: Provided that such approval shall not be granted— |
| (a) | in respect of sparkling wine according to the traditional method that is intended for certification as an estate wine; |
| (b) | unless the application for the approval concerned was submitted to the Authority in writing before 1 November 2003; |
| (c) | unless a similar approval could legally have been issued to the producer concerned in terms of this Scheme before 1 July 2003; and |
| (d) | unless the wine concerned is certified or returned to the relevant unit prior to 1 July 2004. |
[Clause 8(3) substituted by regulation 9(c) of Notice No. R. 835 of 2005]
[Clause 8 substituted by regulation 5 of Notice No. R. 324 of 1999]
