Division 19 Juniper-flavoured spirit drinks
United Kingdom
- (a)
Juniper-flavoured spirit drinks are spirit drinks produced by flavouring ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin and/or grain spirit and/or grain distillate with juniper (Juniperus communis L. and/or Juniperus oxicedrus L.) berries.
- (b)
The minimum alcoholic strength by volume of juniper-flavoured spirit drinks shall be 30 %.
- (c)
F1Other flavouring substances as defined in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 and/or flavouring preparations as defined in Article 3(2)(d) of that Regulation, and/or aromatic plants or parts of aromatic plants may be used in addition, but the organoleptic characteristics of juniper must be discernible, even if they are sometimes attenuated.
- (d)
Juniper-flavoured spirit drinks may bear the sales denominations Wacholder or genebra.