The European Commission (EC) has approved ‘Sárréti kökénypálinka’ from Hungary as a new protected geographical indication (PGI).
The EC regulation published this Wednesday says it "grants the geographical indication ‘Sárréti kökénypálinka’ the protection referred to in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2019/787 in accordance with Article 30(4) of that Regulation."
Therefore, the geographical indication ‘Sárréti kökénypálinka’ was entered in the register.
The Sárrét kökenypálinka has a clear appearance, a distillate that evokes the smell and taste of wild fruit, and the sweet and sour character is present at the same time.
The production of Sárrét kökénypálinka can be done in distilleries (in commercial brandy distilleries) located in the following districts that touch the Sárrét area of Hajdú-Bihar County and Békés County and their administrative boundaries in Eastern Hungary. The raw material of the Sárrét kökénypálinka can only be cultivated or wild-grown kökenypálinka from this defined geographical area.
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