extra dry

English · EU sweetness term

Under EU rules, extra dry means a sugar content between 12 and 17 g/L; equivalents include extra trocken, extra seco and extra sec.1

Despite the name, extra dry is sweeter than brut (under 12 g/L) and drier than sec (17-32 g/L).1 The Spanish form extra seco is used for Cava.1,2 Actual sugar may differ from the labelled term by no more than 3 g/L.3 The sugar comes from the dosage in traditional-method wines, and the isobaric bottling stage may add it in tank-made wines.4,5 When the sugar content allows two terms, only one may be chosen.3 See sugar scale and demi-sec.

See also

The sugar scale of sparkling wineDosagebrutGlossarysecGlossaryextra secoGlossary

Sources

  1. legislation.gov.uk (copy of EU OJ text). Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33, Annex III Part A (sugar-content terms for sparkling wines), original version as adopted (2018-10-17)
  2. Consejo Regulador DO Cava. Categories and types
  3. EUR-Lex. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (consolidated text), Articles 47, 48, 49, 53, 54 and Annex III Part A (2023-12-08)
  4. OIV International Code of Oenological Practices, II.4.1 Definitions common to all sparkling wines (II.4.1.1-II.4.1.10)
  5. OIV International Code of Oenological Practices, II.4.3 Bulk second fermentation in a closed tank (II.4.3.1-II.4.3.5) and II.4.4.1 continuous method

Facts checked on 2026-10-19