Pas dosé

Legal equivalent of brut nature

Pas dosé (French for "not dosed") is one of the EU language variants of brut nature: less than 3 g/L of sugar and no sugar added after the second fermentation.1 It is used in Italian rules too, next to the Italian form dosaggio zero.2,3

Same term, different words

Annex III of Regulation (EU) 2019/33 lists the sweetness terms for sparkling wine together with their equivalents in each language. Pas dosé appears there as one of the variants of brut nature, with the same conditions: sugar content below 3 g/L, and only for wines with no sugar added after the secondary fermentation.1 The other variants include dosage zéro and dosaggio zero.1

So pas dosé and brut nature on a label promise exactly the same thing. Neither word says how dry the wine tastes beyond that limit, and neither says how long the wine spent on its lees.

Use in Italy

The French term is common in Italian rules. The Asti DOCG specification allows sweetness "da pas dosé a dolce", from pas dosé to sweet.2 Franciacorta uses the Italian form and lists dosaggio zero among its permitted types.3

What "dosé" refers to

The word refers to dosage, the liqueur added after disgorgement. A wine that is "not dosed" receives none. For the full range of sweetness terms see the sugar scale; the glossary entry is pas dosé.

See also

Brut nature (zero dosage)StylesThe sugar scale of sparkling wineDosageDosage and liqueur d’expéditionMethodsdosaggio zeroGlossaryFranciacortaRegionsAstiRegions

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. Regione Piemonte. Disciplinare di produzione DOCG Asti (2025-01)
  3. Associazione Italiana Sommelier (reproduction of the official disciplinare). Disciplinare di produzione della DOCG Franciacorta (text as amended by DM 7.05.2024, GU n. 114 of 17.05.2024), reproduced by AIS (2024-05-17)

Facts checked on 2026-10-19