Questo vino
Production and composition
A sacramental wine made from pure grapes without the addition of foreign substances. Its elevated alcoholic strength is intended to help preserve the wine over an extended period, while remaining within the maximum permitted level of 18% vol.
Technical data
Alcohol: maximum 18% vol. Presented in a 750 ml Bordeaux bottle and packed in cases of six.
Label / history
The wine is framed by Canon 924’s requirement that Eucharistic wine be natural, derived from grapes and uncorrupted. In Catholic doctrine, consecration brings about transubstantiation while the wine’s perceptible attributes—colour, aroma, flavour and quantity—remain. Canon law does not prescribe its colour. Red wine, symbolizing the blood of Christ, was used until 1880; it was gradually replaced by white wine for practical reasons, including reducing the visibility of stains on vestments.