page_title: Bocksbeutel
section_title: Protected bottle shape
hierarchical_section_title: Bocksbeutel / Protected bottle shape
context_page_description: The Bocksbeutel is a type of wine bottle with the form of a flattened ellipsoid. It is commonly used for wines from Franconia in Germany, but is also used for some Portuguese wines, in particular rosés, where the bottle is called cantil, and in rare cases for Italian wine and Greek wine.
context_section_description: Within the European Union, the Bocksbeutel enjoys the status of a protected bottle shape. The regulations describe the Bocksbeutel as a short-necked glass bottle, pot-bellied but flattened in shape, with the base and the cross-section of the bottle at the point of greatest convexity ellipsoidal in shape. The ratio between the long and short axes of the ellipsoidal cross-section is approximately 2:1, and the ratio of the height of the convex body to the cylindrical neck of the bottle is approximately 2.5:1.
  The Bocksbeutel may be used for the following wines:
  German wines of QbA and Prädikatswein quality from:
  Franconia
  Certain parts of Baden, in the district known as Tauber Franconia (Tauberfranken) and around Baden-Baden
  Certain wines from Northern and Central Italy at the DOC and DOCG level:
  Santa Maddalena (St. Magdalener),
  Valle Isarco (Eisacktaler), if made from Silvaner or Müller-Thurgau
  Terlaner, if made from Pinot blanc
  Bozner Leiten
  Alto Adige (Südtiroler), if made from Riesling, Müller-Thurgau, Pinot noir, Moscato giallo, Silvaner, Lagrein, Pinot blanc or Moscato rosa
  Greco di Bianco
  Trentino, if made from Moscato
  (in ancient times) Montepulciano
  Certain Greek wines
  Agioritiko
  Rombola Kephalonias
  Wines from the island of Kefalonia
  Wines from the island of Paros
  Wines from the Peloponnese
  Certain Portuguese wines, such as Mateus. The use is limited to rosé wines and those other quality wines and vinho regional which can prove that they have traditionally been bottled in cantil-type bottles before they received their present classification.
caption: A wine from Franconia in a Bocksbeutel
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