A term commonly used in Germany for a wine with a pale to light red colour. According to German wine law, these are the wines Badisch Rotgold(Baden), Schieler(Saxony) and Schillerwein(Württemberg). According to EU law, these are protected traditional terms. These wines correspond to a quality wine (PDO). The designation may also be used for a quality sparkling wine or quality semi-sparkling wine with added carbon dioxide if these products are made from grapes grown in certain regions.

A Rotling must be produced from a grape or mash mixture of varieties from the growing regions concerned. It is therefore essentially a mixed set. According to German wine law, however, these wines may not be labelled as rosé. However, the name Rotling is also used in other wine-growing regions.