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The grapes are picked from selected very ripe bunches in the autumn (late November-early December), and have to be hand-picked. Generally Auslese wine can be made in only the best harvest years that have been sufficiently warm. A small proportion of the grapes may be affected by
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in both countries. Many producers, especially top-level producers, exceed the minimum requirements by a wide margin, resulting in richer and sweeter Auslesen that may even exceed the minimum requirements for
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The German Wine Society: VDP Adopts Resolution on Wine Classification for Germany, Press Release on June 19, 2002 on "VDP Accord of 2002"
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regions. Winemakers are experimenting with grapes at Auslese level ripeness with Burgundian style production methods involving
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levels (around 13-14%) in dry examples can make them unbalanced particularly when young. The typical
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These wines are also increasingly labelled Erstes Gewächs and Grosses Gewächs rather than Auslese.
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Two bottles of German Riesling Auslese from the same Rheingau producer, one with a gold capsule (
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in order. In Germany, it is common to add stars (usually * to ***) on the wine label,
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As German winemakers try to carve out a niche in developing red wine, the Auslese
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With the recent introduction of the new classifications of top dry German wines,
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most closely corresponding to Auslese in terms of must weight requirements is
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in some regions although this never dominates the character of the wine.
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grape can age for very long periods of time, often ten years or more.
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Deutsches Weininstitut (German Wine Institute): Quality categories
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classification has come into play as the ideal level to produce
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is generally credited with discovering Auslese wine in 1787.
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Deutsches Weininstitut (German Wine Institute): Must weights
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Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter
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German language
wine term
late harvest wine
Spätlese
Prädikatswein
Austrian
German wine classification
noble rot
Rheingau
Schloss Johannisberg
dessert wine
botrytis
Eiswein
Beerenauslese
Trockenbeerenauslese
Alsace
Vendange tardive
Spätlese
must weight
Oechsle
wine growing zone
grape variety
degrees KMW
Chaptalisation
wine law
Beerenauslese
trocken

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