Auslese

Auslese From EncycloWine Auslese (literal meaning: "selected harvest"; plural Auslesen) is a German wine term for a late harvest wine and is a riper category than Spätlese in the QmP category of the Austrian and German wine classification.

Auslese (Germany, Austria)A Pr?dikat category for sweet wines. The Auslese designation is conferred if the must weight, measured prior to the wine being made and bottled, reaches a certain level.

Auslese - (OWS-lay-zeh) Designated quality level for German wine made from grape bunches "picked out" (literally) for their sweetness. Web-weaving by Cliffwood Organic Works ...

Auslese - Translated as "out picked" designating ripe grapes picked out from a specific cluster of berries. This Riesling can also be crafted into either a dry or a sweet version.

Auslese sweet German wine made from selected bunches of grapes A x R #1 present day rootstock used in California and found susceptible to phylloxera ...

Auslese (ouse'-lay-zuh) A German term for "Select Harvest". Wines with this designation are slightly sweet and lucious. Don't be afraid of these wines, they are often great with food, and rarely expensive. Ausone, Chateau (oh-zon) ...

Auslese (Ger.) Quality white wine category, meaning selected harvest. Grapes are picked at least a week after Sptlese. Minimum must weights are laid down according to variety and region. Normally sweet.

Auslese is the German word for "selection," used to describe a specially selected, perfectly ripened bunches of grapes for this style of Riesling.

Beerenauslese: A German word meaning "selected berry picking". Beerenauslese is a sweet German white wine made from late harvested grapes. These wines are usually expensive and hard to find. Big: Describes a wine with powerful flavor. (Tasting term) ...

[edit] Auslese German for "select harvest", a Prädikat in Germany and Austria. [edit] B Barrels ...

Riesling Auslese / Trockenbeerenauslese / Hungarian Tokji Aszú Tarte au Citrön Alsace Sélection de Grains Nobles / Cérons / Rivesaltes Blanc ...

On the Riesling grape it allows a uniquely aromatic and flavourful wine to be made, resulting in the extraordinary "Beerenauslese" style of wine. BOUQUET (see NOSE). Near synonym for "aroma".

ausleseA term used in Germany to indicate wines grapes of very high degree of ripeness-literally, selected. austereA term used to describe a wine that is unforthcoming - often they are young, tannic wines.

It has been adapted as a desireable condition for wines such as French Sauternes, German Trockenbeerenauslese, and Hungarian Tokaji. Bottle shock A temporary period immediately following bottling during which the wine is flat, and less palatable.

Auslese - (literally selected harvest) wines produced with very mature grapes and bunches are manually selected in the vineyard before being harvested.

g: comparable to the german "Auslese" series). The Finger Lakes region of New York state in the U.S.

Riesling grapewines from Germany, especially "eisweins" (aka "ice-wine") and the Pradikat rated Auslese series of sweet wines, notable for high sugar content and low alcohol, ...

Auslese wines are richer still, made from very ripe grapes, while Beerenauslese (BA) and Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) wines are the richest and rarest of all.

In order of increasing sugar content, they are Kabinett (ripe harvest), Spätlese (late harvest), Auslese (selected late harvest), Beerenauslese (selected overripe), and Trockenbeerenauslese (from berries dried on the vine).

In certain white grape varieties, such as Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, and Furmint, an infection of Botrytis can be so beneficial, even critical to dessert wines like French Sauternes, German Tröckenbeerenauslese, or Hungarian Tokaj, ...

Dessert wines are produced all around the world: Sauternes (Bordeaux), Tokaji Aszú (Hungary), Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese in Germany and Austria, Ice wine (Canada) or Commandaria (South Africa).

Used to produce a Riesling-like white wine said to often reach "Auslese" Prädikat quality. Regarded by many as having superior characteristics to the Bacchus or Optima grapes.

Austria`s best vintages meet Auslese Pradikat standards, with greater acidity, but less aging potential than Johannisberg Riesling. Has no relationship to the German Riesling grape, which is called the Riesling Renano in Italy.

Tends to be low in acidity and so is mainly vinified to be a sweet wine with Muscat-like or occasional delicate Sylvaner flavors because of its ability to reach "Auslese" style or even higher sugar levels in good years.

ALBALONGA: Grape resulting from a cross between Riesling and a Sylvaner clone. Limited growths in Rheinhessen region of Germany. Used to create good "Auslese" style white wines in better years.

Huxelrebe is grown pimarily in the German regions of Rheinhessen and Pfalz, where if carefully pruned the vines can produce grapes with both good acidity and a high sugar content resulting in good Auslese wines.

Many of the world's greatest dessert wines, such as French Sauternes, German Trockenbeerenauslese, and Hungarian Tokaji Aszú are the products of this truly Noble Rot.

Responsible for Noble Late Harvest, Pourriture Noble in French, Edelfaule in German, Muffa in Italian. Responsible for Sauternes in France, Selection de Grains Nobles in Alsace, German Trockenbeerenauslese and Italian Muffato.

causing the concentration of sugar and acid content by making grapes at a certain level of maturity shrivel. On the Riesling grape it allows a uniquely aromatic and flavourful wine to be made, resulting in the extraordinary "Beerenauslese" style of ...

g: comparable to the german "Auslese" series). The North-West coast of N. America seems to have the right conditions for creating the richer, earthier Rheinhessen taste in many versions, as do the cooler regions of California.

Thus the fresh, acid, dry wines from Alsace contrast strongly with the much sweeter, lighter, often highly aromatic wines of Germany culminating in the botrytis and/or frost affected Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein styles of the Rheingau.

See also: White, Grape, Wine, Sweet, Dry