Auslese
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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: A Prädikat 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 - 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 (ow-slay-zuh)
sweet German wine made from selected bunches of grapes
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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.
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Auslese
German term that means literally 'selected harvest'. It is one of the sweeter official quality levels in German wine.
AUSLESE
German word meaning "selection". In German wine law, Auslese has a specific meaning which requires that the wine be made only from select grapes, riper than those bunches that were discarded.
Beerenauslese
Beerenauslese is a German word (but let's use the English equivalent - berry selection). It actually refers to the way grapes are picked - one at a time, rather than in a bunch.
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.
Auslese - (OWS-lay-zeh)
Designated quality level for German wine made from grape bunches "picked out" (literally) for their sweetness.
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Auslese: German classification based on the ripeness level and sugar content of the grapes.
[edit] Auslese German for "select harvest", a Prädikat in Germany and Austria.
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Riesling Auslese / Trockenbeerenauslese / Hungarian Tokji Aszú
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Alsace Sélection de Grains Nobles / Cérons / Rivesaltes Blanc ...
Trokenbeerenauslese - German for "dry berry selected". A type of German wine made from vine-dried grapes. Such grapes can be so rare that it can take a skilled picker a day to gather enough for just one bottle.
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.
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They are the second level of six in the German prädikat system of classifying Rieslings based on ripeness of the grapes: Kabinett, Spätlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, Eiswein and Trockenbeerenauslese.
Auslese - (literally selected harvest) wines produced with very mature grapes and bunches are manually selected in the vineyard before being harvested.
While the sweet German Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese wines, along with Alsace 's famed Selection de Grains Nobles, are often celebrated for their high sugar levels and ability to age almost endlessly, they are rare and expensive.
In Germany, these sweet wines-which are usually affected by Botrytis Cinerea, graded in ascending order of sweetness as Auslese, Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese.
g: comparable to the german "Auslese" series). The Finger Lakes region of New York state in the U.S.
Its classification from dry to sweet gives it an entirely different cultural slant from its French counterparts, with the perfumed, sweet styles ranging from auslese to trockenbeerenauslese in great demand.
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).
Most table wines do not have significant residual sugar, with the exception of some Pradikat level German wines like Kabinett, Spatlesen and Auslesen. Most "table wines" have no residual sugar and therefore are not sweet by that definition.
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.
But don't let a lack of linguistic skills keep you from enjoying wine. After all, very few people can pronounce words in every language, from Trockenbeerenauslese to Vacqueyras.
Botrytis Cinerea: A beneficial mold that causes grapes to shrivel and sugars to concentrate, resulting in sweet, unctuous wines; common botrytis wines include Sauternes, Tokay and German beerenauslese.
A fungus that attacks the skin of grapes, causing water to evaporate and thus increasing the sugar content. It is key to the production of great sweet wines such as Sauterne (from France), Trockenbeerenauslese (from Germany) and many new world ...
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: Grape, Wine, Sweet, Region, Riesling
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