Beerenauslese
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Beerenauslese is a German wine term and type of dessert wine meaning "selected berries". Often abbreviated to BA, it is one of the German wine classification levels in the QmP category.
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 (bear'-en-ouse'-lay-zuh)
Literally "Select Berry Picking" in German. The English term is "Individual Berry Select". Tiny scissors are used to cut just the most perfectly ripe berries (grapes) from the cluster.
Beerenauslese (Germany, Austria)
A Prädikat category for sweet wines. A Beerenauslese is made from individually harvested nobly rotten grapes. See also Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein.
Bentonite
A clay that can be used as a fining agent.
Beerenauslese Price Range: $40-100+
Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA for short) - Translated as "dry berry select picking" designates a late harvest, Botrytis picking, where the berries have started to shrivel on the vine, ...
Beerenauslese (beer-en-ow slay-zuh)
very sweet German wine produced from specially selected grapes
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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.
Beerenauslese
Believe it or not, some wine producers go through their vineyards and select individual grapes to make wine from; Beerenauslese is the German term used to describe this, and means literally 'selected berries'.
BEERENAUSLESE
The Pradikat Q.m.P. category defined by the German Wine Law, literally meaning 'selected berries'. It's made with botrytized grapes for an intense, sweet wine.
BERRY
Common name given to an individual grape.
Beerenauslese: Literally, "berry selection" in German. Beerenauslese wines are made from grapes that are picked individually rather than a whole bunch at a time. All grapes on a cluster or "bunch" do not normally ripen at exactly the same rates.
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.
Beerenauslese - (BARE-ehn-OWS-lay-zeh)
Quality rating for very sweet German dessert wines, made, literally, from "individual grapes picked out" for their sweetness.
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Beerenauslese (BA):German classification based on the ripeness level and sugar content of the grapes. Beerenauslesen are made from individually selected grapes that are very ripe.
[edit] Beerenauslese A German term meaning approximately "harvest of selected berries". A Prädikat in Germany and Austria.
[edit] Beeswing A light sediment, chiefly mucilage, found in Port.
Bentonite in its unprocessed form ...
beerenausleseGerman term for individually selected grapes that a very ripe and sweet. bentoniteAn absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash used as a fining agent to clarify wine.
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.
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.
Beerenauslese - (literally harvest of selected berries) wines produced with grapes whose bunches have been scrupulously and manually selected.
In Germany, these sweet wines-which are usually affected by Botrytis Cinerea, graded in ascending order of sweetness as Auslese, Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese.
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 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).
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).
Riesling Auslese / Trockenbeerenauslese / Hungarian Tokji Aszú
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Alsace Sélection de Grains Nobles / Cérons / Rivesaltes Blanc ...
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.
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 ...
scene may be even more diverse than that in France, and Germany, where an extraordinary complex wine-classification system is further complicated, at least for English-speakers, by ten-dollar words like "Erzeugerabfüllung" and "Trockenbeerenauslese." ...
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 ...
RIESLANER: Riesling X Silvaner cross variety. Has two synonym names - Mainriesling and Wuerzburg. Grown in Ungstein region of the Pfalz, Germany, for limited amounts of Beerenauslese (BA) quality sweet white wine production.
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: Auslese, Grape, Wine, Sweet, Region
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