Einzellage (ay'n-t sel-lah-guh)
The German term for a single vineyard worthy of being mentioned on a label. Any German wine that carries a vineyard name may be considered a wine of quality.
Einzellage: This term refers to single vineyard sites, although when applied to the post-1971 Wine Law vineyards it is describing sites that may comprise a dozen or more amalgamated pre-1971 vineyards.
Einzellage (EYE'N-tzel-lah-geh) - Single vineyard, in German.
Eiswein (ICE-wine) - Just as it sounds in English, wine made from late-harvested grapes allowed to freeze on the vine, concentrating the sugars.
Einzellage
German single vineyard, wine made from grapes of one delineated vineyard only
Eiswein
grapes harvested late in winter when frozen. Wine must have sugar level of Beeren or Trockenbeerenauslese QmP ...
Vineyard names (Einzellagen) can be used, as well as Grosslagen, generic names for large areas, which are difficult to distinguish from vineyard names.
List of grosslagen
Piesporter Michelsberg
Niersteiner Gutes Domtal ...
einzellageA German term for an individual vineyard site. The name of these vineyards may only be included on the label of QbA and QmP wines. eisweinA rare dessert wine made from grapes that have been frozen on the vine.
In this area are found the most celebrated and renowned grosslagen - groups of vineyards, called einzellagen, whose quality should be both high and homogeneous - including the ones of St.
 See also: Wine, Vineyard, Region, Grape, Dry
  
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