Late harvest is a term applied to wines made from grapes left on the vine longer than usual. Late harvest is usually an indication of a sweet dessert wine such as late harvest Riesling.
Late Harvest Wines
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Late harvest
Also known as late picked, refers to wine made from grapes that are left to ripen on the vine longer than for dry white wines.
Late Harvest
By harvesting later, the grapes are riper, and sweeter. This is appropriate for making sweet, dessert style wines.
Late Harvest: On labels, indicates that a wine was made from grapes picked later than normal and at a higher sugar (Brix) level than normal. Usually associated with botrytized and dessert-style wines.
Late harvest: A term used to describe dessert wines made from grapes left on the vines for an extra long period, often until botrytis has set in.
Late Harvest - Wines left on the vine longer than usual to obtain higher sugar levels.
Legs - The tear-like tracks that a wine makes down the side of a glass after it has been swirled.
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Late Harvest
Designation appearing on bottles (in French, Vendange Tardive) where grapes were allowed to hang on the vine beyond physiological maturity.
Late harvest wine Also known as late picked, wine made from grapes that have been left on the vine longer than usual. Usually an indicator for a very sweet or dessert wine.
Late harvest
Late harvest, or overripe grapes are used to make dessert or full-bodied table wines.
Madeira
Madeira is a dessert wine, much like sherry, which comes from the Portuguese island of the same name.
Late Harvest: Indicates grapes that are picked as late as possible in the season for maximum sugar content.
Late Harvest: Wine made from grapes that are picked very ripe. Late harvest wines are very sweet and are usually served as dessert wines.
Leather: The aroma of some red wines thanks to their reducing aging in the bottle.
Late Harvest
Produces grapes that are riper and sweeter. This makes sweet, dessert-style wines.
Late Harvest: a term seen on wine labels to indicate that the grapes for the wine were left on the vine to ripen, often raisin, for longer than normal. Usually a so-labeled wine will be higher than average in residual sugar and/or alcohol.
Late Harvest: Wines made from grapes that are picked very ripe and affected by Botrytis cinerea (noble rot). Late harvest wines are very sweet and are usually served as dessert wines.
late harvest: Refers to wine made from grapes left on the vines until late in the autumn when the grapes become very rich in sugars.
Late harvest
If you see a wine labelled as 'late harvest' it means that the grapes were harvested later than normal, and thus with a higher sugar level.
Late Harvest Chardonnay: Kendall-Jackson Dessert Wine
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"Late Harvest": Wine produced from grapes that are left on the vine longer, inviting higher sugar content. Often a practice used to produce dessert and late harvest Rieslings, etc.
Late Harvest: Name given to dessert or full-bodied table wines produced from overripe grapes. (Late refers to time of year, not time of day).
Late Harvest: Botrytis, honey, sweet cabbage
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late harvestGrapes picked late in the season, when the sugar is quite concentrated, to make dessert wines. leesThe grape solids and spent yeast cells that fall to the bottom of a white wine after fermentation.
Spätlese - (literally late harvest) wines produced with late harvests and are usually more intense and structured than Kabinett. These wines can be both dry and semi-dry.
Spätlese: This translates literally as 'late harvest', the extra time spent on the vine being the reason for higher sugar concentrations prior to fermentation.
Late Harvest
Late Harvest wines are made from grapes picked late in the season, when their sugar content is at its maximum. Harvesting a wine late is a gamble, if the weather doesn't cooperate, the harvest may be reduced or even lost.
Lemon Pastry: The Spumante and Washington State Late Harvest Riesling brought out nice, bright lemony flavors, but the German Riesling made the flavors explode as if we were sucking on lemon drop candy.
Prior to the advent of temperature control fermentation, the late harvest dates for Nebbiolo meant that the wines were begun fermentation when the weather turned cold.
A wet winter followed by rain in the spring and early summer created vigorous growth followed by a long, cool growing season and late harvest in most of California.
A "late harvest" wine is picked when sugars have extra time to gather so those are normally sweeter. Ice wines, picked when the grapes are frozen, are generally very sweet.
Occasionally it is made into a "botrytized" late harvest dessert style wine. Does well in the cooler coastal regions of Western U.S. - (where it ripens in late September) - Australia and New Zealand.
A sweet wine that usually accompanies dessert, such as fortified or late harvest wines.
Deuxieme
A term of method Champenoise referring to the second batch, or "cut," of press juices collected after the free-run juice.
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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).
Selection des Grains Nobles
late harvested individual berries with "noble rot" in Alsace. See Qualitatswein mit Pradikat
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Used occasionally by wineries to describe a late harvest, sweet red wine. Most frequently appears on bottle labels for Zinfandel red wine made from grapes picked at 35 deg. Brix or higher sugar content.
an amber yellow wine made in the Jura with late harvested grapes. Stored in oak casks, .
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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.
Champagne, Dry Meads, Late Harvest, Secondary-Stuck Ferment
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5. End on a sweet note. If anyone still has room left when it's time for pumpkin or pecan pie, offer a late harvest wine or icewine. If you're a chocolate fan, try serving a liqueur with complementary flavors such as raspberry or blackcurrant.
French for "vintage." (Vendange Tardive ["Tahr-Deev"] is "late harvest" or "delayed harvest".)
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Germany makes the variety in all styles from bone dry all the way through the spectrum to late harvest dessert wines. What the Germans do so well is achieve a delicate balance between sweetness and refreshing acidity.
Not quite desirable in a late harvest Moselle Riesling, but appropriate in a classic Sauternes. Fatness/oiliness is determined by the naturally occurring glycerol - (a.k.a glycerin) - content in the wine.
This freshness is also the case in New World production, (even sweet 'late harvest versions) although the grapes are generally riper in character and the 'minerality' of Europe is replaced by a 'limey' style.
Fairly widely grown in the cooler regions of central and eastern Europe where it is best utilized as a late harvest white wine. Limited plantings are also to be found in the Finger Lakes region of western N.Y., and elsewhere in North America.
The wine, yellow to golden in colour and usually with a low acid level, has a long, dry often perfumed fruity palate, though it may vary from a light early picked wine as in Italy to a full-bodied style-even late harvest in style as in ...
The fungus extracts moisture from the grape causing it to shrivel and increase its relative sugar content. This process has been used to good effect by winemakers in producing noble late harvests, ...
hybrid, probably Chasselas and a Muscat varietal, widely grown in the cooler regions of central and eastern Europe, and to a lesser extent in North America, particularly the Finger Lakes region of western New York. Used to produce a late harvest ...
It is often regarded as somewhat similar in style to the Johannisberg Riesling - (below) - when vinified as slightly sweet yet tart. Occasionally it is made into a "botrytized" late harvest dessert style wine.
indicate a grade between the standard wine and the riserva, or may indicate a more restricted sub-region of the apellation tranquillo calm, tranquil; i.e. still rather than sparkling vendemmia grape harvest vendemmia tardiva late harvest ...
Deep gold is found in dessert/late harvest whites, wines that have been matured for a time in oak barrels, and aged whites.
Vendage Tardive (french) : late harvest.
Vigneron (French): Vine grower.
Vin de pays (french) : country wine of a level higher than table wine.
Vin de table (French) : Table wine. Law quality wine.
 See also: Harvest, Grape, Wine, Region, White
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