Spätlese
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Spätlese (literal meaning: "late harvest"; plural spatlesen) is a German wine term for a late harvest wine and is the second category of QmP wine in the German wine classification above Kabinett and below Auslese ...
Spätlese - Literally translated as "late picking" refers to the Riesling grapes that are picked late during the harvest season. This Riesling typically has a medium-body and ups the flavor intensity, due to its extra days of sunshine.
Spätlese (Germany, Austria)
A Prädikat classification based on must weight.
Spätlese - Wine produced with fully mature grapes
Auslese - Wine produced with selected grapes harvested by hand. Bunches not fully mature or damaged cannot be used for the production of these wines ...
Spätlese (shpaht-lay-zuh)
late-picked, as applied to the grapes used to make some German wines
Spumante (spoo-mahn-tay)
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Spätlese - German for "select". Generally applied to German late harvest wines.
Split - A wine bottle that holds 375 mL, half the equivalent of a typical 750 mL bottle.
Spätlese
A German term for late harvest. The Germans love rules, and there are a stack load of regulations that wines labelled spätlese must satisfy.
Spätlese: German word meaning "late harvest." These wines are usually sweet, high in quality and more expensive than ordinary table wines.
Spätlese - (SHPAYT-lay-zuh)
Literally "late-picked," the ripeness level of German QmP wines between Kabinett and Auslese (which see).
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Spätlese:German classification based on the ripeness level and sugar content of the grapes. Meaning "late harvest," spätlesen are usually richer than kabinette-level wines because the grapes contain a higher concentration of sugar at harvest.
[edit] Spätlese German for "late harvest". A Prädikat in Germany and Austria.
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It is vital for the winemaker to determine the must weight in Germany and Austria because it determines the Prädikat category - Kabinett, Spätlese or Auslese - under which the wine will be labelled.
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.
America, where it can produce a flowery, fruity dry wine with high acid and low alcohol not unlike the german "Kabinett" version or a semi-dry style with some residual sugar similar to the german "Spätlese" version.
Thanisch Graacher-Himmelreich Riesling Spätlese from Germany. "The quail came with a pancake and with peaches that gave a little bit of sweetness to it and pondichery pepper, so there was some spiciness. I thought I wanted to try a Riesling.
Champagne / Graves Blanc / Muscadet / Alsace Klener / Pfalz / Riesling Kabinett / Riesling Spätlese / Dry Riesling from Australia or California / Viognier from Condrieu / Chablis Premier Cru
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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).
 See also: Sweet, Grape, Wine, Auslese, Quality
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