Spatlese Price Range: $ 25-40
Auslese - Literally the term "Auslese" means "out picked" designating ripe grapes picked out from a specific cluster of late harvested berries.
spatlese: (German) A late harvest wine which usually has a perceptible level of sweetness.
spritzig: A wine with a perceptible level of dissolved carbon dioxide. These wines have a light 'fizzy' taste.
Spatlese (sh'pay't-lay-zuh)
The German term for "late picked." It is a QmP (quality wine without sugar added) designation. Most wines of this level are only slightly sweet.
Spice / Spicy ...
Spatlese
late-picked, as applied to the grapes used to make some German wines
Spicy
exotic fruit and spice flavors in whites, particularly Gewurztraminer, but also a peppery or cinnamony clovy perfume in some reds ...
SPATLESE
One of the German terms for Pradikate of the Q.m.P. category of German Wine Law, literally meaning 'late picked'.
SPICY
Almost a synonym for "peppery". Implies a softer, more rounded flavor nuance however.
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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 in ...
Spatlese means 'late harvest,' which essentially means they are grapes picked after the Kabinett harvest. These wines, which have a slightly higher sugar content because of their late picking, are richer in style and range from dry to slightly sweet.
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 "Spatlese" version.
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.
Spatlese), to flowery and fruity (e.g., Kabinett), to semi-sweet (e.g., Mosel), to late-harvest (e.g., Auslese). Also called Riesling in Germany, Rheinriesling in Austria, Weisser, or White Riesling, in South Africa.
" Hermann Wiemer's delicious "Late Harvest" Riesling may disappoint if you open it with dessert; but think "Spatlese" and serve it up with a pork roast and you'll be delighted.
 See also: Sweet, Riesling, Grape, Dry, Aroma
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