Trocken
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Trocken is the German word for dry. It is used on German wine labels to indicate those which are dry rather than off-dry (halbtrocken), sweeter (lieblich) or sweet (süß).
Hofer 2004 Weinviertel Grüner Veltliner Trocken ($10.99)
This is a very pale straw-color wine with a tinge of brassy green. White fruit aromas, citric and limey, are pleasant if a bit on the delicate side.
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, concentrating the sugars).
Trockenbeerenauslese (Germany, Austria)
A sweet Prädikat category which translates literally as "dry berry selected". Essentially it refers to wines made using selected grapes affected by noble rot.
Trocken: German for "dry."
Troisième cru: A French term meaning third growth, a Médoc category specified in the Classification of 1855.
Ullage: The space in any wine storage container that develops as wine ages and evaporates.
Trocken - dry wine with a quantity of residual sugar lesser than 9 grams per liter
Halbtrocken - demi-sec wine with a quantity of residual sugar lesser than 18 grams per liter.
Trockenbeerenauslese
And you thought beerenauslese was bad! Trockenbeerenauslese means dry berry selection, and refers to the process of picking only the dried, or raisin grapes.
Trocken: German for "dry."
Varietal: A wine made from just one grape type and named after that grape; the opposite of a blend.
Veneto: A large wine-producing region in northern Italy.
Trocken - German for "dry".
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.
Trockenbeerenauslese
rare German wine made from specially selected overripe grapes
Tufa
caves dug into chalky hillsides along Loire River, provides perfect constant temperatures for wines ...
Trockenbeerenaulese: The sweetest German white wines made from late-harvested grapes that have chriveled into raisin-like berries.
TUN: Extremely large cask for storing wine - some may hold up to 300,000 bottles' worth.
Trocken
German term for 'dry'.
Ullage
If you ever buy old fine wines, you'll be interested in the ullage level: it refers to the loss of wine from the bottle with time¾the gap between the cork and the surface of the wine.
TROCKEN
German for dry.
TROCKENBEERENAUSLESE (TBA)
One of the Pradikate of the Q.m.P. as defined by German Wine Law, literally meaning 'selected dried berries'. Premium German sweet wine. Generally this wine is expensive and rare.
Trockenbeerenauslese: The highest category of nectar-sweet and expensive dessert wine produced in Germany.
Halbtrocken (hahlb-trock-en)
German for "half-dry." Wines with this designation may contain no more than 1.8% residual sugar.
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Halbtrocken
A German term meaning literally half dry. Used in reference to German wines with nine to 18 grams of residual sugar per liter.
Haricots verts
Tiny green string beans.
Trocken - (TROCK-en)
German for "dry." Usually seen on the label of modern efforts to produce traditional German quality wines in a new style without residual sugar, more closely approximating the French and Italian style of dry table wines.
Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA):German classification based on the ripeness level and sugar content of the grapes. Trockenbeerenauslese means literally "dry berry selection.
[edit] Trocken German for "dry".
[edit] Trockenbeerenauslese A German term meaning approximately "harvest of selected dry berries". A type of German wine made from grapes affected by noble rot.
halb-trockenLiterally, half dry. A German term for slightly sweet wines. harmoniousReferring to a pleasant and graceful balance of components in a wine. hautA French term meaning high, higher, or upper in a geographical sense.
Riesling Auslese / Trockenbeerenauslese / Hungarian Tokji Aszú
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Alsace Sélection de Grains Nobles / Cérons / Rivesaltes Blanc ...
It has been adapted as a desireable condition for wines such as French Sauternes, German Trockenbeerenauslese, and Hungarian Tokaji.
Bottle shock ...
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.
When we were young, we were fond of the late Hanns Kornell's Sehr Trocken, one of a handful of sparkling wines he made at his California winery.
Sammelbezeichnung (auch Extrakt, Trockenextrakt) für die Summe aller Substanzen und Stoffe, die gelöst im Wein vorkommen und bei einer Destillation (Verdampfen) des wässrig-alkoholischen Teils zurückbleiben.
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"Dry" can also be found on wines from Australia, New Zealand, sometimes the Alsace region of France and even Germany. German rieslings sometimes include the German term for dry - trocken or halbtrocken - which signify a slightly sweeter style often ...
In Germany, these sweet wines-which are usually affected by Botrytis Cinerea, graded in ascending order of sweetness as Auslese, Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese.
There are vineyards in both Germany and Austria, where pinot blanc may be called Weissburgunder and is even made into a trockenbeerenauslese version. There is also much pinot blanc planted in Eastern Europe.
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.
Auslese wines are richer still, made from very ripe grapes, while Beerenauslese (BA) and Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) wines are the richest and rarest of all.
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).
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 ...
Riesling: This is the prominent grape in Germany. Riesling whites are light and somewhat acidic; they can be either sweet or not. Dry rieslings are usually labeled 'dry' or 'trocken'.
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.
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.
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: Grape, Wine, Dry, Sweet, White
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