Trockenbeerenauslese is a German wine term and type of dessert wine meaning "selected dried berries".
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA):German classification based on the ripeness level and sugar content of the grapes. Trockenbeerenauslese means literally "dry berry selection.
[edit] Trockenbeerenauslese A German term meaning approximately "harvest of selected dry berries". A type of German wine made from grapes affected by noble rot.
Riesling Auslese / Trockenbeerenauslese / Hungarian Tokji Aszú Tarte au Citrön Alsace Sélection de Grains Nobles / Cérons / Rivesaltes Blanc ...
Additional categories include Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein.
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.
T.B.A. - An abbreviation for the German wine Trockenbeerenauslese. Table wine - Generally any wine that is not sparkling or fortified. In the US these wines must also be between 7% and 14% alcohol by volume.
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.
But don't let a lack of linguistic skills keep you from enjoying wine. After all, very few people can pronounce words in every language, from Trockenbeerenauslese to Vacqueyras.
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 ...
The best Ausbruch, as well as the best Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese, are produced in the northern part of the region, in the Nuesield lake area, called Neusiedlersee by Austrian, and in particular the area of Rust.
scene may be even more diverse than that in France, and Germany, where an extraordinary complex wine-classification system is further complicated, at least for English-speakers, by ten-dollar words like "Erzeugerabfüllung" and "Trockenbeerenauslese." ...
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.
The four key components are the quality level (Tafelwein, Landwein, QbA, Kabinett, Spätlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese), the producer (they vary in quality), ...
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: Beerenauslese, Auslese, Wine, Grape, Trocken
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