GERMANY/PRADICAT LEVELS Flashcards
Describe (Kabinett)
70-85 Oechsle??
Fine,light,elegant!
With low alcohol content!!!
Describe (Spatlese)
80-95 Oechsle??
Produced from late-harvest grapes!
Can be dry or off- dry!!
Describe (Auslese)
88- 105 Oechsle?
Produced from over- ripped bunches of grapes!
May be affected by botrytis
(Edelfaule).
Describe (Berenauslese)BA
110- 128 Oechsle?
- Selected berries affected by
Edelfaule!
Produced only in outstanding years.Very expensive!!!
Describe (Eiswein)
110- 128 0echsle?
Produced from frozen grapes!
Picked at min ( -7 degrees)
And pressed to separate the water from the very sweet juice!
Describe the Trockenbeerenauslese?
155-154 Ochsle?
Dried selected berries!
Only in exceptional years!
Affected by Edelfaule!
Min 5.5%abv/ hand picked!
Describe (Classic) category introduced in 2000?
*These are regonal wines, that can be dry or off-dry with
Max 15 g/l residual sugar
From traditional grape varieties
Min abv 12%
For Mosel 11.5%abv
Describe (Selection) category
introduced in 2000?
Hand- picked grapes
From one vineyard site
must rich min 12.2%abv naturally
What is (Erstes Gewachs)
Describe?
Legal definition and part of the wine low in Rhaingau! Also
Designation for dry wines!
Max 13 g/l of residual sugar
From best vineyards sites
What are the permitted varieties for (Erstes Gewachs)?
Riesling or
Spatburgunder
What VDP stands for?
Verban Deutscher Pradicatsweinguter.
Found in 1910!
What means (Grosse Lage)?
Great vineyard site (GRAND -CRU)
Of Spatlese must weight!
Dry, with max 9 g/l residual sugar
Labelled Qualitatswein.
How the naturally sweet wines (Grosses Gewachs) will be labelled?
Will carry one of the pardicats category!
Describe (Erste Lage)?
First-class vineyard(1er Cru)
Labelled Qualitatswein trrocken
How the naturally sweet wines
(Erste Lage) will be labelled?
will carry one of the Pradicats category!
