Auslese

Elite is a predicate for quality wines. It belongs to the wine - quality level of quality wines. Reading are top wines from fully ripe, often edelfaulem, carefully selected grapes. After Cabinet and Spätlese Auslese is the 3rd stage of the German predicate system. For the readout is referred to both the maturity of the grapes and their sugar content at the time of harvest, as well as the recovered therefrom wine. At harvest is meant by elite selection of ripe, golden grapes. The grapes are harvested by hand with Edelfäulebefall. For Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese also the shrinking of the gray mold (Botrytis cinerea) infested berries to be seen. Readout suitable for long storage, they gain with each year maturation in flavor expression. They are predominantly expanded in sweet flavor and are characterized by a relatively low alcohol content and a fruity flavor profile, which is based on a tension-filled sweetness and acidity. Dry -developed reading usually have a stronger flavor profile and a higher alcohol content.

In Germany only fully ripe grapes are the minimum requirement of 95 degrees Oechsle; in the wine region of Baden has a selection depending on grape variety at least 102 ° or 105 ° Oechsle have. In Austria the legal minimum requirement is 105 ° Oechsle/21 ° KMW.