German wine classification

A predicate wine, once called " quality wine with attribute " is the highest level of excellence in German wines.

After the German wine law, a distinction within this stage between cabinet, Spätlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, Eiswein and Trockenbeerenauslese. All predicates are common following conditions:

  • The grapes used to make have all come from a single area ( with the exception of only the grapes for the production of sweet reserve );
  • The wine must be made in a German, a specified region, on approved vineyards and grape varieties permitted;
  • Chaptalisation is not allowed;
  • The increase in residual sugar after fermentation with grape must at least equal quality level is allowed ( § 16 WeinV ); it arise flavors of semi- dry to sweet;
  • The specified by the respective national regulation minimum natural alcohol content ( minimum must weight ) must be achieved;
  • Predicate wines may be blended within a range of a wine -growing region, when the blended wines also the minimum natural alcohol have (§ 18 WeinV );
  • The wine may not have been treated with oak chips (§ 21 WeinV );
  • The wine can not be bottled and sold before 1 March of the following year;
  • The wine is subjected to an official test quality wine. For successfully passing it receives a Official Exam Number ( AP-Nr. ) that needs to be noted as compulsory indication on the label.

The minimum must weight for the various predicates in the quality wine with attribute varies from region to region and variety. As a guide values ​​can apply:

  • Cabinet: min. 73 degrees Oechsle
  • Spätlese: min. 85 degrees Oechsle
  • Read: min. 95 degrees Oechsle
  • Beerenauslese: min. 125 degrees Oechsle
  • Trockenbeerenauslese: min. 150 degrees Oechsle
  • Eiswein: is made from overripe berries, which are harvested frozen at below -8 ° C and pressed. The berries are not usually affected by botrytis and frozen from the harvest to vinification at least -8 ° C.

Quality wine with attributes

Until the wine year 2007/2008 quality wine was referred to as a quality wine with special attributes.

Austria

According to the Austrian wine law belong to the predicate wines produced in specified maturity and reading the following subgroups: Spätlese, Auslese, Eiswein, Beerenauslese, outbreak and dry berry selection. You all may not be improved (by the addition of sugar, Chaptalisation ) must come from a wine -growing region, its residual sugar may consist only of proofing interruption result, they must be officially inspected and carry a certification number; the year of designation is mandatory. The grapes for quality wines are allowed, with the exception of ice wine and late harvest, not be harvested with reading machines.

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