Prädikatswein (Qualitätswein mit Prädikat(*)) supplemented by Spätlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, Eiswein, Kabinett

Traditional term for wine

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 4 January 2021

• Registered name: Prädikatswein (Qualitätswein mit Prädikat(*)) supplemented by Spätlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, Eiswein, Kabinett
• Register: Traditional terms for wine
• Status: Registered
• Class or category of product: Traditional Term
• Protection type: Traditional Term
• Country of origin: Germany
• Traditional term type: In place of PDO/PGI
• Traditional term language: German
• Date of registration (UK scheme): 10 March 2021
• Reason for protection: EU agreement

Summary

Global category to wines with special attributes which have reached a certain minimum must weight and which are not enriched (neither chaptalised nor enriched with concentrated grape must), supplemented by one of the following indication: – (Kabinett): First quality level of the quality wines with special attributes (Prädikatsweine); Kabinett wines are light and fine, reaching 67 to 85 degrees Öchsle, depending on grape variety and region; – (Spätlese): Quality wine with special attribute whose must weight lies between 76 and 95 degrees Öchsle, depending on grape variety and region; the grape should be harvested late and must be fully ripe; Spätlese wines have an intense flavour (not necessarily sweet); – (Auslese): Made from individual selected fully ripe grapes which can be concentrated by botrytis cinerea whose must weight lies between 85 and 100 degrees Öchsle, depending on grape variety an region; – (Beerenauslese): Made from specially selected, fully ripe berries with a high sugar concentration thanks to botrytis cinerea (noble rot); mostly harvested some time after the normal harvest. Must weight must range between 110 and 125 degrees Öchsle, depending on grape variety and region: wines of great sweetness and preservability; – (Trockenbeerenauslese): Supreme level of quality wines with special attributes (Prädikatswein), whose must weight exceeds 150 degrees Öchsle. Wines of that category are made from carefully selected, over-ripe grapes whose juice has been concentrated by botrytis cinerea (noble rot). The berries are shrivelled like raisins. The resulting wines offer a lavish sweetness and have little alcohol; – (Eiswein): Eiswein must be made from grapes harvested during hard frost with temperatures below –7 degrees Celsius; pressed while frozen; unique wine of superior quality with extremely high concentrations of sweetness and acidity (*) The term “Qualitätswein mit Prädikat” is allowed in a transitional period expiring on 31.12.2010

Published 4 January 2021