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Breakout

A term used only in Austria for a type of wine within the Prädikatswein quality wine category. It comes from noble rotten or at least overripe, naturally dried berries. In the past, freshly pressed grape must or wine had to be added to the grapes to improve the leaching of the must 's natural sugar content. This is where the name comes from, as it was used to "break out the sugar", so to speak. In practice, however, this special process was hardly ever used any more; instead, the Ausbruch was produced like a Trockenbeerenauslese.

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