A term used by a number of wineries, especially in the German wine-growing regions of Rheingau, Mosel and Pfalz, for noble sweet Prädikat wines such as Beerenauslese or Trockenbeerenauslese. These are usually small quantities of special quality that are not officially sold on the price list, but are only offered at auctions. They can be recognised by a gold-coloured capsule above the cork.
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