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Designation for wines made from fully ripe and partly (but not necessarily) botrytised grapes, which are specially selected (chosen) during the grape harvest. There are different wine law regulations in the individual countries to allow a wine to be labelled as Auslese. The criteria are usually a minimum quantity of must weight and the condition of the grapes. In Germany and Austria, Beerenauslese is a special type of wine within the quality wine category Prädikatsweine, the specific conditions are included under these countries.

Such wines are generally semi-dry, medium sweet or sweet, but are also vinified dry. Due to the influence of botrytis, a typical varietal flavour is only slightly pronounced at the expense of honey notes, depending on the proportion of noble rotten berries. The next levels in terms of weight are Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese or (only in Austria) Ausbruch.

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