Trockenbeerenauslese

1. German for "dry berry selected". A type of German wine made from vine-dried grapes. Such grapes can be so rare that it can take a skilled picker a day to gather enough for just one bottle.

2. The German term for "dry selected berries," used to describe wines made from specially selected, overripe grapes that are left on the vine until nearly dry. Because these grapes-picked one by one at fullest maturity-are very concentrated in flavor and sugar, they produce extremely rich, nectarous wines. Trockenbeerenauslese is the highest subcategory of QUALITÄTSWEIN MIT PRÄDIKAT and ranks above KABINETT, SPÄTLESE, AUSLESE, BEERENAUSLESE, and EISWEIN.

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